The Early Bird Gets
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| Studio album by Dave Rempis , Brandon Lopez , Ryan Packard | ||||
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| Label (s) | Aerophonic Records | |||
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CD |
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7th |
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50:07 |
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Dave Rempis |
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Studio (s) |
Elastic Arts, Chicago |
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The Early Bird Gets is a jazz album by the trio of Dave Rempis , Brandon Lopez and Ryan Packard . The recordings were made on March 2 and June 28, 2018 in Chicago and were released in 2019 on the Aerophonic Records label.
background
The saxophonist Dave Rempis works in a number of different constellations (such as Rempis Percussion Quartet, Ballister, The Engines or The Chicago Reed Quartet with Ken Vandermark ), in which the Chicago musician has found a variety of contexts in which to explore his fiery improvisational aesthetic can, wrote Peter Margasak. The Early Bird Gets was his trio's first recording session with New York bassist Brandon Lopez and Chicago percussionist Ryan Packard. After the recordings, the trio Rempis / Lopez / Packard toured the USA for the first time in spring 2019, with concerts in the Midwest, South and on the East Coast.
Track list
- Dave Rempis / Brandon Lopez / Ryan Packard: The Early Bird Gets (Aerophonic AR 021)
- Crypto Vo Lans 5:55
- Raho Navis 9:42
- Arche Opteryx 6:01
- Confucius Ornis 6:51
- Yan Ornis 7:44
- Neo Aves 6:33
- Gansus 8:11
reception
Mark Corroto gave the album four (out of five) stars in All About Jazz and said, with all due respect, this trio should rather be called The Pyromaniac , as the three musicians have an obsessive desire to set this music on fire. The energy released is already impressive in the first piece; the trio moves “like wildfire through the music. Speed is their imperative and it is carried out mercilessly until their free jazz opens a penny. Elsewhere, their fire is more of a controlled fire, ”wrote Corroto, with“ Neo Aves ”and“ Archeea Opteryx ”containing Packard's electronics. This meditative approach renounces the energy-conscious music in favor of tonal possibilities.
Peter Margasak also awarded the album four stars and wrote on the down beat , the trio often prefer a rhythmically wild approach that leaves plenty of room for lively exchange.
According to Ben Remsen (Dusted), there is a line of current Chicago jazz that avant-gardism does not see as definitely opposed to give listeners the rhythmic satisfaction of mainstream jazz . The Early Bird Gets follows this line more than any other recording recorded by Dave Rempis, the trio's best-documented member. “The saxophonist has built a career of two decades exploring the fierier corners of jazz, but the influence of Charlie Parker or even Johnny Hodges has always been beneath the passionate surface of his playing. It is a relief to hear freely improvised playing at the highest level that is not afraid of swing , "sums up the author," as if the knowledge that someone who is listening was really snapping, a worse fate than death. It's also nice to hear this band when they're halfway between 'straight swinging' and ardent avant-garde, like in the last few minutes of 'Yan Ornis' ”.
Bill Meyer noted in the Chicago Reader that the seven tracks on the great debut CD of the Rempis / Lopez / Packard trio were named after prehistoric bird animals, and notes in this context. Every time a jazz band quotes birds, “Bird” Charlie Parker inevitably comes to mind. “And although no one will confuse the trio's music with bebop, it vibrates more than one would expect given the backgrounds of some of the members. Lopez and Packard are deeply rooted in experimental and newly composed music, and the trio's way of working was to improvise with no fixed reference points, so it was surprising when their music contained undeniably swinging rhythms, said Bill Meyer. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stylistic classification according to discogs
- ↑ a b c Peter Margasak: Dave Rempis / Brandon Lopez / Ryan Packard: The Early Bird Gets (Aerophonic). Down Beat, July 1, 2019, accessed January 11, 2020 .
- ^ Rempis / Lopez / Packard Trio Touring in April. Avant Music News, February 27, 2019, accessed January 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Dave Rempis / Brandon Lopez / Ryan Packard: The Early Bird Gets at Discogs
- ↑ Mark Corroto: Dave Rempis / Brandon Lopez / Ryan Packard: The Early Bird Gets. All About Jazz, February 16, 2019, accessed January 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Ben Remsen: Rempis / Lopez / Packard - The Early Bird Gets (Aerophonic Records). Dusted, April 11, 2019, accessed January 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Billl Meyer: The transnational Rempis / Lopez / Packard trio converges in Chicago. Chicago Reader, January 3, 2020, accessed January 11, 2020 .