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Jason Stein

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Jason Stein is among the mere handful of improvisers who play the bass clarinet exclusively. Stein leads the acclaimed trio Locksmith Isidore as well as his own quartet. He contributes to several of the leading bands on Chicago’s new-music scene and has brought a vital voice to the freest of free-jazz jams. Stein’s playing showcases an extraordinary expertise on the bass clarinet, which ranges from powerful post-bop lines to ear-grabbing wails in the altissimo range. Chicago writer Neil Tesser notes that “Stein’s playing has a rawboned swagger particular to Chicago jazz in all its manifestations – from the trad playing of Bud Freeman and Jimmy McPartland in the 20s, through the tenor titans of the 50s, through the adventurers who formed the AACM in the 60s, and right up to the city’s renowned modern cadre of new-music improvisers.” Stein moved to Chicago in 2005 and has since recorded for such labels as Leo, Delmark, Not Two, Atavistic, 482 Music, Clean Feed, Astral Spirits, and Northern Spy

Album

Klang

By Teiku

Label: Ginkgo Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Ki Le Noeh (Krumholz melody); Ki Lo Naeh (Fendrick melody); Khasul Seydur Peysakh (Chasman melody); Ki Le Noeh (Shlita melody); Ki Le Noeh (Gerster melody); Odir Bimlikhe (Lunski melody).

Album

Five Nights in the Midwest

By Jason Stein

Label: Irritable Mystic Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Sugar Maple - Milwaukee, WI; State Street Pub - Indianapolis, IN; Spot Tavern - Lafayette, IN (set 1); Spot Tavern - Lafayette, IN (set 2a); Spot Tavern - Lafayette, IN (set 2b); Dissonant Works - St. Louis, MO; Reverberation Records - Bloomington, IL.

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Article: Album Review

Teiku: Klang

Read "Klang" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Teiku is a Talmudic acronym that translates to “unanswered question," a concept the Chicago-Detroit quartet has adopted as a full artistic identity. Co-leaders Josh Harlow (piano) and Jonathan Barahal (percussion) formed the band after discovering a striking coincidence: Both grew up singing Passover melodies unique to their ancestral Ashkenazi-Ukrainian villages. Passed down by ear through generations ...

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Article: Album Review

Jason Stein / Damon Smith / Adam Shead: Five Nights in the Midwest

Read "Five Nights in the Midwest" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Their tour did not pass through the Rattlesnake Speedway in the Utah desert. Still, the improvising trio of bass clarinetist Jason Stein, bassist Damon Smith, and drummer Adam Shead conjure a similar sense of a gathering force, like the superstorm evoked in Bruce Springsteen's 1978 song “The Promised Land." “There's a dark cloud rising from the ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Music From Smith, Barakan, LDL, Harrington Jaffe & Shiroishi, And More

Read "New Music From Smith, Barakan, LDL, Harrington Jaffe & Shiroishi, And More" reviewed by Bob Osborne

by Bob Osborne

This playlist of all new releases offers a sophisticated journey through the expansive landscape of contemporary and classic jazz, seamlessly transitioning between structured elegance and avant-garde exploration. Listeners are invited to traverse a sonic terrain that ranges from intimate, tradition-steeped trio performances and lush big band arrangements to the more challenging, textural fringes of free improvisation. ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Jaleel Shaw, John Vanore, and Richie Beirach

Read "Jaleel Shaw, John Vanore, and Richie Beirach" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson

This program features music from Jaleel Shaw, Dawn Clement, John Vanore, Ian Shaw, Marion Brown and the late Richie Beirach.Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 John Vanore and Abstract Truth “Gods and Devils" from Easter ...

Album

Anchors

By Jason Stein

Label: Tao Forms
Released: 2024
Track listing: Anchor I; Boon; Crystalline; Cold Water; An Origin; Holding Breath; Anchor II.

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Article: Album Review

Keefe Jackson / Jakob Heinemann / Adam Shead: Stinger

Read "Stinger" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

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 ...

Article: Album Review

Jason Stein: Anchors

Read "Anchors" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala

by Giuseppe Segala

Il clarinetto basso vanta nel jazz contemporaneo una rosa di solisti eccellenti, a partire da Eric Dolphy, che ha letteralmente inventato un modo di interpretare lo strumento, di valorizzarne colori e incisività espressiva. Però la sua frequentazione, con lo stesso Dolphy e con personalità quali Michel Portal, John Surman, Vinny Golia, Marty Ehrlich, Don Byron, si ...


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