Jackson-Heinemann Quartet at Charles Allis Museum in Milwaukee on August 22, 2026

Reedist Keefe Jackson, bassist Jakob Heinemann, and drummer Adam Shead are no strangers to this blog. This hardworking trio based in Chicago (Jackson and Shead) and Los Angeles (Heinemann) have busy schedules and often (luckily for this blog) stop in Milwaukee. A year ago they played a captivating set at Bar Centro and this time they were joined in the current exhibition space at the Charles Allis Museum by Norwegian clarinetist Andreas Røysum.

  

There were some really interesting originals from each member of the group, peppered with a few choice covers of tunes by jazz legends John Tchai, Bobby Bradford, and Paul Motian.

Purchase Andreas' albums here.

Recording information:

JACKSON-HEINEMANN QUARTET
2026-08-22
Milwaukee, WI
Charles Allis Museum

Keefe Jackson: tenor sax, bass clarinet
Andreas Røysum: bass clarinet, clarinet
Jakob Heinemann: bass
Adam Shead: drums

Setlist:
01 Beacon [Heinemann] (8:39)
02 Crackup Capitulation [Jackson] (6:33)
03 En Plaine Air [Heinemann] (8:59)
04 Arabesque [Motian] (7;23)
05 Understanding Salt [Heinemann] (6:49)
06 Tick [Shead] (4:48)
07 She [Bradford] — Strange Train [Heinemann] (7:56)
08 Oles Anders [Tchai] (7:27)
09 Fail Safe [Heinemann] (4:22)

Total time = 62:56

Recorded with kind permission of the band by Richard Hayes for this blog

microphones: Line Audio CM3 in ORTF in front of the band
recorder: Sound Devices MixPre6ii
software: Audacity, Fission, xAct

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video of the first set by friend of the blog Marvin McGhee:

Jackson - Heinemann - Shead Trio at Bar Centro in Milwaukee on August 14, 2025

The Jackson-Heinemann-Shead Trio performed two sets of thoughtful and thrilling jazz at Bar Centro last August as part of a series of concerts promoting their new album Stinger on the Irritable Mystic label.

Keefe Jackson is a tenor saxophonist and clarinetist who moved to Chicago in 2001 from Fayetteville, Arkansas. He is often associated with the free jazz scene in Chicago but (like Josh Berman) seems to have arrived at free improvisation as a progression from a solid grounding in American post-bop jazz rather than from a "burn it all down" European perspective. His soloing is always tasteful and confident and his compositions complex and emotionally expressive.

Hailing from Madison, WI, Jakob Heinemann has recently moved to Los Angeles where he is busy teaching and performing in that growing jazz scene. 

Adam Shead is a busy percussionist in Chicago who leads the group Microplastique and who was featured on this blog with the Stein/Smith/Shead trio.

Buy their most recent album here.

Recording information:

JACKSON - HEINEMANN - SHEAD
2025-08-14
Milwaukee, WI
Bar Centro

Keefe Jackson: tenor sax, bass clarinet
Jakob Heinemann: bass
Adam Shead: drums

Setlist:
01 Dewey’s Tune (6:41)
02 Oles Anders (3:31)
03 Slant (6:40)
04 Yearning (7:16)
05 Silent Danish Girl (5:46)
06 Mushi Miyake (17:22)
07 Raija’s Bop (4:33)
08 God of the Fickle (9:56)
09 1 2 3 4 5 (6:37)
10 March for Mr A (3:22)
11 Unknown (7:13)
12 Unknown (4:43)
13 Easy (6:35)
14 Unknown (3:29)

Total time = 93:44

Recorded with permission by Richard Hayes

Microphones: Line Audio CM3 in ORTF
Recorder: MixPre6ii
Software: Audacity, Fission, xAct

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video of the first part of this performance:

Sebastian Strinning at the Sugar Maple in Milwaukee on October 11, 2024

Thirty-nine year old Sebastian Strinning is a saxophonist with roots in Switzerland and Sweden. He also has connections to Chicago, however, having been awarded a residency in the Windy City in 2017. Last year he further cemented his Chicago ties with a duo album with percussionist Tim Daisy.

In October he came to Milwaukee twice with different ensembles. For this first Cream City show, the band featured fellow saxophonist Keefe Jackson, bassist Jason Roebke, and drummer Julian Kirshner. There was quite a bit of spirited improvisation on offer over the 46-minute set.

Buy his most recent album here.

Recording information:

SEBASTIAN STRINNING

2024-10-11

Milwaukee at the Sugar Maple

Sebastian Strinning: reeds

Keefe Jackson: reeds

Jason Roebke: bass

Julian Kirshner: drums

Setlist

01 First Improvisation (24:02)

02 Second Improvisation (12:13)

03 Third Improvisation (10:41)

Total time = 46:56

Microphones: Line Audio CM3 in ORTF

Recorder: Sound Devices MixPre6ii at 32/96

Software: Audacity, Fission, xAct

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