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| Sunday, June 15, 7pm Woodland Pattern Book Center 720 East Locust Street, Milwaukee $8 general, $7 students and seniors, $6 members The Rempis Percussion Quartet
Dave Rempis - alto/tenor/baritone saxophone Anton Hatwich - bass Frank Rosaly - drums Tim Daisy - drums The Rempis Percussion Quartet is a free-improvising whirlwind that draws inspiration from a shared interest in West African and Latin American rhythms, coupled with American funk and free jazz. Using these influences, the band creates spontaneous music which nevertheless maintains a focus on ensemble motion and compositional structures. Led by saxophonist Dave Rempis (Triage, Rempis/Daisy Duo, The Engines, Vandermark Five) the band originally formed for a house party in April 2004, and their performances maintain an unabashedly raucous energy based on relentless grooves and unrestrained blowing, tempered with occasional moments of quiet balladry. The group has released recordings on the Milwaukee-based label Utech Records (in 2005), “Rip Tear Crunch,” and, most recently, “Hunter-Gatherers,” (on 482 Music). -ABOUT THE MUSICIANS- DAVE REMPIS Over the last decade, Dave Rempis has emerged as one of the most active young players in the Chicago jazz and improvised music scene. Since 1998, his work with the Vandermark Five as the "other" saxophonist has established him as one of the up-and-coming voices of his generation, and has also provided him the opportunity to perform extensively in clubs, concert halls, and festivals throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe. His own groups, including the Rempis Percussion Quartet, Triage, The Engines, The Rempis/Daisy Duo, and The Dave Rempis Quartet, have toured regularly throughout the US and Canada. In 2006, Rempis was named as a Talent Deserving Wider Recognition in the annual Downbeat Magazine International Critics’ Poll. ANTON HATWICH Bassist Anton Hatwich is a native of Rockford, IL. Since moving to Chicago in 2003, the list of players Hatwich has worked with includes Nate LePine, Frank Rosaly, Tim Daisy, Josh Berman, Keefe Jackson, David Rempis, Jim Baker, and Fred Lonberg-Holm. He can be heard performing around Chicago in the groups Indoor/Outdoor, Festival Quartet, The Rempis Percussion Quartet, Fast Citizens, Keefe Jackson’s Project Project, and Kite Ensemble. TIM DAISY Tim Daisy was born in Waukegan, Illinois, and began playing the drums at age 11. Soon he was involved in a rock band with his brother, playing shows around the northern Illinois and the Southeastern Wisconsin area. Tim joined the Vandermark Five in 2001 and has been an integral member of the band since that time. Other active projects include Triage, Bridge 61, the Dave Rempis Quartet, Kyle Bruckman's Wrack, and his own Festival Quartet; past collaborations have included work with the Chicago Improvisers Group, Sound In Action Trio, Unclocked, Arrive, Scott Rosenberg's Red, and Fred Lonberg-Holm’s Lightbox Orchestra. In November, 2003, Tim was selected as one of “Thirteen Drummers For The Future” by Downbeat Magazine. FRANK ROSALY Frank Rosaly is an Arizona-native who currently resides in Chicago, where he has been involved in the improvised music scene since 2001. He is an active member of many groups including The Chicago-Luzern Exchange, Rob Mazurek's Mandarin Movie, The Fred Lonberg-Holm Trio, Ken Vandermark's Crisis Ensemble, The Thread Quintet, Indoor/Outdoor, The Rempis Percussion Quartet and his own octet, Kite. He has also performed in countless other configurations with Chicago improvisers including Jim Baker, Matt Lux, Kent Kessler, Tim Daisy, Guillermo Gregorio, Jeff Parker, David Boykin, Niki Mitchell, Keefe Jackson, Aram Shelton, Josh Berman, Bill Brimfield, Josh Abrams, Anton Hatwich, Jason Ajemian, Nate McBride as well as New York musicians Steve Swell, Anthony Coleman, Alan Licht, Dominic Lalli and Matana Roberts. QUOTES: “The Rempis Percussion Quartet’s tremendously propulsive Afrobeat grooves, unending swing, and even breathtakingly quiet moments seem to draw from a bottomless well of energy.” -Matthew Lurie, TIMEOUT CHICAGO
Rempis covers all the bases, getting down and dirty on baritone, preaching on tenor, but still skronking and squealing as the moment demands. Hatwich’s bass alternates between roles as a free agent—providing commentary—and the anchoring to freer flights of fancy. When drums, bass and saxophone lock onto a riff, they don’t let go, constituting a unit of fearsome power. -John Sharpe, ALL ABOUT JAZZ, -Michael Sczajewski, WNUR-FM
It's clear that this is a band which has allowed itself the time and space to develop as a unit, and the music is accordingly happening on a deeply profound level...the strengths and musical inclinations of the members have become symbiotic. -Nic Jones, ALL ABOUT JAZZ
 This concert is brought to you by the Alternating Currents Live series,
broadcast on WMSE (91.7) FM, Milwaukee.
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