Charles Rumback

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Charles Rumback (born March 25, 1980 ) is an American jazz and improvisation musician ( drums , composition ) who is also active in the experimental folk genre. Peter Margasak ( Chicago Reader ) describes him as one of the most versatile drummers in Chicago, who as a musician moves "effortlessly between the communities of jazz, free improvisation, rock and folk".

Live and act

Rumback, who is from Kansas , came to Chicago in 2001, where he played with musicians such as Ron Miles , Jeff Parker , Charles Gorczynski , Nina Nastasia , Tony Malaby and Bill MacKay . He also belonged to the formations Colorlist, Leaf Bird, Who Cares How Long You Sink and Stirrup (with Fred Lonberg-Holm, among others ). First recordings were made in 2005 with Jason Steele ( Some Wonderful Moment , including with Ron Miles and Matt Ulery ). At the end of the decade he recorded his debut album Two Kinds of Art Thieves ( Clean Feed Records ) with Greg Ward , Joshua Sclar , Jason Ajemian . In 2015 the production In the New Year followed , in 2016 he worked with the singer / guitarist Ryley Walker ( Cannots ). In 2016 Rumback and bassist John Tate released the duo album Daylight Savings , in which they recorded not only their own compositions, but also a standard ( Andrew Hills “Erato”) and a version of Messiaen's O sacrum convivium . In 2017 the piano trio album Threes was released , which Rumback had recorded with Jim Baker and John Tate. In 2018 he worked with his own quartet, consisting of Macie Stewart (violin), Greg Ward (alto saxophone) and Jim Baker (piano / electronics). In 2020 Rumback released - again with Baker and Tate - the album June Holiday , which Peter Margasak praised on the Down Beat ; the band leader "often builds up an exquisite sense of tension and contrasts the serenity of the surface with rumbling trepidation."

Discographic notes

  • Two Kinds of Art Thieves (Clean Feed, 2009), with Greg Ward, Jason Ajemian, Joshua Sclar
  • Charles Rumback / Ryley Walker: Cannots (Dead Oceans Records, 2013)
  • In the New Year (2015), with John Tate, Caroline Davis, Jason Stein , Jeff Parker
  • Charles Rumback / John Tate: Daylight Savings (Ears & Eyes, 2016)
  • Threes (Ears & Eyes, 2017, with Jim Baker, John Tate)
  • Nick Macri , Fred Lonberg-Holm, Charles Rumback: Stirrup (Clean Feed, 2018)
  • Charles Rumback & Ryley Walker: Little Common Twist (2019)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Portrait (AllAboutJazz)
  2. ↑ a b Peter Margasak: Versatile Chicago drummer Charles Rumback celebrates the release of a beautiful new piano trio album. Chicago Reader, June 15, 2017, accessed November 1, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 1, 2018)
  4. ^ A b Mat Micucci: Charles Rumback - Threes (Ears & Eyes). Jazziz, December 28, 2017, accessed November 1, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Charles Rumback Quartet. Elastic Arts, November 1, 2018, accessed November 1, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Peter Margasak: Charles Rumback: June Holiday. Down Beat, July 6, 2020, accessed July 20, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Meeting ( The Telegraph )
personal data
SURNAME Rumback, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz and improvisation musician
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1980