# Jason Adasiewicz

Jason Adasiewicz (born October 14, 1977) is an American jazz vibraphonist and composer.

## Early life and education

Jason was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1977, but raised in Crystal Lake, Illinois. He studied jazz drums at DePaul University for three years.

## Career

Adasiewicz began playing the vibraphone after leaving school, first in the indie-rock scene around Chicago with bands like Pinetop Seven and the singer-songwriter Edith Frost.
In the early-2000s, Adasiewicz began his collaboration with cornetist Josh Berman and drummer Mike Reed. Since then he was worked in the Chicago jazz and improvisation scene with multiple bands, including Rob Mazurek’s Starlicker and Exploding Star Orchestra, Mike Reed’s Loose Assembly, Josh Berman and His Gang, Nicole Mitchell’s Ice Crystal, James Falzone’s Klang and Ken Vandermark’s Topology and Audio One.
Adasiewicz formed his Chicago-based jazz quintet, Rolldown, in 2004, while living in Madison. In 2008 he founded the trio Sun Rooms, with Nate McBride and Mike Reed.
In 2017, Adasiewicz composed his first original film score, for Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago. It was released as an album in 2023 by Corbett vs. Dempsey. All About Jazz commented: "It is wildly, deliriously entertaining and so dynamic, beautiful and fun that you'll want to play it over and over again."

## Discography
### As leader/co-leader

| Release year | Title | Label | Personnel/Notes |
| 2008 | Rolldown | 482 Music | Quintet with Josh Berman (cornet), Aram Shelton (alto sax, clarinet), Jason Roebke (bass), Frank Rosaly (drums) |
| 2009 | Varmint | Cuneiform | As the band Rolldown; with Josh Berman (cornet), Aram Shelton (alto sax, clarinet), Jason Roebke (bass), Frank Rosaly (drums) |
| 2010 | Sun Rooms | Delmark | Trio with Nate McBride (bass), Mike Reed (drums) |
| 2011 | Spacer | Delmark | As the band Sun Rooms; with Nate McBride (bass), Mike Reed (drums) |
| 2012 | New Myth/Old Science | Cuneiform | As the band Living by Lanterns; co-led by Adasiewicz and Mike Reed |
| 2014 | From the Region | Delmark | As the band Sun Rooms; with Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (bass), Mike Reed (drums) |
| 2016 | Rows and Rows | Delmark | Duo with Keefe Jackson (tenor sax) |
| 2023 | Roy's World | Corbett vs. Dempsey | Quintet with Joshua Abrams (bass), Josh Berman (cornet), Jonathan Doyle (saxes), and Hamid Drake (drums) |

### As sideman

| Release year | Leader | Title | Label |
| 2013 | Joshua Abrams | Unknown Known | Delmark |
| 2008 | Jason Ajemian | The Art of Dying | Delmark |
| 2014 | Audio One | An International Report | Audiographic |
| 2014 | Audio One | The Midwest School | Audiographic |
| 2015 | Audio One | What Thomas Bernhard Saw | Audiographic |
| 2009 | Josh Berman | Old Idea | Delmark |
| 2012 | Josh Berman | There Now | Delmark |
| 2014 | Peter Brötzmann | Mental Shake | Otoroku |
| 2008 | Bill Dixon | Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra | Thrill Jockey |
| 2006 | Harris Eisenstadt | The Soul and Gone | 482 Music |
| 2007 | Exploding Star Orchestra | We Are All From Somewhere Else | Thrill Jockey |
| 2010 | Exploding Star Orchestra | Stars Have Shapes | Delmark |
| 2011 | Darren Johnston | The Big Lift | Porto Franco |
| 2009 | Klang | Tea Music | Allos |
| 2011 | Klang | Other Doors | Allos |
| 2012 | Klang | Brooklyn Lines... Chicago Spaces | Allos |
| 2006 | Lucky 7 | Farragut | Lakefront Digital |
| 2009 | Lucky 7 | Pluto Junkyard | Clean Feed |
| 2009 | Rob Mazurek | Sound Is | Delmark |
| 2009 | Rob Mazurek | Skull Sessions | Cuneiform |
| 2014 | Dave McDonnell | The Dragon and the Griffin | New Atlantis |
| 2015 | Dave McDonnell | The Time Inside a Year | Delmark |
| 2013 | Nicole Mitchell | Aquarius | Delmark |
| 2007 | Mike Reed | Last Year's Ghost | 482 Music |
| 2008 | Mike Reed | The Speed of Change | 482 Music |
| 2010 | Mike Reed | Empathetic Parts | 482 Music |
| 2014 | Jason Roebke | High Red Center | Delmark |
| 2013 | Frank Rosaly | Cicada Music | Delmark |
| 2005 | Aram Shelton | Arrive | 482 Music |
| 2011 | Aram Shelton | There Was... | Clean Feed |
| 2011 | Starlicker | Double Demon | Delmark |
| 2011 | Ken Vandermark | Impressions of Po Music | Okka Disk |
| 2013 | Wheelhouse | Boss of the Plains | Aerophonic |