Dave Rempis defines Ballister’s Individuality

Away from his Chicago home base, alto, tenor and baritone saxophonist Dave Rempis is prodded by Lexington Kentucky’s Herald-Leader journalist Walter Tunis to define the differences between his Ballister trio and the other nine-odd groups with which the saxophonist is involved. Rempis, whose other bands include aggregations featuring drummers Tim Daisy and Frank Rosaly among many others, says Ballister, featuring fellow Chicagoan, cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm and Norwegian drummer Paal Nilssen-Love is a free energy band that aims for mutual expression rather than just being three separate people involved in on-stage improvisations. As someone who plays about 300 concerts annually, Rempis also says this trio, like his other groups, is based on the interaction of specific personalities.