Keefe Jackson

Keefe Jackson / Jakob Heinemann / Adam Shead: Stinger

by Mark Corroto
August 1, 2025

Stinger marks the debut release from the trio of saxophonist Keefe Jackson, bassist Jakob Heinemann and drummer Adam Shead. Yet, from the cohesion and interplay captured on this recording, it is clear these three musicians have collaborated extensively. The group exemplifies the Chicago ethos of collective creation--both in compositional approach and improvisational execution. Jackson and Heinemann each contribute three compositions, while Shead handles the sound mixing, graphic design, and overall production, underscoring the project's collaborative spirit. Jackson has ...

Keefe Jackson / Raoul van der Weide / Frank Rosaly: Live at de Tanker

by Mark Corroto
September 29, 2024

It is a fair conjecture to assume the axis of this recording is Frank Rosaly. The Puerto Rican drummer who caught jazz and improvised music listeners' attention during his years in Chicago now makes The Netherlands his home. Live At de Tanker connects Rosaly with his past, Chicagoan saxophonist Keefe Jackson and his present, Dutch bassist Raoul van der Weide. This live date from Amsterdam in 2022 is free, easy, and unconstrained. The six tracks flow one into ...

Erb/Lonberg-Holm/Jackson/Reid: Duope

by Giuseppe Segala
May 15, 2014

Fred Lonberg-Holm e Christoph Erb avevano già registrato in duo nel 2011 per l'interessante etichetta svizzera Veto Records/Exchange, gestita dallo stesso Erb, il CD Screw and Straw: ora la formula che abbinava violoncello e clarinetto basso (in quel caso anche sax tenore) viene semplicemente raddoppiata, con l'inserimento di Keefe Jackson ai clarinetti basso e contrabbasso, e di Tomeka Reid al violoncello. Ne nasce un singolare quartetto, un caleidoscopio di possibilità timbriche ed espressive, nonostante l'organico simmetricamente diviso tra due ance ...

I 10 CD nel CD-Player di... Keefe Jackson

by Vincenzo Roggero
May 15, 2014

01. Luigi Nono--A Carlo Scarpa/A Pierre/Guai ai gelidi mostri (Edition RZ-1990). Nono è un grande esempio di come un artista ed il suo lavoro possano essere “politici" senza contraddizione tra l'essere artista e l'essere politico. Molti cambiamenti del ventesimo secolo sono profondamente ed in maniera esauriente riflessi nel suo lavoro. È sempre stimolante ascoltare la sua musica ed immaginare come questi suoni siano connessi alla sua percezione/visione del mondo. 02. Clusone 3-Soft Lights and Sweet ...

Keefe Jackson’s Likely So: A Round Goal

by Libero Farnè
May 15, 2014

Anomalo, importante, problematico questo CD che testimonia una tappa ambiziosa nella ricerca dell'emergente Keefe Jackson. Registrato nel febbraio 2013 al Jazzwerkstatt Festival di Berna, vede la collaborazione fra tre improvvisatori chicagoani (Dave Rempis e Mars Williams oltre allo stesso Jackson), tre svizzeri (Thomas K. J. Mejer, Peter A. Schmid e Marc Stucki) e il polacco Waclaw Zimpel. La formazione è decisamente intrigante e poco usuale: un settetto di sole ance. Il pensiero corre automaticamente ai numerosi quartetti ...

Keefe Jackson’s Likely So: A Round Goal

by Hrayr Attarian
December 8, 2013

Chicago based multi-instrumentalist and composer Keefe Jackson's intriguingly innovative live album A Round Goal is a modern choral symphony of sorts. Recorded during the Jazzwerkstatt festival in Berne Switzerland on February 20, 2013 Jackson utilizes, in lieu of human voices, woodwinds of various ranges creating brilliantly dramatic music. Western classical influences are apparent, throughout. On “There Is No Language Without Deceit" Polish clarinetist Waclaw Zimpel's agile, stimulating sonic dance emerges from a tightly woven backdrop of alternating refrains ...

Keefe Jackson and Aram Shelton: Seeing You See and Two Cities

by Clifford Allen
May 29, 2010

The city of Chicago continues to find itself in a jazz renaissance well into the waxing years of the 21st century--a status that many of America's cities can't easily lay claim to. With the pedigrees of individual improvisers and composers like reedman Ken Vandermark and flutist Nicole Mitchell well established in the 1990s, a slightly younger generation of players has assembled things in their wake, on both the North and South Chicago axis.

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Keefe Jackson Quartet - Seeing You See (Clean Feed)

Source: Master of a Small House
May 5, 2010

Likening the Chicago jazz scene anatomy to an onion might seem like a ridiculous exercise in reduction, but it's also a way to symbolize the layered, intergenerational relationships that exist between the city's players. Hailing originally from Arkansas, reedist Keefe Jackson resides on the younger end of that populous spectrum, his industrious track record representative of the prevailing collaborative ethos. Fast Citizens, co-led by colleague Aram Shelton, arguably remains his highest profile ensemble thanks to an ongoing Delmark association. Jackson's ...
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Keefe Jackson's Project Project "Just Like This" Delmark CD Release Party- Feb 24 at Hungry Brain, Chicago

Source: All About Jazz
February 4, 2008

Keefe Jackson and his “big band" - Project Project will celebrate his new Delmark Records release, “Just Like This" at the Hungry Brain on Chicago's north side - 10 pm, Sunday, February 24, 2008 Adventurous composer/saxophonist/clarinetist Keefe Jackson leads a big band of All star creative jazz players on the Chicago scene. Keefe Jackson - tenor sax Dave Rempis - alto and baritone sax Guillermo Gregorio - alto sax and clarinet Jason Stein - ...
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Delmark Records CD Release Parties: Sabertooth, Brad Goode, Keefe Jackson

Source: All About Jazz
December 31, 2007

Hey hey friends of Delmark - Wishing you a happy and healthy Holiday Season! We'd love to see you out in the New Year to celebrate our new Delmark jazz and blues releases with the Sabertooth Jazz Quartet, Little Arthur Duncan (CD and DVD), Keefe Jackson's Project Project, and Brad Goode. These new releases follow hot on the heels of the highly acclaimed Ari Brown's Live at the Green Mill and Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble's Live at the Velvet ...
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Keefe Jackson's Fast Citizens in Boston September 6

Source: All About Jazz
August 27, 2007

Keefe Jackson's Fast Citizens will perform Thursday, September 6th at 8pm, at the Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge (15 Dana Ave, Hyde Park, MA 02136, 617-276-3223, themusicworkshop.blogspot.com) presented by Artists-at-Large. A donation of $10 is suggested.

The group's line-up is:

Keefe Jackson - tenor saxophone Josh Berman - cornet Aram Shelton - alto saxophone Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello Anton Hatwich - bass Frank Rosaly - drums

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