Dave Rempis
| Dave Rempis | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 24, 1975 |
| Origin | Wellesley, Massachusetts |
| Genres |
Jazz free jazz avant-garde jazz free improvisation |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Alto sax, Tenor sax, Baritone sax |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | OkkaDisk, 482 Music, Clean Feed, Not Two, Aerophonic |
| Website | Official Website |
Dave Rempis (born March 24, 1975) is an American free jazz saxophonist. He plays alto, tenor and baritone saxophone.
Life and career
Dave was born in Wellesley, Massachusetts in 1975. He began his musical studies at the age of 8. In 1993, Rempis began a degree in classical saxophone at Northwestern University with Frederick Hemke. As part of his studies in anthropology, he spent a year at the International Centre for African Music and Dance at the University of Ghana in Legon, studying African music and ethnomusicology. After graduatind from Northwestern in 1997, Rempis decided to focus on performing, and in March of 1998 was asked to replace saxophonist Mars Williams in the Chicago jazz band The Vandermark Five, led by saxophonist Ken Vandermark.[1]
During his tenure with The Vandermark Five, Rempis also began to develop many Chicago-based groups and cooperative units as Triage, The Rempis Percussion Quartet, The Engines, Ballister and The Rempis/Daisy Duo. He recorded for labels such as Okka Disk, 482 Music, Clean Feed, Not Two, and Aerophonic, an artist-run label founded in the winter of 2013. His collaborations include a wide variety of creative improvised music legends, ranging from Peter Brötzmann and John Tchicai to Joe McPhee and Roscoe Mitchell.[2]
Rempis also works as a presenter in the Chicago area. He has served as a curator for the Elastic Arts Foundation’s weekly concert series, helped establish the Umbrella Music collective and its annual music festival, worked as lead organizer of the Downtown Sound Gallery concert series at Gallery 37, and is also a key organizer of the yearly Pitchfork Music Festival.[2]
Discography
As leader/co-leader
| Release year | Title | Label | Personnel/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Premiun Plastics | Solitaire Records | As Triage; with Jason Ajemian (bass), Tim Daisy (drums) |
| 2003 | Twenty Minute Cliff | Okka Disk | As Triage; with Jason Ajemian (bass), Tim Daisy (drums) |
| 2004 | Out of Season | 482 Music | Quartet with Jim Baker (piano), Jason Roebke (bass), Tim Daisy (drums) |
| 2004 | American Mythology | Okka Disk | As Triage; with Jason Ajemian (bass), Tim Daisy (drums) |
| 2005 | Back to the Circle | Okka Disk | Duo with Tim Daisy (drums) |
| 2005 | Circular Logic | Utech Records | As The Rempis Percussion Quartet; with Anton Hatwich (bass), Tim Daisy, Frank Rosaly (drums) |
| 2006 | Rip Tear Crunch | 482 Music | As The Rempis Percussion Quartet; with Anton Hatwich (bass), Tim Daisy, Frank Rosaly (drums) |
| 2006 | Stagger | Utech Records | As Triage; with Jason Ajemian (bass), Tim Daisy (drums) |
| 2007 | Hunter-Gatherers | 482 Music | As The Rempis Percussion Quartet; with Anton Hatwich (bass), Tim Daisy, Frank Rosaly (drums) |
| 2007 | The Engines | Okka Disk | As The Engines; with Jeb Bishop (trombone), Nate McBride (bass), Tim Daisy (drums) |
| 2009 | The Disappointment of Parsley | Not Two | As The Rempis Percussion Quartet; with Anton Hatwich (bass), Tim Daisy, Frank Rosaly (drums) |
| 2010 | Cyrillic | 482 Music | Duo with Frank Rosaly (drums) |
| 2010 | Wire and Brass | Okka Disk | As The Engines; with Jeb Bishop (trombone), Nate McBride (bass), Tim Daisy (drums) |
| 2010 | Bastard String | Self-released | As the band Ballister; trio with Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello), Paal Nilssen-Love (drums) |
| 2011 | Montreal Parade | 482 Music | As The Rempis Percussion Quartet; with Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (bass), Tim Daisy, Frank Rosaly (drums) |
| 2012 | Instruments of Change | Not Two | As the band Construction Party; quartet with Forbes Graham (trumpet), Pandelis Karayorgis (piano), Luther Gray (drums) |
| 2012 | Mechanisms | Clean Feed | As the band Ballister; trio with Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello), Paal Nilssen-Love (drums) |
| 2013 | Other Violets | Not Two | As The Engines; with John Tchicai (tenor sax and flute), Jeb Bishop (trombone), Nate McBride (bass), Tim Daisy (drums) |
| 2013 | Mi Casa es en Fuego | Self-released | As the band Ballister; trio with Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello), Paal Nilssen-Love (drums) |
| 2013 | Phalanx | Aerophonic | As The Rempis Percussion Quartet; with Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (bass), Tim Daisy, Frank Rosaly (drums) |
| 2013 | Boss of the Plains | Aerophonic | As the band Wheelhouse; with Jason Adasiewicz (vibes), Nate McBride (bass) |
| 2014 | Both Ends | Bocian | As the band Ballister; trio with Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello), Paal Nilssen-Love (drums) |
| 2014 | Second Spring | Aerophonic | Duo with Tim Daisy (drums) |
| 2014 | Aphelion | Aerophonic | Trio with Joshua Abrams (bass), Avreeayl Ra (percussion) |
| 2014 | Spectral | Aerophonic | Trio with Darren Johnston (trumpet), Larry Osch (tenor/sopranino saxophone) |
| 2015 | From Wolves to Whales | Aerophonic | Quartet with Nate Wooley (trumpet), Pascal Niggenkemper (bass), Chris Corsano (drums) |
| 2015 | Worse for the Wear | Aerophonic | As the band Ballister; trio with Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello), Paal Nilssen-Love (drums) |
| 2015 | Western Automatic | Aerophonic | As The Chicago Reed Quartet; with Nick Mazzarella (alto sax), Mars Williams (sopranino/soprano/alto/tenor saxophone), Ken Vandermark (clarinet, bass clarinet, alto/tenor saxophone) |
| 2015 | Cash and Carry | Aerophonic | As The Rempis Percussion Quartet; with Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (bass), Tim Daisy, Frank Rosaly (drums) |
As sideman
| Release year | Leader | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Audio One, Audio One | An International Report | Audiographic |
| 2014 | Audio One, Audio One | The Midwest School | Audiographic |
| 2015 | Audio One, Audio One | What Thomas Bernhard Saw | Audiographic |
| 2015 | Daisy, TimTim Daisy | Seven Compositions for Duet | Relay |
| 2009 | Giallorenzo, PaulPaul Giallorenzo | Get In to Go Out | 482 Music |
| 2008 | Håker Flaten, IngebrigtIngebrigt Håker Flaten | Year of the Board | Jazzland |
| 2008 | Jackson, KeefeKeefe Jackson | Just Like This | Delmark |
| 2013 | Karayorgis, PandelisPandelis Karayorgis | Circuitous | Driff |
| 2014 | Karayorgis, PandelisPandelis Karayorgis | Afterimage | Driff |
| 2011 | Resonance Ensemble, TheThe Resonance Ensemble | Kafka In Flight | Not Two |
| 2012 | Resonance Ensemble, TheThe Resonance Ensemble | What Country Is This | Not Two |
| 2013 | Resonance Ensemble, TheThe Resonance Ensemble | Head Above Water, Feet out of the Fire | Not Two |
| 2015 | Resonance Ensemble, TheThe Resonance Ensemble | Double Arc | Not Two |
| 2000 | Territory Band, TheThe Territory Band | Transatlantic Bridge | Okka Disk |
| 2002 | Territory Band, TheThe Territory Band | Atlas | Okka Disk |
| 2004 | Territory Band, TheThe Territory Band | Map Theory | Okka Disk |
| 2005 | Territory Band, TheThe Territory Band | Company Switch | Okka Disk |
| 2006 | Territory Band, TheThe Territory Band | New Horse for the White House | Okka sisk |
| 2007 | Territory Band, TheThe Territory Band | Collide | Okka Disk |
| 1999 | Vandermark 5, TheThe Vandermark 5 | Simpatico | Atavistic |
| 2000 | Vandermark 5, TheThe Vandermark 5 | Burn the Incline | Atavistic |
| 2001 | Vandermark 5, TheThe Vandermark 5 | Acoustic Machine | Atavistic |
| 2003 | Vandermark 5, TheThe Vandermark 5 | Free Jazz Classics 1 & 2 | Atavistic |
| 2003 | Vandermark 5, TheThe Vandermark 5 | Airports for Light | Atavistic |
| 2004 | Vandermark 5, TheThe Vandermark 5 | Elements of Style | Atavistic |
| 2005 | Vandermark 5, TheThe Vandermark 5 | The Color of Memory | Atavistic |
| 2006 | Vandermark 5, TheThe Vandermark 5 | Free Jazz Classics 3 & 4 | Atavistic |
| 2006 | Vandermark 5, TheThe Vandermark 5 | A Discontinous Line | Atavistic |
| 2008 | Vandermark 5, TheThe Vandermark 5 | Beat Reader | Atavistic |
| 2009 | Vandermark 5, TheThe Vandermark 5 | Annular Gift | Not Two |
| 2010 | Vandermark 5, TheThe Vandermark 5 | The Horse Jumps and the Ship Is Gone | Not Two |
| 2013 | Vandermark 5, TheThe Vandermark 5 | Impressions of Po Music | Okka Disk |
| 2009 | Zimpel, WaclawWaclaw Zimpel | Four Walls | Multikulti |
References
- ↑ Bio at Dave Rempis website
- 1 2 Travellin’ Light: Dave Rempis at Point of Departure
External links
- Official site
- Interview : Dave Rempis at Burning Ambulance
- Dave Rempis: Communication, Improvisation And No Screwing Around at All About Jazz
- A Chat with Dave Rempis: Jazz, Aerophones & Telepathic Empathy at Gapers Block