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Jason Keiser

Born: December 21, 1994

Jason Keiser is a professional jazz guitarist, multi-stylist, OA2 recording and performing artist, bandleader, and composer based in the Bay Area, currently residing in San Jose, California.

Jason just released "Kind of Kenny" featuring John Stowell, Erik Jekabson, Michael Zilber, and Danielle Wertz on OA2 Records on Friday October 25th, 2024 honoring the trumpet/flugelhorn master; Kenny Wheeler. This marks Keiser's 2nd album on OA2 Records and his 8th release in his discography.

“San Jose Guitarist Jason Keiser casts a wide musical net, enamored equally with bluegrass as with post-bop jazz. Rather than diluting his attention, his varied interests seem to have sharpened his imagination, judging by his impressive new album
“Shaw’s Groove”. © Andrew Gilbert, Bay Area News Group

Kenny Wheeler Legacy, Gautier Garrigue, Elise Vassallucci, Erik Jekabson & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
February 22, 2025

Here is a playlist mostly devoted to releases that explicitly or implicitly remind of us of the importance of Kenny Wheeler for today's jazz.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Erik Jekabson “Jane Wants to Tell You Something (Part 1/Part 2)" Breakthrough (Wide Hive) 0:16 ...

Popular Jazz Songs: 2024

by Michael Ricci
January 2, 2025

All About Jazz tracks how often a featured song is heard, and the following represent the most popular in 2024. If you missed them the first time around, give them a listen now, and enjoy! Click the album cover to listen to the song. Dive Into The Deep Blue From: ...

Kind of Kenny

By Jason Keiser

Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Kind of Kenny; Hotel Le Hot; Gentle Piece; Kayak; Wheeler's Waltz; W.W.; Kind Folk; The Jigsaw; For Jan (feat. Danielle Wertz); Wheeler's Waltz (guitar duo feat. John Stowell).

Dan Pugach Big Band, George Cables, Arooj Aftab, Jason Keiser

by Mary Foster Conklin
December 2, 2024

This broadcast includes Grammy nominations, new releases from the Dan Pugach Big Band, George Cables, Arooj Aftab, Jason Keiser plus a single from säje, with birthday shoutouts to Michelle Ann May and Jazz Master Sheila Jordan. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear. See them live, purchase their music so they can continue to ...

Airmen Of Note, Diego Rivera, Andrew Vogt, Maria Puga Lareo and more

by Benjamin Boddie
October 30, 2024

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Airmen Of Note, Diego Rivera, Andrew Vogt, Maria Puga Lareo, Richard Nelson, Avishai Cohen, Zach Adleman, Samara Joy, The Bad Plus, Steve Davis, UNLV Jazz Ensemble 1, Dharma Down, Brian Lynch, Robin Simone, Ryan Keberle & Catharsis, Visions Jazz Ensemble, Brandon Sanders, Western Jazz Collective, Andy Wheelock, Javon Jackson and ...

Kind of Kenny

October 21, 2024

Album: Kind of Kenny
By Jason Keiser
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 04:37

Jason Keiser: Kind of Kenny

by Andrew Gilbert
September 14, 2024

Over the past decade San Jose guitarist Jason Keiser has carved out a sterling reputation as a bandleader whose musical passions range across North America's expansive soundscape, and this album extends his exploration into arrestingly lyrical territory. After highlighting Woody Shaw's treasure trove of intervallic leaping post-bop gems on 2023's Shaw's Groove, he turns his attention ...

Shaw's Groove

By Jason Keiser

Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Organ Grinder; Zoltan; The Moontrane; Katerina Ballerina; Blues for Woody; Obsequious; Jean Marie; Shaw's Groove.

Jason Keiser: Shaw's Groove

by Jack Bowers
May 24, 2023

The “Shaw" in guitarist Jason Keiser's album Shaw's Groove is the late great Woody Shaw, one of the more innovative and influential jazz trumpeters of the twentieth century. Even though he lived only forty-four years (he died in May 1989), Shaw was an important role model whose sweeping influence remains strong to this day, both as ...