Jazz Articles about Jason Roebke

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Jason Roebke Octet: Cinema Spiral

by Troy Collins
October 22, 2016

The widely acclaimed collaborative nature of the contemporary Chicago jazz scene is expertly demonstrated on Cinema Spiral, the sophomore effort by double bassist Jason Roebke's all-star Octet, which continues the creative in-roads made on the unit's celebrated 2014 Delmark Records debut, High/Red/Center. Starring eight of the Windy City's most intrepid improvisers, the ensemble features the muscular frontline of cornetist Josh Berman, trombonist Jeb Bishop, alto saxophonist Greg Ward, tenor saxophonist Keefe Jackson, and bass clarinetist Jason Stein. Vibraphonist ...

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Jason Roebke Octet: Cinema Spiral

by Mark Corroto
August 31, 2016

If entropy is a scientific theory that describes how all things in nature tend towards a gradual decline and disorder, then Jason Roebke's Octet is the anti-entropy. His second octet release Cinema Spiral and the previous High/Red/Center (Delmark, 2014) make order out of the impression of chaos. Such is the enticement of jazz. It always has been. Ever since Louis Armstrong diverted from the sheet music, great jazz musicians, improvisers, leave the score behind, or use ...

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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 ...

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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.

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...