I suggest you touch a color bar and get educated

upcoming 2011

Oct 6 Elastic Solo Set Ideas
Oct 7

Kerrytown House

Ann Arbor, MI

Starlicker
Oct 8

Warhol Museum

Pittsburgh, PA

Starlicker
Oct 9

Hallwalls

Buffalo, NY

Starlicker
Oct 14

St Pol De Leon

Starlicker
Oct 15

Crozon, France

Starlicker
Oct 16

Chateaulin, France

Starlicker
Oct 17

Plougastel, France

Starlicker
Oct 18

Brest University, France

Starlicker
Oct 21

Cormons Festival, Italy

Starlicker
Oct 22

Forli, Italy

Starlicker
Oct 23

Firenze, Italy

Starlicker
Oct 24

Padova, Italy

Starlicker
Oct 26

Krakow, Poland

Starlicker
Oct 27

Wroclaw, Poland

Starlicker
Oct 28

Poznan, Poland

Starlicker
Oct 29

Warsaw, Poland

Starlicker
Nov 2

Chicago Cultural Center

Umbrella Music Festival Ab Baars Quartet |Baars, Jeb Bishop, Mike Reed, Adasiewicz|
Nov 5 @2pm

Wels, Austria

Unlimited Festival Peter Brotzmann, Sabu Toyozumi, Adasiewicz
Nov 5 @7pm

Wels, Austria

Unlimited Festival Jeb Bishop, Joe McPhee, Mars Williams, Kent Kessler, Tamaya Honda, Adasiewicz
Nov 12&13 Sao Paulo, Brazil Rob Mazurek, John Herndon, Nicole Mitchell, Thomas Roher, Mauricio Takara, Guilherme Grando, Adasiewicz
Nov 17

Hallwalls

Buffalo, NY

ROLLDOWN!! |Adasiewicz, Josh Berman, Aram Shelton, Jason Roebke, Frank Rosaly|
Nov 18

The Stone

New York, NY

ROLLDOWN!! |Adasiewicz, Josh Berman, Aram Shelton, Jason Roebke, Frank Rosaly|
Nov 19

Ars Nova Workshop

Philadelphia, PA

ROLLDOWN!! |Adasiewicz, Josh Berman, Aram Shelton, Jason Roebke, Frank Rosaly|
Nov 20

Cuneifest 2011

Baltimore, MD

ROLLDOWN!! |Adasiewicz, Josh Berman, Aram Shelton, Jason Roebke, Frank Rosaly|
All Shows are in Chicago unless notated

past 2011

Oct 2 Simons Steve Dawson with with Diane Christiansen, Alton Smith, Jason Roebke, Frank Rosaly, Adasiewicz
Oct 1

Cliff Bells

Detroit, MI

SUN ROOMS |Adasiewicz, Nate McBride, Mike Reed|
Sept 30

Cliff Bells

Detroit, MI

SUN ROOMS |Adasiewicz, Nate McBride, Mike Reed|
Sept 29

Empty Bottle

Wire Festival Starlicker
Sept 27 The Whistler Wheelhouse |Nate McBride, Dave Rempis, Adasiewicz|
Sept 7 The Hideout Wheelhouse |Nate McBride, Dave Rempis, Adasiewicz|
Sept 4 Chicago Jazz Festival Myth/Science Assembly |Mike Reed, Adasiewicz, Greg Ward, Tomeka Reid, Josh Abrams, Taylor Ho Bynum, Ingrid Laubrock, Tomas Fujiwara, Nick Butcher|
August 27 JazzFestival Saalfelden, Austria Ingebrigt Håker Flaten Chicago Sextet|Håker Flaten, Dave Rempis, Ola Kvernberg, Jeff Parker, Frank Rosaly, Adasiewicz|
August 20 The Sugar Maple, Milwaukee WI Assex |Adrienne Pierluissi, Nate McBride, Dave Rempis, Adasiewicz|
August 20 @8am!! Millennium Park Duo with Frank Rosaly for Millennium Park Workouts
August 15 @11am Millennium Park Josh Berman and His Gang |Berman, Keefe Jackson, Jason Stein, Guillermo Georgio, Jeb Bishop, Josh Abrams, Frank Rosaly, Adasiewicz|
August 14 The Hungry Brain Josh Berman and His Gang |Berman, Keefe Jackson, Jason Stein, Guillermo Georgio, Jeb Bishop, Josh Abrams, Frank Rosaly, Adasiewicz|
August 13 The Sugar Maple, Milwaukee WI Josh Berman and His Gang |Berman, Keefe Jackson, Jason Stein, Guillermo Georgio, Jeb Bishop, Josh Abrams, Frank Rosaly, Adasiewicz|
August 13 @8am!! Millennium Park Duo with Frank Rosaly for Millennium Park Workouts
August 8 The Skylark Klang |James Flazone, Tim Daisy, Jason Roebke, Adasiewicz|
August 6 @7:30 Lansing Jazz Festival Nicole Mitchell's Ice Crystal Quartet |Mitchell, Josh Abrams, Frank Rosaly, Adasiewicz|
August 6 @8am!! Millennium Park Duo with Frank Rosaly for Millennium Park Workouts
August 5 Uncommon Ground Sun Rooms |Adasiewicz, Nate McBride, Mike Reed|
June 28 MCA ROLLDOWN!! |Adasiewicz, Josh Berman, Aram Shelton, Jason Roebke, Frank Rosaly|
June 26 The Hungry Brain ROLLDOWN!! |Adasiewicz, Josh Berman, Aram Shelton, Jason Roebke, Frank Rosaly|
June 11 OkkaFest, The Sugar Maple, Milwaukee, WI Duo with Mats Gustafsson!!
June 10 OkkaFest, The Sugar Maple, Milwaukee, WI SUN ROOMS |Adasiewicz, Nate McBride, Mike Reed|
June 8 The Vision Festival, NYC Duo with Peter Brotzmann!!
June 2 Elastic Topology |Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark, Dave Rempis, Jeb Bishop, Josh Berman, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Kent Kessler, Tim Daisy, Adasiewicz
June 1 The Hideout Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark, Michael Zerang, Adasiewicz
May 31 The Sugar Maple, Milwaukee, WI Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark, Adasiewicz
May 27 The Sugar Maple, Milwaukee, WI Klang |James Flazone, Tim Daisy, Nate McBride, Adasiewicz|
May 26 Elastic Playing DRUMS with Anton Hatwich
May 25 The Hideout Klang CD Release for 'Other Doors' |James Flazone, Tim Daisy, Nate McBride, Adasiewicz|
May 23 Chicago Cultural Center Starlicker |Rob Mazurek, John Herndon, Adasiewicz|
May 21 Dubuque, IA Starlicker |Rob Mazurek, John Herndon, Adasiewicz|
May 20 Cliff Bells, Detroit, MI Starlicker |Rob Mazurek, John Herndon, Adasiewicz|
May 19 Ann Arbor, MI Starlicker |Rob Mazurek, John Herndon, Adasiewicz|
May 15 Lakeside Inn, MI Starlicker |Rob Mazurek, John Herndon, Adasiewicz|
May 14 Nashville, TN Starlicker |Rob Mazurek, John Herndon, Adasiewicz|
May 11 BoBo Gallery, Asheville, NC Starlicker |Rob Mazurek, John Herndon, Adasiewicz|
May 10 701 CCA, Columbia, SC Starlicker |Rob Mazurek, John Herndon, Adasiewicz|
May 9 Richmond, VA Starlicker |Rob Mazurek, John Herndon, Adasiewicz|
May 8 Washington DC Starlicker |Rob Mazurek, John Herndon, Adasiewicz|
May 7 Ars Nova Workshop, Philadelphia Starlicker |Rob Mazurek, John Herndon, Adasiewicz|
May 6 Nublu, NYC Starlicker |Rob Mazurek, John Herndon, Adasiewicz|
May 5 Issue Project Room, NYC Starlicker |Rob Mazurek, John Herndon, Adasiewicz|
May 1 Hungry Brain SUN ROOMS |Adasiewicz, Nate McBride, Mike Reed|
April 27 The Hideout Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble |Mitchell, David Boykin, David Young, Tomeka Reid, Alex Wing, Marcus Evans, Adasiewicz|
April 26 The Whistler |Adasiewicz, Mike Reed, Devin Hoff|
April 19 The Whistler SUN ROOMS |Adasiewicz, Nate McBride, Mike Reed|
April 12 The Whistler SUN ROOMS |Adasiewicz, Nate McBride, Mike Reed|
April 5 The Whistler SUN ROOMS |Adasiewicz, Nate McBride, Mike Reed|
March 18 Bergamo, Italy Stefano Bollani with Josh Roseman, Larry Grenadier, Jim Black, Adasiewicz
March 20 Perugia, Italy Stefano Bollani
March 22 Poggibonsi, Italy Stefano Bollani
March 24 Antwerp, Beligum Stefano Bollani
March 25&26 Roma, Italy Stefano Bollani
March 27 Azzano Decimo , Italy Stefano Bollani
March 28 Livorno, Italy Stefano Bollani
March 29 Cesena, Italy Stefano Bollani
Feb 12&13 Sao Paulo, Brazil Yusef Lateef!!! with Rob Mazurek, William Parker, Thomas Roher, Mauricio Takara, Adasiewicz
Feb 7 The Skylark with Aram Shelton
Feb 4 Transistor Starlicker |Rob Mazurek, John Herndon, Adasiewicz|
Feb 2 The Hideout DUO with Jeff Parker
Jan 28 The Hideout Steve Dawson with with Diane Christiansen, Alton Smith, Jason Roebke, Frank Rosaly, Adasiewicz
Jan 26 The Hideout Starlicker |Rob Mazurek, John Herndon, Adasiewicz|
Jan 21&22 Cliff Bell's Detroit, MI Starlicker |Rob Mazurek, John Herndon, Adasiewicz|
Jan 20 The Sugar Maple Milwaukee, WI Starlicker |Rob Mazurek, John Herndon, Adasiewicz|
Jan 16 Hungry Brain Starlicker |Rob Mazurek, John Herndon, Adasiewicz|
Jan 15 Loft Society Cincinnati, OH Starlicker |Rob Mazurek, John Herndon, Adasiewicz|
Jan 12 The Hideout Josh Berman's Old Idea with Keefe Jackson, Anton Hatwich, Marc Riordan, Adasiewicz
Jan 11 The Whistler Solo
Jan 7&8 The Green Mill Exploding Star Orchestra |Rob Mazurek, Nicole Mitchell, Matt Bauder, Jeb Bishop, Jeff Parker, Adasiewicz, Matt Lux, Josh Abrams, Mike Reed, John Herndon, Damon Locks|
Jan 3 Myopic Books DUO with Devin Hoff

past 2010

Nov 21 Hungry Brain DUO with Joe McPhee
Nov 20 Millennium Park Pritzker Pavilion Mike Reed's Loose Assembly featuring Roscoe Mitchell with Gred Ward, Tomeka Reid, Josh Abrams, Adasiewicz
Nov 5 Tenerife, Spain Rob Mazurek, John Herndon, Adasiewicz
Oct 6 The Hideout Sun Rooms Record Release!!! |Adasiewicz, Nate McBride, Mike Reed|
Sept 25 Rijkevorsel, Belgian Boerenbond |Eric Boeren, Tobias Delius, Peter Evans, Adasiewicz|
Sept 24

BimHuis

Amsterdam, NL

Boerenbond |Eric Boeren, Tobias Delius, Peter Evans, Adasiewicz|
Sept 5 @1:10 Chicago Jazz Festival Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble
Sept 1 The Whistler The Hats |Dave McDonnell, Josh Berman, Anton Hatwich, Dylan Ryan, Adasiewicz|
August 28 Saalfelden, Austria Exploding Star Orchestra
August 22 @4pm Lakeside, MI Portoluz presents Nicole Mitchell's Ice Crystal Quartet AND Josh Abrams Quartet
August 17 @5:30 MCA Sun Rooms |Adasiewicz, Mike Reed, Nate McBride|
August 12 @6:30 Millennium Park Pritzker Pavilion Toumani Diabate and the Chicago Transilience Ensemble
August 8 Hungry Brain ROLLDOWN!!
August 5 Sugar Maple-Milwaukee, WI ROLLDOWN!!
August 4 The Hideout ROLLDOWN!! |Adasiewicz, Josh Berman, Aram Shelton, Jason Roebke, Frank Rosaly|
July 25 Sugar Maple-Milwaukee, WI OkkaFest II Ken Vandermark's Topology featuring Joe McPhee |with Dave Rempis, Josh Berman, Jeb Bishop, Fred Lonberg-Holn, Tim Daisy, Kent Kessler, Adasiewicz|
July 21 The Hideout Darren Johnston Group |with Jeb Bishop, Nate McBride, Frank Rosaly, Adasiewicz|
July 5 The Skylark Jason Roebke Combination |with Jason Stein, Frank Rosaly, Adasiewicz|
May 31 The Skylark Steve Dawson |with Diane Christiansen, Jason Roebke, Frank Rosaly, Adasiewicz|
May 20 Elastic Sun Rooms |Adasiewicz, Nate McBride, Mike Reed|
May 16 Old Town School of Folk Music Steve Dawson Record Release for I Will Miss The Trumpets and Drums
May 12 The Hideout Wheelhouse |Nate McBride, Dave Rempis, Adasiewicz|
May 2 Elastic Assex |Adrienne Pierluissi, Nate McBride, Dave Rempis, Adasiewicz|
April 25 Hungry Brain Rob Mazurek's Sound Is |Mazurek, Matt Lux, Josh Abrams, John Herndon, Adasiewicz|
April 24 The Hideout Josh Berman and His Gang |Berman, Guillermo Gregorio, Jason Stein, Keefe Jackson, Jeb Bishop, Josh Abrams, Frank Rosaly, Adasiewicz|
April 23 Whitney Muesuem, NYC Black Monks of Mississippi |Theaster Gates, LeRoy Bach, Josh Abrams, Matt Lux, Adasiewicz|
April 22 Elastic Klang |James Falzone, Jason Roebke, Tim Daisy, Adasiewicz|
April 21 The Hideout Frank Rosaly's Cicada Music |Rosaly, Jason Stein, James Falzone, Keefe Jackson, Jason Roebke, Adasiewicz|
March 7 Warsaw, Poland Sound Is
march 6 Poznan, Poland Sound Is
March 5 Wroclaw, Poland Sound Is
March 4 Zurich, Switzerland Sound Is
March 3 Lugano, Switzerland Sound Is
Feb 28 Rome, Italy Sound Is
Feb 27 Forli, Italy Sound Is
Feb 26 Padova, Italy Sound Is |Rob Mazurek, Matt Lux, Josh Abrams, John Herndon, Adasiewicz|
Feb 21 Hungry Brain Set 1:Josh Abrams Group |Abrams, David Boykin, Frank Rosaly, Adasiewicz| Set 2:Wheelhouse |Dave Rempis, Nate Mcbride, Adasiewicz|
Feb 20 The Velvet Lounge Josh Abrams Group |Abrams, David Boykin, Frank Rosaly, Adasiewicz|
Feb 17 The Hideout OverOva |Jason Roebke, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Adasiewicz|
Feb 11 @6:30 Chicago Cultral Center Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble with Edmar Castaneda |Mitchell, Castaneda, David Boykin, David Young, Marcus Evans, Adasiewicz|
Feb 5 The Velvet Lounge Nicole Mitchell Ice Crystal Quartet |Mitchell, Marcus Evans, Darius Savage, Adasiewicz|
Jan 22 International House Philadelphia, PA Ken Vandermark's Don Cherry Project |with Dave Rempis, Jeb Bishop, Pandelis Karayorgis, Nate Mcbride, Chad Taylor, Adasiewicz|
Jan 21 Elastic Ken Vandermark's Don Cherry Project |with Dave Rempis, Jeb Bishop, Pandelis Karayorgis, Nate Mcbride, Chad Taylor, Adasiewicz|
Jan 20 The Hideout Ken Vandermark's Don Cherry Project |with Dave Rempis, Jeb Bishop, Pandelis Karayorgis, Nate Mcbride, Chad Taylor, Adasiewicz|
Jan 16 The Sugar Maple Milwaukee, WI Assex |Adrienne Pierluissi, Nate McBride, Dave Rempis, Adasiewicz|
Jan 14 Elastic Sun Rooms |Adasiewicz, Nate McBride, Mike Reed|
Jan 13 The Hideout Sound Is |Rob Mazurek, Matt Lux, Josh Abrams, John Herndon, Adasiewicz|
Jan 12 Rodan Sound Is |Rob Mazurek, Matt Lux, Josh Abrams, John Herndon, Adasiewicz|
Jan 8 &9 The Green Mill Exploding Star Orchestra |Rob Mazurek, Nicole Mitchell, Jeb Bishop, Matt Bauder, Matt Lux, John Herndon, Damon Locks, Adasiewicz|



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Jason Adasiewicz is a 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 Exploding Star Orchestra and Starlicker, The Nicole Mitchell Ice Crystal Quartet, Mike Reed's Loose Assembly, Josh Berman and His Gang, and Ken Vandermark's Topology. Adasiewicz performs frequently in Europe and is a member of groups lead by Peter Brotzmann, Stefano Bollani, and Mats Gustafsson. Adasiewicz won the 2011 Downbeat Annual Critic's Poll in the Rising Star Vibes category, and for the last 3 years has placed in the Vibes category. For the last two years Jason has been nominated by the Jazz Journalists Association as a finalist for 'Mallet Instrumentalist of the Year'. His quintet Rolldown, with Josh Berman, Aram Shelton, Jason Roebke, and Frank Rosaly, formed in 2004 and have released two records, Rolldown (482 Music, 2008) and Varmint (Cuneiform Records, 2009). His trio Sun Rooms, with Mike Reed and Nate McBride, formed in 2009 and have released one record, Sun Rooms (Delmark, 2010). The critical attention that Sun Rooms received includes: the New York Times Top 10 Pop and Jazz Records of 2010, The Village Voice Top 50 Jazz Records of 2010, The Chicago Tribune Top 10 Jazz Records of 2010, Dusted Magazine Top Jazz Records of 2010, and The Chicago Reader Top Albums of 2010. Sun Rooms will release their second record, Spacer, for Delmark in October of 2011.

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|Jason Adasiewicz|
Sun Rooms

Released September 21st, 2010
with
Nate McBride
Mike Reed
|Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown|
Varmint

Released September 29th, 2009
with
Josh Berman
Aram Shelton
Jason Roebke
Frank Rosaly
|Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown|
Varmint
180g Vinyl Version

Released September 29th, 2009
with
Josh Berman
Aram Shelton
Jason Roebke
Frank Rosaly
|Jason Adasiewicz|
Rolldown

with
Josh Berman
Aram Shelton
Jason Roebke
Frank Rosaly
|Jason Adasiewicz|
Rolldown
140g Vinyl Version!

Contains
tunes from the CD,
one alternate take,
and one 'vinyl only' track

|Mike Reed's Loose Assembly|

featuring Roscoe Mitchell
Empathetic Parts

with
Greg Ward
Tomeka Reid
Josh Abrams
Adasiewicz

|Exploding Star Orchestra|
Stars Have Shapes

with
Rob Mazurek     Nicole Mitchell
Matt Bauder       Jeb Bishop
Jason Stein       Greg Ward
Josh Abrams      Adasiewicz
Carrie Biolo        Jeff Kowalkowski
Matt Lux            Mike Reed
Damon Locks     John Herndon
|Joshua Abrams|
Natural Information

with
Emmett Kelly
Frank Rosaly
Noritake Tanaka
Adasiewicz
|Klang|
Tea Music

with
James Falzone
Jason Roebke
Tim Daisy
Adasiewicz
|Josh Berman|
Old Idea

with
Keefe Jackson
Anton Hatwich
Nori Tanaka
Adasiewicz
|Rob Mazurek Quintet|
Sound Is

with
Matt Lux
Josh Abrams
John Herndon
Adasiewicz
|Lucky 7s|
Pluto Junkyard

Jeb Bishop
Jeff Albert
Josh Berman
Keefe Jackson
Matt Golombisky
Quin Kirchner
Adasiewicz
|Mike Reed's Loose Assembly|
The Speed of Change

with
Greg Ward
Tomeka Reid
Josh Abrams
Adasiewicz
|Chris Connelly|
Forgiveness and Exile

with
Tim Kinsella      Ben Vida
Josh Abrams    Adam Vida
Nate Kinsella    Ben Massarella
Adasiewicz
|Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra|
with
Rob Mazurek     Nicole Mitchell
Matt Bauder       Jeb Bishop
Josh Berman     Jeff Parker
Jim Baker           Adasiewicz
Matthew Lux      Jason Ajemian
Mike Reed         John Herndon
Damon Locks
|Exploding Star Orchestra|
We are All From Somewhere Else

Rob Mazurek     Nicole Mitchell
Jeb Bishop        Corey Wilkes
Josh Berman     Matt Bauder
Jeff Parker        Jim Baker
Adasiewicz        John McEntire
Matthew Lux     Jason Ajemian
Mike Reed        John Herndon
|Mike Reed's Loose Assembly|
Last Year's Ghost

with
Greg Ward
Tomeka Reid
Josh Abrams
Adasieiwcz
|Chris Connelly|
The Episodes

with
Tim Kinsella      Ben Vida
Josh Abrams    Adam Vida
Nate Kinsella    Ben Massarella
Adasiewicz
|Overova|
Cockroaches Are 100% Virgin

Fred Lonberg-Holm
Jason Roebke
Adasiewicz
|Lucky 7s|
Farragut

Jeb Bishop
Jeff Albert
Josh Berman
Keefe Jackson
Matt Golombisky
Quin Kirchner
Adasiewicz
|Harris Eisenstadt|
The Soul and Gone

with
Jeb Bishop
Jason Mears
Jeff Parker
Jason Roebke
Adasiewicz
|Steve Dawson|
Sweet is The Anchor
|Aram Shelton|
Arrive

with
Tim Daisy
Jason Roebke
Adasiewicz
|Central Falls|
Love and Easy Living

Adam Vida
Ben Vida
Ryan Hembrey
Andy Uhrich
Adasiewicz
|Document Chicago|
New Jazz and Improvisation
|Simon Joyner|
Blue Melody:Live From the South

with
Michael Krassner
Fred Lonberg-Holm
Jessica Billey
Adasiewicz
|Central Falls|
Latitude

Adam Vida
Ben Vida
Steve Dorocke
Noel Kupersmith
Adasiewicz
|Manishevitz|
Private Lines EP

Adam Busch      Via Nuon
Ryan Hembrey  Fred Lonberg-Holm
Nate Lepine       Jim Baker
Adasiewicz
|Manishevitz|
Rollover
|Bablicon|
In A Different City

|Andiamo|
-Order Through Me-

Adasiewicz
Josh Berman
John Doyle

|Through an Open Window|
-Order Through Me-

Adasiewicz
John Dolye



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The New York Times- September 2010

What is it about the plainspokenness in Chicago jazz? If “Sun Rooms,” the terse, nonvirtuosic and soulful new album from a trio led by the vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz, were a film, it would be black-and-white with high contrasts. If it were an outdoor scene it would be a medium-busy urban street with squat, butch prewar buildings.

“Sun Rooms” — the name of the album and the name of the band — is just vibraphone, bass and drums, the rough plucking and the jagged cymbal triplets offsetting the vibraphone’s eaves of calm, the dry studio sound offsetting the metallic shimmer. It isn’t noir — it doesn’t have those pretensions — but it’s definitely gunmetal.

Over the last five years or so, Mr. Adasiewicz’s name has kept coming up in the context of an industrious and aesthetically tamped-down crew of Chicago players: the cornetist Josh Berman, the bassists Jason Roebke and Joshua Abrams — and, on this album, the bassist Nate McBride and the drummer Mike Reed. He writes lovely tunes, the better to play through dryly. (On this album, the easy-swinging “Life” and the ballad “Rose Garden” are some of the better songs I’ve heard recently written by jazz musicians.) And he knows their dimensions. Nobody here grandstands, fusses over details, or wastes time. Solos take their place in an arrangement and then disappear. There’s no problem of scale or mismatch of affect to material. It’s a modest and affecting band, in control of its mood.

The music here is very early-60s and imitates the temper of some jazz from that period: swinging-vanguardist records like Duke Ellington’s “Money Jungle,” Eric Dolphy’s “Out There,” Andrew Hill’s “Smoke Stack.” Thelonious Monk is in there, too, in off-beat grace notes and whipped-up streaks of dissonant melodic improvising. And so, perhaps, are the lingering, ambient harmonies of instrumental Chicago rock bands like Tortoise and Isotope 217: Mr. Adasiewicz likes to let you feel his harmonies by ringing out his chords for a bar or two.

The album’s last three tunes are cover versions with various kinds of emotional kicks: Hassan Ibn Ali’s dark and querulous “Off My Back Jack,” slowed down to half speed; Sun Ra’s moody piece of chinoiserie, “Overtones of China”; and Duke Ellington’s devastating ballad “Warm Valley,” which is arranged simply as two solos over drums, a short one for bass and a longer one for vibraphone. Mr. Adasiewicz, in his turn, enacts the smart jazz musician’s trick of not revealing the melody until he’s well into the song. It’s a good idea, but there’s almost nothing on this record that isn’t.

 

BEN RATLIFF

 

 




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