Now Is Keefe Jackson
On November 13th, 2016, Ben Remsen and Keefe Jackson spent a couple hours in the former’s living room in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, listening to music in some way related to Keefe’s work.
To find out more about Keefe, what he's done and what he's doing, check out keefejackson.com.
photo credit: Johnathan Crawford
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Music
Intro: “Symbol Reform”
Jackson / Berman / Strøm / Østvang
from Southern Sun (2015)
available from Stone Floor Records
Keefe Jackson, bass clarinet
Josh Berman, cornet
Jon Rune Strøm, double bass
Tollef Østvang, drums
Outro: “Swap”
Jackson / Adasiewicz
from Rows and Rows (2016)
available from Delmark Records
Keefe Jackson, bass clarinet
Jason Adasiewicz, vibraphone
“Background Music”
Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh
from The Complete Atlantic Recordings Of Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh (1955)
available through the ether
Lee Konitz, alto saxophone
Warne Marsh, tenor saxophone
Billy Bauer, guitar
Oscar Pettiford, bass
Kenny Clarke, drums
“Red, Black & Green”
Pharoah Sanders
from Thembi (1971)
available through the ether
Pharoah Sander, tenor sax, soprano sax, bells
Michael White, violin
Lonnie Liston Smith, piano
Cecil McBee, bass
Clifford Jarvis, drums
Everyone is also credited as playing percussion
“The Prophet”
Eric Dolphy
from At the Five Spot, Vol. 1 (1961)
available through the ether
Eric Dolphy, alto sax
Booker Little, trumpet
Mal Waldron, piano
Richard Davis, bass
Ed Blackwell, drums
“Open Aspect #1.2”
Anthony Braxton
from Open Aspects Duo (1982)
once but no longer available from HatArt
Anthony Braxton, alto saxophone
Richard Teitelbaum, synthesizer, computer
“Just You Just Me”
Lester Young
from Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio/Quartet (1954)
available through the ether
Lester Young, tenor saxophone
Oscar Peterson, piano
Barney Kessel, guitar
Ray Brown, bass
J. C. Heard - drums
“Lover Man”
Sonny Rollins & Coleman Hawkins
from Sunny Meets Hawk! (1963)
available through the ether
Coleman Hawkins, tenor saxophone
Sonny Rollins, tenor saxophone
Paul Bley, piano
Bob Cranshaw, bass
Roy McCurdy, drums
“Yggdrasill”
Jimmy Giuffre
from Free Fall (1963)
available through the ether
Jimmy Giuffre, clarinet
“Orgasm”
Alan Shorter
from Orgasm (1969)
available through the ether
Alan Shorter, flugelhorn
Gato Barbieri, tenor saxophone
Charlie Haden, bass
Rashied Ali, drums
“Gee's Bend”
Evan Parker
from Time Lapse (2006)
available from Tzadik Records
Evan Parker, saxophones
“A Story About You”
Bobby Bradford-Frode Gjerstad Quartet
from Silver Cornet (2014)
available from Nessa Records
Bobby Bradford, cornet
Frode Gjerstad, alto sax
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, bass
Frank Rosaly, drums