$10 Cover @ the Door / Start 7:30pm / Doors 7pm
Point01Percent series presents a special evening featuring Chicago-based multi-reed player Keefe Jackson.
In the first set at 7:30, some of Keefe’s own compositions and other originals by the ensemble members. At 8:30, with a small personnel change, a set of improvised music.
Saxophonist/clarinetist/improvisor/composer, arrived in Chicago in 2001 from his native Fayettevile, Arkansas. He performs regularly in the U.S. and in Europe with many musicians including Pandelis Karayorgis, Tomeka Reid, Tim Daisy, Dave Rempis, Jeb Bishop, Jason Roebke, Jason Adasiewicz, Mike Reed, Jason Stein, Josh Berman, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Frank Rosaly, Oscar Jan Hoogland and Marc Unternaehrer. He has also appeared with Michael Moore, Ab Baars, Michiel Braam, Satoko Fujii, and Anthony Coleman. Bill Meyer (Chicago Reader): "...the impeccable logic of his lines and the richness of his tone leave you wanting more... Jackson's high-register squiggles and coarsely voiced, rippling runs push the limits of the tenor's tonal envelope." Frank van Herk, de Volkskrant (Amsterdam): "[Jackson] has an old-fashioned, warm-woolly sound, and a feeling for melodic lines that take their time in unfolding." He has been mentioned in the DownBeat Critics Poll in the Rising Star Tenor Saxophone category. Recordings are available on Delmark and Clean Feed Records.
Program:
First Set: Original music by Keefe Jackson and members of the ensemble
Keefe Jackson, tenor sax
Jorrit Dijkstra, soprano, alto sax
Jeb Bishop, trombone
Pandelis Karayorgis, piano
Nate McBride, bass
Luther Gray, drums
Second Set: A set of improvised music
Keefe Jackson, tenor sax
Jorrit Dijkstra, soprano, alto sax
Jeb Bishop, trombone
Pandelis Karayorgis, piano
Nate McBride, bass
Eric Rosenthal, drums