

Dave Rempis
Saxophonist, improviser, and composer Dave Rempis has been an integral part of the thriving Chicago jazz and improvised music scene since 1997. With a background in ethnomusicology and African studies at Northwestern University, including a year spent at the University of Ghana, Rempis burst onto the creative music scene at the age of 22 when he was asked to join the now-legendary Chicago jazz outfit The Vandermark Five. This opportunity catapulted him to notoriety as he began to tour regularly throughout the US and Europe, an active schedule that he still maintains to the present day. At the same time, Rempis began to develop the many Chicago-based groups for which he’s currently known, including The Rempis Percussion Quartet, The Engines, Ballister, Rempis/Abrams/Ra, Wheelhouse, Triage, The Rempis/Rosaly Duo, and The Rempis/Daisy Duo. Other collaborations have included work with Paul Lytton, Fred Anderson, Peter Brötzmann, Hamid Drake, Tomeka Reid, Steve Swell, Elisabeth Harnik, John Tchicai, Roscoe Mitchell, Nate Wooley, Kevin Drumm, Paal Nilssen-Love, Nels Cline, and Joe McPhee. In 2013, he started his own record label, Aerophonic Records, to document this ongoing work. Rempis has been named regularly since 2006 in the annual Downbeat Critics’s Poll as a “rising star” on both alto and baritone saxophone, a category that he won in 2017. He was also the recipient of a Ragdale Fellowship from the Herb Alpert Foundation in 2017, as well as an Individual Artists Program grant from the City of Chicago for his solo project “Lattice.”


Acoustic Machine by The Vandermark 5

Afterimage by Pandelis Karayorgis Quintet

Airports For Light by The Vandermark 5

Alchemia by The Vandermark 5

All Your Ghosts in One Corner by Kuzu

Allium by Dave Rempis / Tomeka Reid / Joshua Abrams

An International Report by Audio One

Annular Gift by The Vandermark 5

Aphelion by Dave Rempis / Joshua Abrams / Avreeayl Ra

Apsis by Dave Rempis / Joshua Abrams / Avreeayl Ra + Jim Baker

Astragaloi by Dave Rempis / Elisabeth Harnik / Michael Zerang

Atlas by Territory Band-2

Audio One Tour Poster from Cricket Press

Back to the Circle by Tim Daisy & Dave Rempis

Beat Reader by The Vandermark 5

Bennu by Dave Rempis & Avreeayl Ra

Boss Of The Plaines by Wheelhouse

Burn the Incline by The Vandermark 5

Cash And Carry by The Rempis Percussion Quartet

Cochonnerie by The Rempis Percussion Quartet

Codes / Myths by Dave Rempis & Frank Rosaly

Collide by Territory Band-6 with Fred Anderson

Dodecahedron by The Rempis / Daisy Duo & Guests

Double Arc by The Resonance Ensemble

Early Bird Gets by Dave Rempis / Brandon Lopez / Ryan Packard

Earscratcher by Dave Rempis / Elisabeth Harnik / Fred Lonberg-Holm / Tim Daisy

Elements of Style… Exercises in Surprise by The Vandermark 5

Empty Castles by Spectral

Exposure by Silke Eberhard / Dave Rempis / Kent Kessler / Mike Reed

Free Jazz Classics Vol. 1 & 2 by The Vandermark 5

Free Jazz Classics Vol. 3 & 4 by The Vandermark 5

From Wolves To Whales by Nate Wooley / Dave Rempis / Pascal Niggenkemper / Chris Corsano

Green Knights by The Engines

Harmattan by Russ Johnson / Dave Rempis / Joshua Abrams / Isaiah Spencer / Jeremy Cunningham

Harvesters by The Rempis Percussion Quartet

Head Above Water/Feet Out Of The Fire by The Resonance Ensemble

Hiljaisuus by Kuzu

Hit The Ground Running by Dave Rempis / Matt Piet / Tim Daisy

ICOCI by Dave Rempis / Jasper Stadhouders / Frank Rosaly

Immediate Sound “Cyclone” Poster from Cricket Press

Impressions of Po Music by Ken Vandermark's Topology Nonet Featuring Joe McPhee

Ithra by Dave Rempis / Tomeka Reid / Joshua Abrams

Kafka In Flight by The Resonance Ensemble

Lattice by Dave Rempis

Map Theory by Territory Band-3

Mi Casa Es En Fuego by Ballister

Naancore by Dave Rempis & Lasse Marhaug

Neutral Nation by Dave Rempis / Russ Johnston / Larry Ochs

New Horse For the White House by Territory Band-5

Of Things Beyond Thule volume 2 by Joe McPhee / Dave Rempis / Tomeka Reid / Brandon Lopez / Paal Nilssen-Love

On The Blink by Farida Amadou, Dave Rempis & Jonas Cambien

Perihelion by Dave Rempis / Joshua Abrams / Avreeayl Ra + Jim Baker

Phalanx by The Rempis Percussion Quartet

Polynya by Gunwale

Poster of the Catalytic Sound Festival 2023, Chicago by Dan Grzeca

Purple Dark Opal by Kuzu
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Scratch and Sniff [CAA-016] by Dave Rempis

Scylla by Dave Rempis / Joshua Abrams / Avreeayl Ra + Jim Baker

Second Spring by The Rempis / Daisy Duo

Silk-screened “Monster” Poster from Dan Grzeca

Simpatico by The Vandermark 5

Sirocco by Mark Feldman / Dave Rempis / Tim Daisy

Slag by Ballister

Spectral by Dave Rempis / Darren Johnston / Larry Ochs

Strandwal by From Wolves to Whales

Stringers & Struts by Dave Rempis / Jeff Parker / Ingebrigt Haker Flaten / Jeremy Cunningham

Sud Des Alpes by The Rempis Percussion Quartet
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SUGAR / SHACK [CAA-005] by Tim Daisy / Terrie Hessels / Dave Rempis

Territory Band – 4, Chicago, 2004 from Richard Hull

The Ballister Monologues by Ballister

The Color Of Memory by The Vandermark 5

The COVID Tapes by Dave Rempis / Tomeka Reid / Joshua Abrams / Tim Daisy / Tyler Damon

The Engines by The Engines

The Horse Jumps And The Ship Is Gone by The Vandermark 5 Special Edition

The Long Haul by The Rempis Percussion Quartet

The Midwest School by Audio One

The Resonance Ensemble by The Resonance Ensemble
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The Strobe Sessions [CAA-031] by The Rempis / Rosaly Duo

The Vandermark Five & Atomic from Yeehaw Industries

The Vandermark Five, Green Mill, 2005 from Dan Grzeca

The Vandermark Five, Philadelphia, 2004 from Ken Vandermark

Thinking On One’s Feet by The Vandermark 5

Throw Tomatoes by Dave Rempis / Matt Piet / Tim Daisy

Transatlantic Bridge by Territory Band-1

Triple Tube by Dave Rempis / Elisabeth Harnik / Michael Zerang

Twenty Minute Cliff by Triage

Vandermark 5 Silk-screened Concert Poster from Dan Grzeca

Vandermark 5 Turf Club Poster (2002) from The Vandermark 5

Vandermark 5 vs. Atomic Poster from The Vandermark 5 / Atomic

Western Automatic by The Chicago Reed Quartet

What Country Is This? by The Resonance Ensemble

What Thomas Bernhard Saw by Audio One

Wire and Brass by The Engines

Wistfully by Dave Rempis / Elisabeth Harnik / Michael Zerang

Worse For The Wear by Ballister
