Dave Rempis rallies old pals and collaborators for a new residency at the Hungry Brain

Thursday-night residencies have become a highlight of the Hungry Brain’s offerings. Each month a valued member of Chicago’s improvised-music community gets four or five evenings to do as they will. Some use the opportunity to cultivate a particular band or book of tunes, and others showcase the variety of their music. Dave Rempis, a saxophonist with a massive tone and a penchant for lucid improvisation, has become a mainstay of the series, and in past residencies he’s reunited rarely convened ensembles and tried out some new ones. This residency, his fourth, will kick off on December 3 with a new combination of old pals. Rempis and New York–based guitarist Nels Cline (Wilco, Nels Cline Singers, Saccata) don’t get together very often, but when they do, they match each other’s flamethrowing intensity.

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