KEEFE JACKSON
Genres: Avant-Garde Jazz, 21st Century Modern • United States

For J@k@l/Jakal (Keefe Jackson/Julian Kirshner/Fred Lonberg-Holm trio) search under J@k@l/Jakal. For These Thins Happen (Joshua Abrams, Keefe Jackson, Mikel Avery, Oscar Jan Hoogland) search under "These Things Happen". Keefe Jackson, 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 Tim Daisy, Dave Rempis, Jeb Bishop, Jason Roebke, Guillermo Gregorio, Jason Adasiewicz, Mike Reed, Jason Stein, Josh Berman, Aram Shelton, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Frank Rosaly, Jason Roebke, Anton Hatwich, and Marc Unternaehrer in groups such as the Fast Citizens, Chicago Luzern Exchange, and Keefe Jackson's Project Project (big band) and Likely So (reed septet). He has also appeared with Michael Moore, Ab Baars, Michiel Braam, Satoko Fujii, and Anthony Coleman. Bill Meyer, writing in the Chicago Reader, commended: "...the impeccable logic of his lines and the richness of his tone leave you wanting more... read more...