The Early Bird Gets, by Rempis/Lopez/Packard

The Early Bird Gets

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	1.	Cyrpto Vo Lans 05:54
	2.	Raho Navis 09:41
	3.	Archae Opteryx 06:00
	4.	Confucius Ornis 06:50
	5.	Yan Ornis 07:43
	6.	Neo Aves 06:32
	7.	Gansus 08:11

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Dave Rempis - saxophones
Brandon Lopez - bass
Ryan Packard - drums and electronics

1. Crypto Vo Lans 5:55
2. Raho Navis 9:42
3. Archae Opteryx 6:01
4. Confucius Ornis 6:51
5. Yan Ornis 7:44
6. Neo Aves 6:33
7. Gansus 8:11

Tracks 1-6 recorded March 2nd, 2018
Track 7 recorded June 28th, 2018
@ Elastic Arts, Chicago
Recorded/mixed/mastered by Dave Zuchowski

Design by Johnathan Crawford
Produced by Dave Rempis

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released February 26, 2019

The Early Bird Gets is the debut album by this working trio, comprised of journeyman Chicago saxophonist Dave Rempis alongside two of the brightest talents in a younger generation of improvising musicians. Bassist Brandon Lopez is a musician whose virtuosity knows no bounds, currently one of the most in-demand bassists on the New York jazz and improvised music scene. Percussionist Ryan Packard counters that depth with his own breadth of interests, working in contemporary classical ensembles, indie rock bands, and jazz groups alike around Chicago, not to mention his doubling abilities on electronics. These two together provide a formidable rhythm section that can veer from hard-driving grooves to luscious soundscapes with total ease.

As a trio, these three have put forth a work that may be the “jazziest” project any of them are involved with; a result that even the band members found surprising. But after honing their sound through live gigs in 2017 and early 2018, it became apparent that their free-improvised conversation kept returning to a similar destination: a three-way exploration of rhythm and tempo that left them working solidly within the jazz tradition. Not the one fixed into predictable sylistic corners, but the one defined by a spirit of boundless curiosity and exploration. A tradition they stretched back and forth like so much taffy.

The way these three unite into a groove is truly remarkable. Not as something to be closely adhered to, but as something to turn upside down, inside out, and ass backwards, as they expose every last facet of it. At times this means slowing it down, speeding it up, or splitting those two approaches up amongst the band simultaneously. At other times it means jumping to another dimension on the turn of a dime. And while that methodology may feel counterintuitive to the end result, it’s not. The feel of this record is a classic one that has an inherent life and energy to it that dates back to the beginnings of jazz as an art form. It swings.

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Aerophonic Records / Dave Rempis Chicago, Illinois

Aerophonic Records is a 100% artist-run label created by well-known Chicago saxophonist Dave Rempis (Rempis Percussion Quartet, The Engines, Ballister, Vandermark Five) to document his ongoing work. His intent with the label is to give him more direct contact with his audience, more control over how his work is presented, and more synchronicity between touring schedules and recorded output. ... more

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