Stein/Smith/Shead + Roscoe Mitchell

12/17:  STEIN/SMITH/SHEAD + ROSCOE MITCHELL.For this concert, legendary multi-reedman and NEA Jazz Master Roscoe Mitchell, one of the great innovators in creative music of the post-Coltrane, post-Ayler era, joins the trio of Jason Stein (bass clarinet), Damon Smith (double bass), and Adam Shead (drums), some of the most influential, creative, and prolific musicians currently working in the fields of jazz and improvised music. The trio has toured extensively throughout the United States since the release of their debut album Volumes & Surfaces while Mitchell, a founding member of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, has been one of the key figures in avant-garde jazz for over 50 years  Presented by Blue Stem Jazz.  Audio for the Arts, 7 S. Blair St.  Two shows: 7pm & 9pm.  Tickets $30.