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| 1. | Good Looking Android
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| 2. | Small Potatoes
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| 3. | Valerie
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| 4. | Creep
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| 5. | Nearby
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| 6. | Little Screw
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| 7. | Gather
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| 8. | Hide [Multimedia Track]
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Jazz
Aram Shelton Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
Frank Rosaly Drums
Jason Adasiewicz Composer, Vibraphone, Producer
Jason Michael Ward Mastering
Jason Roebke Guitar (Bass)
Josh Berman Cornet
Document Chicago #14
Rolldown 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, Aram Shelton, Jason Roebke and Frank Rosaly.
'Composing pieces for Rolldown started with free improvisation on the piano' explains Adasiewicz, who wrote all the music during a year in Madison, Wisconsin in which he supported his wife's academic pursuits and re-evaluated his life while working on a vegetable farm. '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.'
'He emphasizes his terrific originals in Rolldown,' wrote the Chicago Reader's Peter Margasak, adding, many songs on Rolldown 'recall the brilliantly oblique postbop material Bobby Hutcherson recorded for Blue Note in the late 60s, but others are based on gently rippling, coloristic passages. Adasiewicz lays down spiky, sweet-and-sour harmonies behind the solos, and his own improvisations are jagged tangles that make unexpected turns and recapitulations.'
Adasiewicz is a member of more than 20 working bands, including the Guillermo Gregorio Trio, Fred Lonberg-Holm's Valentine Trio + 1, Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra, the Nicole Mitchell Quartet and Ken Vandermark's Double Quartet. His debut as a leader on 482 Music follows a long association with the label that includes recordings with Aram Shelton's Arrive, Harris Eisenstadt and Mike Reed's Loose Assembly. He also appears on two tracks from the sampler that launched the label's Document Chicago series in 2003.
Vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz is emerging as one of the most interesting bandleaders and composers in modern creative improvised jazz. As an individualist, his instrument is one that very few specialize in, the exception in recent times being New Yorker's Bill Ware or Brian Carrott. For Rolldown, the 14th in the series of Document Chicago CDs, Adasiewicz has assembled a quintet of astounding musical proportion and depth, playing his tricky music that seems to have no limits of imagination, wit or wisdom. Clarinetist and alto saxophonist Aram Shelton, a true rising star, proves his mettle frequently on this date. Josh Berman is a new name playing the cornet, while the rhythm section of bassist Jason Roebke and drummer Frank Rosaly are well established in their peer circle. Collectively the ensemble is quite fond of changing up tempos at will, evidenced by the stop-start, decaying and no-time bluesy swing centered "Small Potatoes," and the easier, then ramped up, bouncy and head nodding "Creep." The band is munching on some strange blue fruit during "Good Looking Android" establishing clarion calls, staggered phrasings, spatial and brittle melody lines with direct and indirect swing. The perfectly titled "Nearby" sports an ultimately underground theme via vibes and bass, hushed tones, reticent playing, inner space, and some long tones in the mezzo piano range. Also at a low level, "Valerie" features Shelton's clarinet during a curious piece of deference informed by the inquisitive vibes of Adasiewicz, while "Gather" is a solemn, funeral like piece where Shelton's clarinet and Roebke's bass coalesce. There's also a loping straight bop workout piece, "Little Screw," at nearly 17 minutes, again sped and slowed with scattered brass and sax. Adasiewicz is a fine player, in the backdrop overall, and more pronounced as an emerging writer. He's scratching the surface, and offering great potential on this fine effort that comes recommended to those who choose to listen closely. ~ Michael G. Nastos, Rovi |
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