Jan 21, 2025 7:54 PM
Southern California Fires Hit the Jazz Community
Roy McCurdy and his wife had just finished eating dinner and were relaxing over coffee in their Altadena home, when he…
On May 27, 482 Music will release Rolldown, Chicago-based vibraphonist 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).
“Composing pieces for Rolldown started with free improvisation on the piano,” said Adasiewicz, who wrote all the music during a year in Madison, Wisc. “The melodies are usually comprised of more than one voice and the tunes do not follow a chord progression, but were constructed using conventional ABA song form. Harmony is created spontaneously during the group’s improvisation, and the rhythm, while deeply rooted in the jazz tradition, at times pulls away from any suggestion of pulse.”
More info: 482music.com
Gerald and John Clayton at the family home in Altadena during a photo shoot for the June 2022 cover of DownBeat. The house was lost during the Los Angeles fires.
Jan 21, 2025 7:54 PM
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Larry Appelbaum with Wayne Shorter in 2012.
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