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Dave Rempis

Born: March 24, 1975

Saxophonist, improviser, and composer Dave Rempis has been an integral part of the thriving Chicago jazz and improvised music scene since 1997. With a background in ethnomusicology and African studies at Northwestern University, including a year spent at the University of Ghana, Rempis burst onto the creative music scene at the age of 22 when he was asked to join the now-legendary Chicago jazz outfit The Vandermark Five. This opportunity catapulted him to notoriety as he began to tour regularly throughout the US and Europe, an active schedule that he still maintains to the present day. At the same time, Rempis began to develop the many Chicago-based groups for which he’s currently known, including The Rempis Percussion Quartet, The Engines, Ballister, Rempis/Abrams/Ra, Wheelhouse, Triage, The Rempis/Rosaly Duo, and The Rempis/Daisy Duo

Smash and Grab

By Dave Rempis

Label: Aerophonic Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Smash; Even More Smashing; Grab.

Harvesters

By Dave Rempis

Label: Aerophonic Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: CD1: Everything Happens To You; The Exuberant Aubergine; CD2: Spooky Action; Little Fascists; Fat Lip.

ARTACTS '24

by Luciano Rossetti
April 14, 2024

Louis Sclavis, David León, Roby Glod & Joy Guidry

by Maurice Hogue
March 28, 2024

Reed players have taken over the house this week. The eminent clarinetist Louis Sclavis stars in an excellent quartet using music, text and spoken word to create a moody sonic landscape out of short stories, poems and aphorisms by French and African authors. Other European saxophonists heard are Luxembourg's Roby Glod in a familiar setting with ...

Ballister: Smash and Grab

by Mark Corroto
January 29, 2024

A listener might have a premonition when they drop the needle on the hot pink vinyl version or push the play button on the CD or digital download of Smash And Grab by the trio Ballister. They understand, or have knowledge by way of the trio's ten previous releases, that a storm awaits them. The trio ...

Festival Music Unlimited 37

by Luciano Rossetti
December 30, 2023

A collection of photos from the Festival Music Unlimited 37 in Wels from November 10 to 12, 2023 under the artistic direction of Wolfang Hermann--featuring Ken Vandermark, Ava Mendoza, Andy Moor, Terrie Ex, Dave Rempis, Mats Gustafsson, Dieb13, Susana Santos Silva, Fred Frith, Christof Kurzmann and many others along with a photo exhibition by Uli Templin. ...

Anna Webber, Steve Lehman, & Silvia Bolognesi

by Maurice Hogue
October 31, 2023

Digging into the music on new releases from saxophonists this week from rising-star Anna Webber's new Shimmer Wince, the highly-praised Steve Lehman with the Orchestre National De Jazz from France, Pasquale Calo from Italy and his quartet, and Chicago powerhouse Dave Rempis with Belgian bassist Farida Amadou, plus Italian bassist Silvia Bolognesi on her new world-music ...

Rempis Percussion Quartet: Harvesters

by Mark Corroto
July 11, 2023

A couple quotes from the 1980s' film The Blues Brothers starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd seem appropriate for Harvesters, the double album by The Rempis Percussion Quartet. Elwood Blues: “It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses." Jake Blues: “Hit ...

Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville 2023

by Mike Chamberlain
May 29, 2023

Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada May 18-21, 2023 This year's 39th edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Victoriaville (FIMAV) was characterized by a new performance space, a good number of noteworthy performances, and trepidation about the future of the festival following artistic director Michel ...