Rempis/Bishop/Kessler/Zerang Live tonight in Chicago!

[aerosolska]

Hi All-

Tonight, May 3rd, Dave Rempis/Jeb Bishop/Kent Kessler/Michael Zerang headline the thurs. night jazz series at Elastic 2830 N. Milwaukee Ave.

Battlecats: jaimie branch, toby summerfield, anton hatwich -- open the show.

All Ages, BYOB, 10PM

Yes.

[Clunky]

Rempis has great chops and Jeb writes lovely tunes, enjoy ....

Edited May 3, 2007 by Clunky

[Larry Kart]

If body and soul co-operate, I'll be there. BTW, my son informed me yesterday that he bestowed the name Battlecats on Battlecats.

[rostasi]

Anyone know what's happening with the great trumpet player Daniel Scanlon?

Rod

[.:.impossible]

Nice band. Zerang!

[Johnny E]

Reptet opened for Rempis at The Hungry Brain when we were in Chicago last fall. HUGE sounds, creative, original and a nice guy as well. Anyone who hasn't heard or seen him should go.

[Larry Kart]

Nice night. Here's an e-mail I sent to a musician-friend who is also a friend of trumpeter Jaimie Branch:

"Caught Jaimie's group last night. Guess I hadn't hear her for good while (or almost anyone else, for that matter), because the growth was remarkable and in some ways reminiscent of what happened with you way back when. That is, it sounds she's been practicing like crazy and partially as a result of that jumped over or stepped around several hurdles that are at once technical and conceptual. To put it another way, she sounds very relaxed and confident, and when you're relaxed and confident, you think of doing and are able to do lot of different things.

"Michel Zerang had the flu and couldn't make it, which left a Rempis/Bishop/Kessler trio. I tried at one point to just listen to Jeb as carefully as possible and let everything else take care of itself, which worked out nicely because there's something about Rempis at times that basically reactive and decorative (though very much in good, strong ways IMO). Aside from his sheer ability to play his instruments, what strikes me most about Rempis is how clear everything is, though that clarity seems related to the fact that (or my sense that) his music takes place on one plane only, more or less -- though again this works for him. It's like a Jimmy Dorsey thing, if you know what I mean (though I'm not sure I do myself). Kessler took a really fine solo at one point. It had a definite middle-aged-man-within-sight-of-the-far-horizon feel to it, which appeals to me, as I'm about to turn 65."