Dave Rempis

Dave Rempis is an American saxophonist, improviser and composer, active in Chicago since 1997. He works in free jazz and improvised music. He first became known as a member of Ken Vandermark's Vandermark 5, which he joined in 1998, and he now leads several groups of his own and runs his own label, Aerophonic. Rempis studied at Northwestern University, where his saxophone teacher was Frederick Hemke, and spent a year at the University of Ghana.