ANNOUNCING THE WINTER 2010 LOCKSMITH ISIDORE EUROPEAN TOUR!
RECORD RELEASE TOUR FOR THREE LESS THAN BETWEEN (CLEAN FEED RECORDS)

Tuesday, January 12th. Zurich, Switzerland. WIM Zurich. (w/ Christian Weber, Marc Unternahrer, Isa Wiss)
Wednesday, January 13th. Luzern, Switzerland. Mulbau (w/ Marc Unternahrer, Isa Wiss)
Friday, January 15th. Weikersheim, Germany. W71
Saturday, January 16th. Ulrichsberg, Austria. Jazzatelier Ulrichsberg
Sunday, January 17th. Hofheim, Germany. Jazzkeller.
Monday, January 18th. Vienna, Austria. Martinschloessl.
Tuesday, January 19th. Linz, Austria. KAPU
Wednesday, January 20th. Maribor, Slovenia.
Friday, January 22nd. Berlin, Germany. Aufsturz. (w/ Rudi Mahall)

TWO NEW RELEASES OUT NOW!! (click image for purchasing info)
  
                                   

JASON STEIN SOLO
IN EXCHANGE FOR A PROCESS (Leo Records)

"(In Exchange for a Process) is a laboratory of an album, experimenting with extended technique, sound and structure...Stein brings new ideas and sounds to his chosen instrument."  -Mark Corroto (All About Jazz)

"Here comes a CD of bass clarinet solos that threw me down.What a soloist! Marvelous work...a captivating record that left me in awe."         -François Couture




JASON STEIN'S LOCKSMITH ISIDORE
THREE LESS THAN BETWEEN (Clean Feed Records)

"Three Less Than Between is an outstanding exercise in free improvisation. Little sounds planned in advance; melodies are few and far between. But there is a road map to link the 11 tracks, which rise and crest and ebb like waves of sound." -Steve Greenlee (Boston Globe)




       

JASON STEIN SOLO TOUR!

RECORD RELEASE TOUR
FOR IN EXCHANGE FOR A PROCESS (LEO RECORDS)

Thursday, October 22nd. Cliff Bells. Detroit MI
Friday, October 23rd. Most Wanted Fine Art Gallery. Pittsburgh PA
Saturday, October 24th. Red Room. Baltimore MD
Sunday, October 25th. Moonstone Arts Center. Philadelphia PA
Tuesday, October 27th. Douglass Street Collective. Brooklyn NY (solo set + trio with Oscar Noriega, Josh Sinton)
Wednesday, October 28th. Freestyle Music Series at Local 269. New York, NY. (w/ Kirk Knuffke, Mike Pride)
Sunday, November 1st. Ghostprint Gallery. Richmond VA.
Monday, November 2nd. Morris Book Shop. Lexington KY.

Crazy week of Locksmith Isidore work. Following three straight days of rehearsals and performances Roebke, Pride, and I recorded 7 of my compositions for a new album on Not Two Records. Great recording session at the Shape Shoppe with the masterful Griffin Rodriguez at the board. On Wednesday Locksmith Isidore performed at Edgefest-the truly one of a kind improvised music festival in Ann Arbor. We had the honor of opening for Roscoe Mitchell. Wow, I can't say enough about Roscoe's incredible, trancendent playing.  Many thanks to Deanna Relyea for her incredible efforts in organizing the fantastic 4 days of music including the likes of Roscoe, Han Bennick, Michael Moore, Ned Rothenberg, Marty Erlich, Michael Attias, Ron Miles, Wayne Horvitz, and many others. I wish I could have stayed all weekend and listened and learned. Plus, there is no where I like to practice more than at my old school, the University of Michigan School of Music.

This was a busy week. Gigs just about every night. Working on writing new Locksmith Isidore music. And with some creative rubber banding, my horn is even working. I had a blast tonight performing with one of Chicago's great working bands, Mike Reed's Loose Assembly at the University of Chicago Department of Visual Arts. We're there the next two Fridays as well-October 9th and 16th. 5228 S. Harper Ave (by Dr. Wax), Chicago IL.

I am asked very frequently who my favorite bass clarinetists are. So I decided to ask (and answer) myself the same question and start my little blog with the following list, very much in no particular order, of the 10 bass clarinetists every enthusiastic listener should know.

10 BASS CLARINETISTS YOU SHOULD KNOW IF YOU HAVE HAPPENED UPON MY MUSIC.

1. RUDI MAHALL. Rudi is a freakishly incredible player and stylist. I had the opportunity to perform with Rudi in 2008 in Berlin. It was an honor and a definite learning experience I will remember.

2. LOUIS SCLAVIS. Sclavis has recorded for ECM, and Label Bleu. Whenever I'm feeling like I can really play my instrument, I pop in a Sclavis record and am quickly reminded how much I have to work on and learn. Louis makes playing the bc sound effortless.

3. DAVID MURRAY. David was my original teacher on the bass clarinet. I went to his hotel room in Bozeman, Montana and he showed me how to play "Let's Cool One" and how to slap tounge. This was, of course, after we finished watching "Matlock". David said, "I'm lazy man, we're gonna watch Matlock before we play." Lazy, right. This was during the time when David was arranging the music for "Octet Plays Trane". After Matlock David proceeded to play me Trane's Giant Steps solo (lighting fast) like it was a leisurely afternoon stroll. That's education.

4. NED ROTHENBERG. "In The Thick" on Ned's solo record The Crux (Leo Records)!!!

5. MICHEL PILZ. MIchel has a totally personal sound on the bc, which is not an easy thing to do.

6. KEN VANDERMARK. Ken's solo on "The Coooler" on the Vandermark 5 record Burn The Incline is still one of my favorite statements on bass clarinet. I listened to this track a million times when I was in college. Ken's phrasing and clarity was totally different from anything I had ever heard on the instrument.

7. ANDREW D'ANGELO. Best recorded bass clarinet sound ever. 

8. MICHAEL LOWENSTERN. Michael is an amazing musician and all around amazing guy. He is a sort of general authority on all things bass clarinet. We are lucky to have him out there, sharing his knowledge with us. Michael's version of "Summertime" on the bc is a spellbinding classic.

9. MICHAEL MOORE. The title track on Gerry Hemingway's "Perfect World" features Micheal on some super deep bc playing. When I started playing the bass clarinet I wanted to sound like Michael Moore on this record. Not a bad starting point, huh.

10. ERIC DOLPHY. What can I say that hasn't been said before. Eric is the originator. The innovator. One of the great heros of jazz and improvised music. And by all accounts, a truly gentle and kind man who kept lima beans in his kitchen closet and more technique in one finger than most of us could hope to have in our entire body.