Reptet Announces East Coast Tour

[Johnny E]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

End date 10/10/06

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REPTET - EAST COAST TOUR

September / October 2006

September 29 Grand Rapids, MI Schuler’s Books and Music

September 30 Chicago, IL Elastic

October 1 Chicago, IL The Hungry Brain

October 6 Brooklyn, NY Bar 4

October 8 Philadelphia, PA Tritone

October 9 New York, NY Tonic

October 10 Washington, DC Twins jazz

Information: www.reptet.com, www.monktail.com

Reptet achieves “a bittersweet and elegiac mood of orchestral grandeur.”

Downbeat Magazine

"A juggernaut jazz band, arresting, compelling, and just plain cranked-up."

Earshot Jazz

Monktail Records recording artists REPTET will be touring the east coast this fall to promote their critically acclaimed and historically galvanized new CD, Do This!

The bands tour of the east coast begins in Grand Rapids, Michigan and takes them through six states - including multiple performances in Chicago and New York as well as shows in Philadelphia and Washington, DC.

Reptet is a sextet consisting of six multi-instrumentalists (two women and four men) all of whom are members of the internationally acclaimed Monktail Creative Music Concern based out of Seattle, WA. They have established themselves as a group of considerable excitement, flair and vision while simultaneously debunking preconceived notions of what a jazz group ought to be. Their music has been aired on radio stations across the United States and Europe,

Reptet’s new CD, entitled Do This! features the first jazz album cover by the legendary illustrator Jim Flora in over 45 years. Crafted on old style letterpress, the total package is a stunning amalgam of traditional and progressive jazz – both sight and sound.

[Jim Alfredson]

Cool! Too bad we can't hook up! Good luck on the tour!

[Michael Weiss]

If I'm free I'll try to catch you in the neighborhood at Bar 4.

[Chuck Nessa]

Hope to catch you at Schulers. Beer after?

Edited August 21, 2006 by Chuck Nessa

[Johnny E]

Hope to catch you at Schulers. Beer after?

That'd be wonderful. I look forward to it.

[PHILLYQ]

Johnny E,

Let me know when on 10/6 you're playing in Brooklyn- I'm going to see Porcupine Tree that evening, but I can catch you later on.

[Chalupa]

I'm going to see Brotzmann/Bennink on 10/8 but that show should be over by 10. I'll definitely swing by on my way home.

[Johnny E]

I'm going to see Brotzmann/Bennink on 10/8 but that show should be over by 10. I'll definitely swing by on my way home.

Brotzmann/Bennink are playing in Philly on the 8th? I might just have to drift over there myself. Are they playing far from the Tritone?

[Ron S]

Johnny! A Homecoming! Looking forward to catching you at Tritone! And organissimo will be there later that week! When it rains, it pours.

[RDK]

Johnny - good luck on the tour. Let us know if you guys swing through the West Coast too!

[Chalupa]

I'm going to see Brotzmann/Bennink on 10/8 but that show should be over by 10. I'll definitely swing by on my way home.

Brotzmann/Bennink are playing in Philly on the 8th? I might just have to drift over there myself. Are they playing far from the Tritone?

Not too far. The show is at Penn. About a 10 minute cab ride.

[danasgoodstuff]

Saw Johnny et al in Van, WA today. Unfortunately didn't have a chance to talk to them after. Nonetheless, I would strongly recommend going to see them to all of you anywhere near their upcoming swing east.

dana

[Johnny E]

Saw Johnny et al in Van, WA today. Unfortunately didn't have a chance to talk to them after. Nonetheless, I would strongly recommend going to see them to all of you anywhere near their upcoming swing east.

dana

Dana,

I'm sorry we didn't hook up. I'm glad you liked the show. We had a sub bass player with us (Willie Blair from Portland). He was great, but not 100% up to speed. Our stuff is hard for a player to step right in with just one rehearsal, but I think he did a good job. Were the Spanish Harlem Orchestra the shit or what? WOW!!!

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

i was going 2 see u at tost tonight but i was too lazy

[Johnny E]

i was going 2 see u at tost tonight but i was too lazy

Too bad. It was a cool show. PK and Matt Crane opened the show with Reptet Horn players Sam and Izaak. All improvised, all good.

[John B]

Any chance the East Coast tour will expand any further and hit Boston or Burlington, VT?

I just ordered both of your discs based on the reviews I've been reading. I'm looking forward to hearing them.

Edited September 20, 2006 by John B

[Johnny E]

Any chance the East Coast tour will expand any further and hit Boston or Burlington, VT?

I just ordered both of your discs based on the reviews I've been reading. I'm looking forward to hearing them.

Try as we may, we were unable to book a show in Boston. We'd love to play there and we still have Sat. Oct. 7th open. So if you have any connections in Beantown please let us know.

Thanks for the purchase. The discs will go out first thing tomorrow morning.

Hope you enjoy them,

-john

Edited September 21, 2006 by Johnny E

[PHILLYQ]

Any chance the East Coast tour will expand any further and hit Boston or Burlington, VT?

I just ordered both of your discs based on the reviews I've been reading. I'm looking forward to hearing them.

Try as may, we were unable to book a show in Boston. We'd love to play there and we still have Sat. Oct. 7th open. So if you have any connections in Beantown please let us know.

Thanks for the purchases. The discs will go out first thing tomorrow morning.

Hope you enjoy them,

-john

Johnny E,

Please let me know what time you are going on for 10/6 in Park Slope, Brooklyn. I'm going to another concert that night but I think I can swing by if the timing is right and I'd love to see you live.

[Johnny E]

Johnny E,

Please let me know what time you are going on for 10/6 in Park Slope, Brooklyn. I'm going to another concert that night but I think I can swing by if the timing is right and I'd love to see you live.

8PM sharp. Gutbucket goes on at 9.

[Ron S]

I'm planning to catch you at the Tritone on October 9th. And who knows? I may have 3 itinerant Michigan musicians with me.

[Lazaro Vega]

Looking forward to this Friday at Schuler Books.

[Chuck Nessa]

Looking forward to this Friday at Schuler Books.

I'll be there too unless I have a setback on my knee healing. Looking forward to it. Hope to bring Uncle Skid too.

[Uncle Skid]

Also looking forward to it!

[sheldonm]

....and I hope to make the show at the Hungry Brain in Chicago this Sunday.

Mark~

[Joe G]

I'm planning to catch you at the Tritone on October 9th. And who knows? I may have 3 itinerant Michigan musicians with me.

I don't see why not!