Jazz Articles about Jason Roebke

Jason Roebke Octet: Cinema Spiral

by John Sharpe
August 9, 2016

Bassists leading mid-size bands inevitably bring to mind the trail-blazing precedent established by Charles Mingus. Others like Dave Holland, Barry Guy and Adam Lane followed. To that roster can be added bassist Jason Roebke, one of the stalwarts of the productive Chicago scene. Cinema Spiral constitutes the sophomore effort by his Octet, following on from High/Red/Center (Delmark, 2014). He reunites the same raft of Windy City flair as on the debut outing for a continuous suite demarcated into seven parts ...

Jason Roebke Octet: High/Red/Center

by Giuseppe Segala
June 9, 2014

È un momento di fervida creazione per il contrabbassista Jason Roebke, quarantenne stabilito a Chicago da ormai una quindicina di anni, che in quella città condivide il proprio operato con un ventaglio di musicisti molto interessanti, tra cui elenchiamo gli stessi che prendono parte a questo splendido ottetto: il sassofonista alto Greg Ward, il tenorista Keefe Jackson, il cornettista Josh Berman, il trombonista Jeb Bishop, il clarinettista basso Jason Stein, il vibrafonista Jason Adasiewicz, il batterista Mike Reed.

Jason Roebke: Combination

by Eyal Hareuveni
June 5, 2014

Chicagoan double bassist Jason Roebke has developed a distinct sound of his own, intensely physical, audacious and highly rhythmical. He leads and plays in bands on both sides of the Atlantic, including the trans-Atlantic The Whammies dedicated to the music of Steve Lacy, and drummer Mike Reed's People, Places and Things. Roebke's debut recording of his new quartet Combination introduces an alien sonic variable into the well-tested equation of the post-bop, free jazz trio. Roebke, who ...

Jason Roebke & Tobias Delius: Panoramic

by Vincenzo Roggero
March 12, 2014

Il disco viene registrato nell'aprile 2011 presso gli studi BelAir quando la ICP Orchestra fa tappa a Chicago durante il tour per gli States. Tobias Delius, una delle colonne del portentoso ensemble olandese, incontra Jason Roebke, contrabbassista tra i più rappresentativi della scena jazz della Windy City, e prende forma Panoramic. Album nel quale l'inesauribile tensione improvvisativa di Delius e la prestanza fisica del contrabbasso di Roebke, la sua capacità di essere nello stesso tempo dentro e fuori i canoni ...

Jason Roebke / Brian Labycz: Duo

by Mark Corroto
December 2, 2007

The abstraction of improvised music, and the additional distance that a recording (over a live performance) subjects a listener to, may be cause for concern. But listeners open to the conceptual and possibly transcendental experience that such music brings are often rewarded. Listening to this duo between Jason Roebke and Brian Labycz is one of those premium experiences.

Recorded for the new limited edition (this one is of 100 copies) label Peira, this is a handmade ...

Jason Roebke: Rapid Croche

by Kurt Gottschalk
November 12, 2003

In some contexts, Chicago bassist Jason Roebke plays the sort of quiet sputters of sound that somehow gets lumped into jazz. His project Art Union Humanscape with dancer Ayako Kato performed at the Joyce Soho in September with Chicago ex-pat percussionist Tim Barnes in a setting of beauteous sound and silence. With his trio, however, he plays the kind of adventurous music built purely from lingua jazz but still managing to eclipse expectations. It's a feat not so often accomplished: ...

Jason Roebke: Rapid Croche

by Jay Collins
October 13, 2003

The Chicago jazz/improvised music scene is legendary, whether the topic concerns the AACM school or more recent experimenters. Drawing upon the inspiration the past and local legends like Fred Anderson, Hal Russell and more recently, Ken Vandermark, the second and third waves consist of an amazingly diverse and invigorating talent pool, now emerging as impressive musicians with a heap of potential.

The three musicians of Jason Roebke’s Rapid Croche are part of this vibrant scene and play ...