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Reptet: Chicken or Beef?
by Elliott Simon
Remember in the high school band room, how the horn section would goof around like they were part of Parliament Funkadelic or James Brown or the Mothers of Invention? The super cool Mothers, with Napoleon Murphy Brock on sax, flute and vocals. And then the drums, all of them, would join in. Think if that horn section was actually as together and inventive as it thought it was, and bassist Bootsy Collins was in the neighborhood and dropped in to ...
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by Henry Smith
A sextet based out of Seattle, Washington, Reptet present a sound and message that, in its own words, aptly describes both the group's approach and its broader mission to compose, interpret and improvise music that inspires growth through freedom and discipline." Working within a good-natured, party band atmosphere, the unit manages to stretch its genre's typical trappings on Chicken or Beef?, with both a broad array of stylistic capabilities as well as an adventurous, fun-loving attitude too often lacking in ...
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by Dave Major
Free jazz and the avant-garde form an interesting and self-conflicted paradigm. All too often it seems musicians perceive the free" aspect to mean that they must completely reject traditional music and become trapped in the ether of ambiguity, rather than perhaps accepting a loftier goal: the freedom to both use, and move beyond convention. Reptet is an exciting group which, judging by the music contained on the critically lauded Chicken Or Beef? has accepted that ideal--but only after having poked ...
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by Dan McClenaghan
I looked up reptet" in the dictionary. It's not there. The words skip from reprove" to reptile"... no reptet" listed. Maybe I don't have a big enough dictionary, or maybe the Seattle-based sextet made it up. And why not? The music on the group's second CD is all about spontaneity and improvisation, unfettered, exuberant energy and rubbery, loose-limbed grooves--on the one hand they don't sound like they're taking it all too seriously, while on the other, they make some very ...
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by Michael P. Gladstone
Reptet is a Seattle-based quartet that was dates back to 1999, when drummer John Ewing began to assemble its other members, a process that continued over the course of the next two years. The group prides itself upon their eclectic repertoire, featuring compositions by outside musicians such as Horace Tapscott and Misha Mengelberg.
Despite the above claim, I find the material to be largely right down the middle. There are two tracks earmarked as geared for outside" radio ...
read moreJazz This Week: Bill Frisell, Houston Person, Tower of Power, Steve Tyrell, Marvin Horne, Reptet, St. Louis Jazz Club Picnic, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
It's going to be a busy few days for jazz and creative music in St. Louis, and time is short, so let's go to the highlights without further preamble... Tonight, tenor saxophonist Houston Person is back to open a four-night stand at Jazz at the Bistro. Equally adepts at blues, bop and ballads, Person has played in St. Louis several times in recent years, most recently at Jazz St. Louis' benefit gala in February 2010, and before that, at the ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Recognizing Reptet
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Today, let's check out some videos of Reptet, a Seattle-based band that will be making their St. Louis debut next Saturday, May 14 at 2720 Cherokee. With two brass, two reeds, bass and drums, the six-member Reptet incorporates a variety of influences, including jazz, funk, cartoon music, New Orleans brass bands and their Eastern European equivalents, into multi-part compositions often featuring several changes in tempo, mood and style. All the brass and reed ...
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Reptet to Perform Sunday, May 15 at 2720 Cherokee
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The six-member, Seattle-based band Reptet (pictured) will make its St. Louis debut on Sunday, May 15 with a performance at 2720 Cherokee. The group is touring in support of its latest CD At The Cabin, playing 15 shows in the east, midwest and mountain states in 17 days. Described by ChicagoJazz.com as Part mutant New Orleans brass band, part Sun Ra orchestra and part Skatellites," Reptet includes Samantha Boshnack (trumpets, vocals), Nelson Bell (trombone, tuba), Izaak Mills (tenor sax, bass ...
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Enter the "Reptet - At the Cabin" Giveaway
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the ReptetAt the Cabin giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on March 27th. Click here to enter the contest (Following Reptet at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at ARC About Reptet and At the Cabin Reptet is a Seattle-based group consisting of six multi-instrumentalists: Samantha Boshnack (trumpets, vocals), Nelson Bell (trombone, tuba), Izaak Mills (tenor sax, bass clarinet, ...
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Reptet Announce West Coast Record Release Tour
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The Frank Agency
REPTET WEST COAST RECORD RELEASE TOUR October/November 2009 This Seattle sextet does it all: it grooves, it rocks, it squawks - occasionally, it even talks. Mostly, it sounds like a New Orleans jazz band on crystal meth." --Jazziz Magazine The manically fun Reptet make new music by merrily hopping around the history of jazz." --The Stranger October 29 - Cottage Grove, OR - The Axe & Fiddle October 30 - Chico, CA - The Coda Cafe ...
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Reptet Announce Canadian (BC) Tour
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The Frank Agency
REPTET CANADIAN (BC) TOUR July/August 2009
This Seattle sextet does it all: it grooves, it rocks, it squawks - occasionally, it even talks. Mostly, it sounds like a New Orleans jazz band on crystal meth. - Jazziz Magazine
Reptet is one of the most exciting bands to emerge from Seattles new music scene. In their creative plea they take on the vitality of traditional jazz, the rigorous perspective of post bop, the expressive enthusiasm of Latin music, ...
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Reptet Tour
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The Frank Agency
REPTET WEST COAST TOUR MARCH 2009
Reptet make new music by merrily hopping around the history of jazz. A stereotypical, finger-snapping walking bass lick can smartly mingle with a dissonant free-jazz freak-out, a moody, minor-key TV-cop-show melody, or an Anthony Braxtoninspired lamination of simultaneous layers. Best of all, Reptet make jazz fun. - The Stranger
(Reptet) create a Frank Zappa meets Dirty Dozen Brass Band atmosphere of wacky fun and highly skilled musicianship. - All About Jazz
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Reptet Announces Spring 2008 Tour
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The Frank Agency
REPTET EAST COAST TOUR - APRIL 2008 This Seattle sextet does it all: it grooves, it rocks, it squawks - occasionally, it even talks. Mostly, it sounds like a New Orleans jazz band on crystal meth." - Alexander Gelfand / Jazziz Reptet achieves a bittersweet and elegiac mood of orchestral grandeur." - Downbeat Magazine April 2 Chicago, IL The Velvet Lounge April 3 Grand Rapids, MI Mexicains Sans Frontieres April 4 Traverse City, MI Insideout Gallery ...
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Reptet West Coast Tour
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The Frank Agency
Reptet West Coast Tour Reptet, a juggernaut jazz band, arresting, compelling, and just plain cranked-up" (Earshot Jazz), is headed down the west coast this December in support of their highly acclaimed 2006 release Do This!
This Seattle sextet does it all: it grooves, it rocks, it squawks - occasionally, it even talks. Mostly it sounds like a New Orleans jazz band on crystal meth." (Alexander Gelfand / Jazziz- Critics Pick, Best of 2006)
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“This Seattle sextet does it all: it grooves, it rocks, it squawks - occasionally, it even talks. Mostly, it sounds like a New Orleans jazz band on crystal meth.” ~Alex Gelfand’s Critics pick for the best release of 2006, Jazziz Magazine~
“Trumpeter Samantha Boshnack's open voicings, jaunty tempos and buoyant timbral mixes for two winds and two brass have a friendly monster feel that conjures a bittersweet and elegiac mood of orchestral grandeur.” ~Downbeat~
"A juggernaut jazz band, arresting, compelling, and just plain cranked-up. Do This! is one of the most convincing albums of the last several years from Seattle jazz players." ~Earshot Jazz~