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Jason Adasiewicz

Vibraphonist, drummer, and composer. He is an integral member of Chicago’s jazz and improvised music scene, bringing his aggressive yet lyrical style to over 10 working Chicago groups, including Rob Mazurek’s Starlicker and Exploding Star Orchestra, Mike Reed’s Loose Assembly, Peter Brotzmann:Jason Adasiewicz Duo, Nicole Mitchell’s Ice Crystals, Josh Berman and His Gang, Ingebrigt Häker Flaten Chicago Sextet, James Falzone’s Klang and Ken Vandermark’s Topology and Midwest School. Adasiewicz performs frequently in Europe and is a member of groups lead by Peter Brotzmann, Mats Gustafsson, and Stefano Bollani. Adasiewicz won the 2011 Downbeat Annual Critic’s Poll in the Rising Star Vibes category, and for the last 5 years has placed in the Vibes category Sun Rooms features Jason Adasiewicz on vibraphone, Mike Reed on drums, and Nate McBride on bass. Devin Hoff joined the trio in 2013. The Chicago group formed in 2008, first experimenting as a free improvising trio, and later focused attention on arranging tunes that Adasiewicz wrote during his wife’s first pregnancy in the summer of 2009. Delmark Records released the band’s dedut record in 2010, Sun Rooms. The critical attention that Sun Rooms received includes: The New York Times Ben Ratliff's Top 10 Pop and Jazz Records of 2010, The Village Voice Top 50 Jazz Records of 2010, The Chicago Tribune Howard Reich's Top 10 Jazz Records of 2010, The Chicago Reader Peter Margasak's Top Albums of 2010, Dusted Magazine Derek Taylor's Top Jazz Records of 2010. Spacer is Sun Rooms second record, and was released in 2011 on Delmark. Spacer was written in the winter of 2011 and slowly shaped through a month long residency at a north side Chicago bar, The Whistler. Spacer was chosen by the Chicago Tribune as a Top 10 Jazz Record of 2011. In 2012 Sun Rooms was invited to perform at the Doek Festival in Amsterdam, The Hyde Park Jazz Festival in Chicago, and the Made in Chicago Festival in Poland.


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Amir ElSaffar River of Sound Orchestra: The Other Shore

Read "The Other Shore" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Secondo disco per la Rivers of Sound Orchestra, ensemble creato nel 2015 da Amir ElSaffar con il preciso intento di esplorare in modo originale le culture musicali delle sue origini. ElSaffar è infatti nato negli Stati Uniti da madre statunitense e padre di origini irachene; avvicinatosi precocemente alla musica, ha coltivato quella jazzistica dalla discoteca paterna e quella classica dalle frequentazioni della madre; musicista dalle collaborazioni di altissimo livello--tra gli altri Cecil Taylor e Vijay Iyer--solo da adulto si è ...

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Keefe Jackson, Jason Adasiewicz: Rows and Rows

Read "Rows and Rows" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala


Nella ricca cartografia musicale che alimenta la scena odierna di Chicago, quella successiva alla topica esperienza della AACM e ben descritta da James Falzone nelle note a questo CD, Keefe Jackson e Jason Adasiewicz rappresentano due personalità di rilievo, riscontrabili in molte realizzazioni e collaborazioni. Il sassofonista e clarinettista si è trasferito nella città ventosa nel 2001, incrociando subito nella propria esperienza una ventina di musicisti molto attivi, tra cui Tim Daisy, Josh Berman, Dave Rempis, Mike Reed, ...

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Jason Adasiewicz's Sun Rooms: From the Region

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Ne ha fatta di strada il barbuto Jason Adasiewicz da quando, anno di grazia 2010, il disco d'esordio del trio Sun Rooms gli fruttò l'iscrizione di diritto all'albo dei grandi. Nelle fila dell'Exploding Star Orchestra, nel quintetto Sound Is e nel trio Starlicker di Rob Mazurek, faccia a faccia con Peter Brotzmann, in allegra compagnia nel nonetto Living by Lanterns, colonna portante del Chicago Sextet di Ingebrigt Håker Flaten e del progetto Audio One di Ken Vandermark: disco dopo disco, ...

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Jason Adasiewicz's Sun Rooms: From the Region

Read "From the Region" reviewed by Mark Corroto


An imagined overheard conversation in heaven between Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi goes something like this: “If only all music could swing this hard, there would be no need for war."Okay, maybe it wasn't MLK and Gandhi, but it could have been Horace Silver and Joey Ramone.In a trio format, Vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz picks up his mallets where Sonny Rollins set down his saxophone after recording the classic trio date A Night At The Village ...

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Jason Adasiewicz Sun Rooms Trio alla Sala Vanni, Firenze

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"Superjazz," Sala Vanni Firenze 6.12.2013 In conclusione della nuova rassegna Superjazz (le cui precedenti date erano state Colin Stetson, Tim Berne e Mary Halvorson), sul palco del Musicus Concentus è salito un classico trio jazz, con una ritmica di contrabbasso e batteria, ma con la particolarità di avere il vibrafono per strumento principale. E che vibrafono: quello di Jason Adasiewicz, vero vulcano della strumento, capace di produrre un'ora e mezza di potentissimo flusso ...

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Jason Adasiewicz: Sun Rooms

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It's clear from Sun Rooms, perhaps more than from any of his previous efforts on record, that Jason Adasiewicz is offering something pretty personal. Sure, it's possible to name check both '60s-era Bobby Hutcherson and Walt Dickerson as points of reference, but they serve simply to highlight the fact that Adasiewicz is--for want of a better way of putting it--of a modern persuasion in both his composing and playing. Thus, for all the echoes of Andrew Hill ...

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Jason Adasiewicz: Sun Rooms

Read "Sun Rooms" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Jason Adasiewicz is making the vibraphone a necessary ingredient for music making in this century. His mallets have been featured in recordings by Josh Berman, Jason Ajemian, Harris Eisenstadt, the Lucky 7s, and Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra.As a leader, his two recordings with Rolldown, the self-titled 2008 disc on 482 Music and Varmint (Cuneiform, 2009) feature Josh Berman, Aram Shelton, Jason Roebke, and Frank Rosaly playing his original compositions. Here, he pares things down to a simple ...

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Jason Adasiewicz's Sun Rooms - Spacer (2011)

Jason Adasiewicz's Sun Rooms - Spacer (2011)

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One of the busiest players in Chicago's jazz/improvised music scenes, the name of vibraphonist and composer Jason Adasiewicz always seems to come up when discussing recordings by some of the most dynamic and cutting edge musicians and ensembles from that town. Adasiewicz himself have led a few combos on his own, and the latest, Sun Rooms, made its recording debut last year that was widely praised. And justifiably so. This trio, with Nate McBride on bass and Mike Reed on ...

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Jason Adasiewicz - Spacer (Delmark, 2011)

Jason Adasiewicz - Spacer (Delmark, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland

Re-united with his Sun Rooms group featuring Nate McBride on bass and Mike Reed on drums, Jason Adasiewicz furthers his claim on being the pre-eminent vibraphonist on the progressive jazz scene. A mainstay in Chicago jazz groups as both a leader and valued member of collective ensembles, he is continuing the forward thinking jazz tradition on the vibraphone created by the likes of Walt Dickerson and Khan Jamal. This trio has developed a near telepathic empathy, like the best piano ...

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Delmark Records: New Jazz and Blues Releases for the fall

Delmark Records: New Jazz and Blues Releases for the fall

Source: Kevin Johnson

Available October 25, 2011 Jason Adasiewicz's Sun Rooms Spacer Delmark CD (DE 2012) / LP (DF 2012) Sun Rooms is Jason Adasiewicz's three year old trio featuring Jason (vibraphone), Mike Reed (drums) and Nate McBride (bass). Their debut record Sun Rooms (Delmark 593) was named by the New York Times (Ben Ratliff) as one of the Top 10 Pop and Jazz Records of 2010. Spacer was written in the winter of 2011 and slowly shaped through a month long residency ...

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Jason Adasiewicz - Sun Rooms (Delmark, 2010)

Jason Adasiewicz - Sun Rooms (Delmark, 2010)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland

A mainstay on the Chicago jazz scene as both a leader and valued member of collective ensembles, Jason Adasiewicz is continuing the progressive jazz tradition on the vibraphone begun by the likes of Bobby Hutcherson and Khan Jamal. Where the previous albums with his group Rolldown have included horn players, this is a lean and tight ensemble with Adasiewicz on vibes, Nate McBride on bass and Mike Reed on drums. They develop a light and nimble sound beginning with “Get ...

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Jason Adasiewicz Interviewed on Chicago Public Radio

Jason Adasiewicz Interviewed on Chicago Public Radio

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482 Music's Document Chicago Series Continues with Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown

482 Music's Document Chicago Series Continues with Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown

Source: Improvised Communications

482 Music is proud to announce the May 27th release of Rolldown (482-1054), Chicago-based vibraphonist/composer Jason Adasiewicz's debut as a leader and the 14th entry in the label's ongoing Document Chicago series. The release, which includes seven studio tracks and an eight minute video, takes its name from Adasiewicz's four year-old working band of the same name featuring Josh Berman (cornet), Aram Shelton (alto saxophone and clarinet), Jason Roebke (bass) and Frank Rosaly (drums).

“Vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz is one of ...

“Jason Adasiewicz’s vibes shimmer in the ether. A Chicago mainstay, Jason is a true original with a deep sensibility for sound vibration that can be heard through his innate and idiosyncratic approach to harmony and melody. Jason’s musical history is spiked with fervent free improvisation and tight melodic rendering” —Rob Mazurek

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

The Other Shore

OutNote Records
2021

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Rows and Rows

Delmark Records
2016

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Yuria's Dream

Sound Aspects Records
2014

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From the Region

Delmark Records
2014

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Spacer

Delmark Records
2012

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Sun Rooms

Delmark Records
2011

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