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	The Rempis Percussion Quartet Dave Rempis - alto/tenor/baritone saxophone Ingebrigt Håker Flaten - 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. More»

	The engines Dave Rempis - alto/tenor/baritone saxophone Jeb Bishop - trombone Nate McBride - bass Tim Daisy - drums The Engines is a collaborative quartet founded in the spring of 2005. The group began as trio, featuring several mainstays of the Chicago improvised music scene: Dave Rempis on saxophones, Nate McBride on bass, and Tim Daisy on drums. More»

	REMPIS/ROSALY DUo Dave Rempis - alto/tenor/baritone saxophones Frank Rosaly - drums Rempis and Rosaly have worked together in various contexts since Rosaly arrived on the Chicago scene in 2000, including the Thread Quintet, the Ingebrigt Håker-Flaten Quintet, The Outskirts, and The Rempis Percussion Quartet. Their duo, active since 2004, focuses on the wide-ranging possibilities of free-improvisation. They plan to release their first cd in the fall of 2009. More»

	The Outskirts Dave Rempis - alto/tenor/baritone saxophone Ingebrigt Haker Flaten - bass Frank Rosaly - drums The Outskirts is a free-improvising trio featuring Rempis on saxophones with Ingebrigt Håker Flaten on bass and Frank Rosaly on drums. The band formed in 2006, during Flaten’s two-year residency in Chicago. More»

The Dave Rempis/Tim Daisy Duo Dave Rempis - alto/tenor/baritone saxophone Tim Daisy - drums Dave Rempis and Tim Daisy are two musicians whose work has helped to define a new generation of Chicago improvisers. More»

»Other groups

	VANDERMARK FIVE Ken Vandermark - reeds Dave Rempis - saxophones Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello Kent Kessler - bass Tim Daisy - percussion Formed in 1996, the Vandermark Five is one of Chicago's best-known, most influential, and longest-standing jazz bands. Putting themselves on the map with their legendary Tuesday night residency. More»

	INGEBRIGT HÅKER-FLATEN QUINTET Ola Kvernberg - violin Dave Rempis - alto/tenor/baritone saxophones Jeff Parker - guitar Ingebrigt Håker Flaten - bass Frank Rosaly - drums The Ingebrigt Håker Flaten Quintet was established in the fall of 2004 at the invitation of the Kongsberg Jazzfestival, after Flaten received the prestigious "Vital prize" award at that year’s festival. More»

REMPIS/BISHOP/KESSLER/ZERANG Active since 2007, this free-improvising quartet features some of the strongest voices on the Chicago scene, with musical relationships that date back for decades. Outside of the many ad hoc contexts they’ve all worked in together, Bishop, Kessler, and Rempis worked for many years in one incarnation of the Vandermark Five, while Bishop, Kessler, and Zerang are all original members of the Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet.
REMPIS/WARD/MCBRIDE/REED Active since the fall of 2008, this quartet pairs Rempis with hotshot young alto star Greg Ward, backed by the indomitable rhythm section of McBride and Reed. Focusing on the Eb horns (alto and baritone) Rempis assembled this quartet to work on some of his original compositions, paired with tunes by undersung masters including Johnny Dyani, Dudu Pukwana, Charles Davis and Julius Hemphill.
REMPIS/BRANCH/KESSLER/HUNT Active since 2008, this free-improvising quartet pairs Rempis and young trumpeter Jaimie Branch with the original NRG Ensemble rhythm section. The lengthy history of Kessler and Hunt’s musical interaction provides the proplulsion needed for this adventurous horn section.

»Inactive Groups

	TRIAGE Dave Rempis - alto/tenor/baritone saxophone Jason Ajemian - bass Tim Daisy - drums Triage was active from 1999 until 2005. Initially conceived by Dave Rempis on saxophones, with Jason Ajemian on bass and Tim Daisy on drums, the group was key to defining the sound of a new generation of Chicago improvisers. More»

	Dave Rempis Quartet Dave Rempis - alto/tenor/baritone saxophone Jim Baker - piano/electronics Jason Roebke - bass Tim Daisy - drums The Dave Rempis Quartet is an improvising band. At face value, this statement may not appear to have much weight. But... More»

Rempis Percussion Quartet The Engines Rempis/Rosaly Duo The Outskirts Rempis/Daisy Duo *Other Groups *Inactive Groups

Rempis Percussion Quartet The Engines Rempis Rosaly Duo Rempis Daisy Duo Triage Dave Rempis Quartet Haker-Flaten Quintet Territory Band Vandermark Five MISC.