| Dave Rempis | |
| Birth Date: | March 24, 1975 |
| Origin: | Wellesley, Massachusetts |
| Instrument: | Alto sax, Tenor sax, Baritone sax |
| Genre: | Jazz free jazz avant-garde jazz free improvisation |
| Occupation: | Musician |
| Years Active: | 1998–present |
| Label: | 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.
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 graduating from Northwestern in 1997, Rempis decided to focus on performing, and in March 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 that Rempis founded in the winter of 2013.[2] His collaborations include a wide variety of creative improvised music legends, ranging from Peter Brötzmann and John Tchicai to Joe McPhee and Roscoe Mitchell.[3]
Rempis also works as a presenter in the Chicago area. He has served as a curator for the Elastic Arts Foundation’s weekly "Improvised Music" 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 was also a key organizer of the yearly Pitchfork Music Festival.[1] [3] [4]
| Release year | Title | Label | Personnel/Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Premiun Plastics | Solitaire Records | As Triage; with (bass), (drums) | |
| 2003 | Twenty Minute Cliff | Okka Disk | As Triage; with Jason Ajemian (bass), Tim Daisy (drums) | |
| 2004 | Out of Season | 482 Music | Quartet with (piano), (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 (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), (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 (trumpet), (piano), (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), (percussion) | |
| 2014 | Spectral | Aerophonic | Trio with (trumpet), (tenor/sopranino saxophone) | |
| 2015 | From Wolves to Whales | Aerophonic | Quartet with (trumpet), (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 (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) | |
| 2018 | Hiljaisuus | Astral Spirits, Monofonus Press | As the band Kuzu; with (guitar), (drums) | |
| 2018 | Ithra | Aerophonic | Trio with Tomeka Reid (cello) and Joshua Abrams (bass) | |
| 2019 | Lift to Drag | Medium Sound | As the band Kuzu; with Tashi Dorji (guitar), Tyler Damon (drums) | |
| 2020 | Purple Dark Opal | Aerophonic | As the band Kuzu; with Tashi Dorji (guitar), Tyler Damon (drums) | |
| 2021 | The Glass Delusion | Astral Spirits, Aerophonic | As the band Kuzu; with Tashi Dorji (guitar), Tyler Damon (drums) | |
| 2021 | All Your Ghosts In One Corner | Aerophonic | As the band Kuzu; with Tashi Dorji (guitar), Tyler Damon (drums) |
| Release year | Leader | Title | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | An International Report | Audiographic | ||
| 2014 | The Midwest School | Audiographic | ||
| 2015 | What Thomas Bernhard Saw | Audiographic | ||
| 2015 | Seven Compositions for Duet | Relay | ||
| 2009 | Get In to Go Out | 482 Music | ||
| 2008 | Year of the Board | Jazzland | ||
| 2008 | Just Like This | Delmark | ||
| 2013 | Circuitous | Driff | ||
| 2014 | Afterimage | Driff | ||
| 2011 | Kafka In Flight | Not Two | ||
| 2012 | What Country Is This | Not Two | ||
| 2013 | Head Above Water, Feet out of the Fire | Not Two | ||
| 2015 | Double Arc | Not Two | ||
| 2000 | Transatlantic Bridge | Okka Disk | ||
| 2002 | Atlas | Okka Disk | ||
| 2004 | Map Theory | Okka Disk | ||
| 2005 | Company Switch | Okka Disk | ||
| 2006 | New Horse for the White House | Okka sisk | ||
| 2007 | Collide | Okka Disk | ||
| 1999 | Simpatico | Atavistic | ||
| 2000 | Burn the Incline | Atavistic | ||
| 2001 | Acoustic Machine | Atavistic | ||
| 2003 | Free Jazz Classics 1 & 2 | Atavistic | ||
| 2003 | Airports for Light | Atavistic | ||
| 2004 | Elements of Style | Atavistic | ||
| 2005 | The Color of Memory | Atavistic | ||
| 2006 | Free Jazz Classics 3 & 4 | Atavistic | ||
| 2006 | A Discontinuous Line | Atavistic | ||
| 2008 | Beat Reader | Atavistic | ||
| 2009 | Annular Gift | Not Two | ||
| 2010 | The Horse Jumps and the Ship Is Gone | Not Two | ||
| 2013 | Impressions of Po Music | Okka Disk | ||
| 2009 | Four Walls | Multikulti |