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Alternating Currents Live Archive Alternating Currents Live: Making Sounds Musical |
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| Sunday, December 7, at 7 p.m. Woodland Pattern Book Center 720 East Locust Street, Milwaukee $6.00 General/$5.00 Advance tickets and Members Alternating Currents Live presents: TRIAGE Triage is one of the most active young bands on the improvised music scene in Chicago today.  Initially
conceived by Dave Rempis on saxophones, with Jason
Ajemian on bass and Tim Daisy on drums, the group has
been key to defining the sound of a new generation of
Chicago improvisers. As a trio, these three combine
to create wide-ranging forms of musical expression.
Performing original compositions almost exclusively,
the band moves through quiet textural pieces, grooving
jazz-oriented tunes, and wailing, expressionistic
romps with equal ability. Using these compositions as
a springboard for their improvisations, they manage to
combine the rhythmic sensibilities of the American
jazz and free jazz tradition with the more abstract
spaces frequently associated with European
improvisers. "These guys take their work seriously and engage the compositions with total commitment, taking the necessary time to develop ideas to the full, producing as a result one of the most solid and satisfying outings from Chicago I’ve heard this year."Bios: Dave Rempis has emerged as one of the most active young players in the Chicago improvised music scene. His work with the Vandermark Five has been noted many times, including by The Boston Globe’s noted jazz critic Bob Blumenthal who referred to him as the band’s "primary firebreather." It has also provided him the opportunity to perform extensively in clubs, concert halls, and festivals throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe. His own work at home, most regularly with Triage and The Dave Rempis Quartet (w/Jim Baker, Jason Roebke, Tim Daisy) has been called "ever more impressive" by Lloyd Sachs of the Sun-Times. Rempis has also worked with such musicians as Paul Lytton, Axel Doerner, Hamid Drake, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Michael Zerang, Jim Baker, Kevin Drumm, Paul Nilsson-Love, Chris Jonas, and Joe Morris. He also curates a weekly improvised music concert series at 3030, a performance space situated in a former church in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago. Jason Ajemian is a Virginia native who has studied and played with Rufus Ried, Kevin Norton, Tony Malaby and Michael Formanek. In Chicago for three years now, Ajemian has become a staple of the burgeoning improvised music scene, especially among the emerging generation of enthusiastic and energetic improvisers. He has performed with countless Chicago stalwarts, including Jeff Parker, Ken Vandermark, David Boykin, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Jeb Bishop, and Matt Bauder. His bass playing graces many bands, including Dragons 1976, White Blue Yellow and Clouds, The Crisis Ensemble, Lake Effect, and Keefe Jackson’s Project Project. Tim Daisy is a Chicago native who began performing around town at the age of fourteen. His playing experiences are too extensive to recount, including membership in rock, latin, jazz, and improvised music ensembles throughout the area. His ability to move effortlessly and creatively through all these different mediums has made him the first call drummer of his generation, and keeps him busier performing than anyone in his age group. In the winter of 2002, Daisy was added to the lineup of the Vandermark Five, replacing veteran drummer Tim Mulvenna. Daisy has also performed with Joe McPhee, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Jim Baker, Daniel D'Agaro, and Chris Jonas. This concert is brought to you by the Alternating Currents Live series, broadcast on WMSE (91.7) FM, Milwaukee. 
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