Johnny E

Can't wait to see you again Randy.

Just outside of Toledo.

ATTENTION The Chicago gig on May 14th has been moved to a new location. The show will now be held at: Memories 4358 N Cicero Ave Chicago, IL 60641 Thanks everyone, -john

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE End date 5/21/11 Press Contact: John Ewing* Reptet 206.778.4954 reptet@hotmail.com *CDs, photos, and more information available upon request REPTET PROVIDE A CURE FOR CABIN FEVER Seattle-based sextet have released their fifth record, 'At the Cabin' and are heading out on a US tour! Thursday, May 5th Oneonta Theatre – Oneonta, NY Friday, May 6th Chris’ Jazz Café - Philadelphia, PA Saturday, May 7th Café Orwell - Brooklyn, NY Sunday, May 8th The Stone - New York, NY Monday, May 9th The Bullfrog Brewery - Williamsport, PA Tuesday, May 10th The Thunderbird Café - Pittsburgh, PA Wednesday, May 11th The Brothers Lounge, Cleveland, OH Thursday, May 12th Bell’s Brewery - Kalamazoo, MI Friday, May 13th Treo Restaurant - Sylvania, OH Saturday, May 14th Memories - Chicago, IL Sunday, May 15th 2720 Cherokee - St. Louis, MO Monday, May 16th Record Bar - Kansas City, MO Wednesday, May 18th Cervantes' Other Side - Denver, CO Thursday, May 19th Reef – Boise, ID Friday, May 20th Whiskey Jacque’s - Ketchum, ID Saturday, May 21st The Top Hat – Missoula, MT Sunday, May 22nd John’s Alley – Moscow, ID "Reptet, a six-piece Seattle Jazz collective, places a premium on greasy swing yet plays with a punky irreverence." (TimeOut NY) "Part mutant New Orleans brass band, part Sun Ra orchestra and part Skatellites...these guys can be downright awe-inspiring" (Chicago jazz.com) Reptet, the original ambassadors of the much-heralded new Seattle music scene, are on the road again! Their new full length CD entitled, At the Cabin (Artists Recording Collective) hit the streets earlier this year and the band will be touring the U.S. in support of it in May. This tour is marked by debut performances in Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Kansas City and Denver. Information: www.reptet.com more about REPTET Reptet is a Seattle-based group consisting of six multi-instrumentalists: Samantha Boshnack (trumpets, vocals), Nelson Bell (trombone, tuba), Izaak Mills (tenor sax, bass clarinet, flute, vocals), Chris Credit (baritone sax, tenor sax, alto sax, clarinet), Tim Carey (double bass, bass guitar, banjo) and John Ewing (drums, percussion, vocals). One of the early exponents of the once again booming Seattle music scene, Reptet’s previous CD releases, Do This! (Monktail 2006) and Chicken or Beef? (Monktail 2008), gained world-wide recognition and led to the group's subsequent national and international tours. Many other Seattle bands have followed suit and the world is just now waking up to the intensity, dynamism and esthetic of the NEW Seattle music scene. more about AT THE CABIN At the Cabin is Reptet's premier release on Kansas City-based Artists Recording Collective (ARC). This is Reptet's fourth full length CD, and fifth release overall. It was recorded in June 2010 at a cabin in Index, Washington and produced by Reptet. Engineering, mixing and mastering was done by renowned Seattle music engineer Mell Dettmer (Eyvind Kang, Mr. Bungle, Skerik's Syncopated Taint) at Aleph Studios, Seattle. The CD is accompanied by stunning cover art by the late great jazz illustrator, Jim Flora. The cover is a one-of a kind letter-press creation courtesy of Now It's Up To You Publications based in Denver, CO. The recording was made possible, in part, by a grant from Washington State's King County cultural services agency, 4Culture. more about ARC ARTISTS RECORDING COLLECTIVE (ARC) is an internationally recognized brand and professional recording label that emphasizes promoting and facilitating the distribution and utilization of the works created by our members. ARC provides a viable 21st Century Music Industry Platform for world-class talent! www.artistsrecordingcollective.info ###

We corresponded for a while but couldn't find a date that worked for both us and the club. Thanks for the hook-up, but unfortunately it's not gonna work out this time around.

Well, we're playing at The Stone in Manhattan on May 8th. We'll be playing one of the above mentioned places on the 7th. Full lit of dates forthcoming. -j Oh yeah, Peter - we're playin' at Chris' Jazz Cafe in Philly on May 6th.

Hi all, Reptet has been offered gigs on the same night at these two Brooklyn venues but we can't be in two places at once. They both seem like very nice places and the people are very cool, but since we don't know the Brooklyn scene real well (and our Brooklyn based friends, The Tiptons are on tour in Europe and unavailable for option) I thought I ask if anyone knows the Brooklyn scene and can answer this question for us? Which would be the mo' better place for Reptet on a Saturday night: Café Orwell 247 Varet St (between White St & Bogart St) Brooklyn, NY 11206 Neighborhoods: Bushwick, East Williamsburg or Goodbye Blue Monday 1087 Broadway (between Lawton St & Dodworth St) Brooklyn, NY 11221 Neighborhoods: Bushwick, Bedford Stuyvesant Thanks Ya'll!

Tonight's the night. See ya'll there!

Reptet, At the Cabin - Artist Recording Collective from the March 2011 issue of Earshot Jazz: Reptet is less a jazz outfit than just what they are: skilled musicians with primarily Northwest-reared chops shaped over nearly a decade together. Reptet’s fourth release, At the Cabin, is out on the Artist Recording Collective label, a platform for member-based record promotion out of Kansas City. The release shows a hodgepodge of skills and styles, but members Samantha Boshnack (brass), Nelson Bell (brass), Chris Credit (winds), Izaak Mills (winds), Tim Carey (bass), and John Ewing (drums) do bring common references to the sextet. The multi-instrumentalists pull from among twenty-plus instruments and reference styles ranging from jazz, rock, and ska to avant-garde, punk, and eastern European folk music. With a plethora of performance timbres, At the Cabin stands out as snap shot of the band right now, a palm full of grooves showing each member’s character and performed as a group. The record opens with somewhat of a suite of compositions by Boshnack. “Mayfield Safety” launches with strong marching drums from Ewing, above immovable bass brass licks from Bell and horns. The sextet shifts into an extended bridge section, then cools off and fizzles out on some skronk sax. Next is “Snow Leopard x3” and “Milky Shakes.” These first three tracks make full use of the sextet’s collective character, though do stand out stylistically as Boshnack’s – patient horn interplay supported by heavy bass grooves, some with structural rhythmic phrasings that lend a larger dimension than a sum of parts. That character is especially present on “Snow Leopard x3” and later on Boshnack’s “Mock Arena,” a steady piece with clever, crunchy drum sounds from Ewing, and bright horns, all landing with an afrobeat vocabulary. The vibe allows soloists Bell and Mills to comment at leisure. Further character shines on the record with Carey’s “Songitty Song” and the two Mills pieces at the end of the record. “Songitty Song” is a cohesive piece, as the name itself suggests, with a light Mingus quality. Mills brings another two clear musical points-of-view to the album. On “Trash Can Race,” the band thrashes somewhere between Zappa and Zorn, and Mills juxtaposes his flute solo over a gritty jam. After a string of rhythmic hits, the piece moves into a half-time psychedelia on the same riff, with some appropriate comping by guitar guest Mark Oi. Then “Pills” follows in the same vein but with a more ambitious time signature to riff on, vital for the ensemble, who delight in elements of the raucous eastern European folk marching music. Reptet also delights in a particular brand of humor that surfaces on the record. Tracks “Milky Shakes” and “Agendacide,” for example, incorporate vocal riffs that seem to reference inside jokes. For a band whose existence spans eleven years, five in its current iteration, with a mix of musical personalities, a bit of home-cooked humor is likely a given. It doesn’t affect the overall appeal of the At the Cabin, and that humor is evidence of Reptet’s tendency to give permissions to each other that not all bands can afford. The result is a band difficult to qualify, but exciting in its potential to delight and surprise. Don’t take this reviewer’s word for it: Reptet holds their At the Cabin CD release party on March 10 at the Tractor Tavern, 9pm. Eyvind Kang, Jessika Kenney, and Geoff Harper open.

OK, who's flying into Seattle for the show? I have limited car space, but I can fit about 12 of you in the Reptet tour van (as long as I put the two rear bucket seats back in). I'll pick you up at SeaTac at...let's say 3:30 on Wednesday??? Right, see you then.

Check it out ya'll!!! http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=76657

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE End date 3/10/11 Press Contact: Beth Fleenor* The Frank Agency 206.491.0516 beth@thefrankagency.org *CDs, photos, and more information available upon request Reptet announce CD Release Party for latest release AT THE CABIN Thursday, March 10th 2011 / 9:00PM The Tractor Tavern 5213 Ballard Ave NW Seattle, WA 98107 “Reptet make new music by merrily hopping around the history of jazz. A stereotypical, finger-snapping walking bass lick can smartly mingle with a dissonant free-jazz freak-out, a moody, minor-key TV-cop- show melody, or an Anthony Braxton–inspired lamination of simultaneous layers. Best of all, Reptet make jazz fun.” (The Stranger, Seattle) “We still listen to their Do This! and Chicken or Beef?, and when At the Cabin showed up not long ago, we were delighted. It's nothing like the other two, which were unlike each other (and unlike their 7-inch single, either) — it's maybe even a tad crazier. Live, the Sun Ra pokes through in crazy ensemble passages and exciting solos and wild antics; they're jazz musicians to the core, and the playing quality (on all kinds of brass and reeds and rhythm and-percussion) is always high." (LA Weekly) Fresh off the heels of a West Coast tour, Reptet, the original ambassadors of the much-heralded new Seattle jazz scene, serve up some home-style cookin’ with a party to celebrate the release of their fourth full-length CD entitled, At The Cabin (Artists Recording Collective). The band will be performing original music from the CD as well as other new compositions on Thursday, March 10th at the Tractor Tavern. Kicking off the festivities will be Eyvind Kang's new trio featuring Jessika Kenney & Geoff Harper. The show starts at 9:00PM Information: www.reptet.com / www.sonicbids.com/reptet more about REPTET Reptet is a Seattle-based group consisting of six multi-instrumentalists: Samantha Boshnack (trumpets, vocals), Nelson Bell (trombone, tuba), Izaak Mills (tenor sax, bass clarinet, flute, vocals), Chris Credit (baritone/tenor sax/alto sax, clarinet), Tim Carey (double bass, bass guitar, banjo) and John Ewing (drums, percussion, vocals). One of the early exponents of the now booming Seattle jazz scene, Rep-tet’s previous CD releases, Do This! (Monktail 2006) and Chicken or Beef? (Monktail 2008), gained world-wide recognition and led to the group's subsequent national and international tours. Many other Seattle bands followed suit and the world is just now waking up to the intensity, dynamism and esthetic of the new Seattle jazz scene. more about AT THE CABIN At the Cabin is Reptet’s premier release on Kansas City-based Artists Recording Collective (ARC). This is Reptet’s fourth full length CD, and fifth release overall. It was recorded in June 2010 at a cabin in In-dex, Washington and produced by Reptet. Engineering, mixing and mastering was done by renowned Seattle music engineer Mell Dettmer (Mr. Bungle, Skerik’s Syncopated Taint) at Aleph Studios, Seattle. Artists Recording Collective provides a viable 21st Century Music Industry Platform for world-class talent. This internationally recognized professional recording label collectively promotes and facilitates the dis-tribution and utilization of works created by its members (www.artistsrecordingcollective.info). The re-cording was made possible, in part, by a grant from Washington state’s King County cultural services agency, 4Culture. INTERSECT. INTERACT. INTEGRATE Established in an effort to open the lines of communication, The Frank Agency is an innovative arts management organization dedicated to bridging the spaces between artists, presenters, and audience members. By assisting in areas including promotion/publicity, concert production, grant writing, booking, strategic planning, and the like, it is our hope that a higher volume of art can be created and received. www.thefrankagency.org

Scott put me on his list and now I get every damn CD that comes down the pike. Unfortunately for every good disc I receive I get 100 lame/kitschy/cliché pieces of nastiness. On a side note: Tom - can I get that list too? Reptet just released a kitschy piece of crap ;-)

I bet those two posts took you three hours to peck out with you left hand. Get better soon Bill.

Still in the works. I'll get it up as soon as it comes together a bit more. what are the best MI venues. Right now we just got Bell's Brewery and Founder's Brewery. Aren't there any cocktail bars (or better yet concert halls) in Michigan?

Correction: we WILL be coming through Michigan and Chicago again. Only this time we're gonna swing down to St. Louis, KC, Denver, Salt Lake, Boise, Bend and Portland. Stay tuned.

Yes please :-) It's on the way. Delivery was slightly delayed with our tour and everything. Thanks for the purchase!

Thanks everybody. The west coast trip was a smashing success with packed shows in LA, Oakland and Eugene. The other shows were really good too, just not as many people. We'll be doing a full on coast-to-coast tour in May, swinging through NY, Philly, DC, Baltimore, Athens, New Orleans, Houston, Albuquerque AND back up the west coast - LA, Bay area, Portland and home. No Chicago or Michigan this time (sorry folks). More info is forthcoming. If you know of any place along this route you think we absolutely must play, please let me know. Our new CD, At the Cabin (ARC Records) is available now at www.reptet.com

Brick's Picks: Safe Bet, Reptet By Brick Wahl Thursday, Jan 13 2011 Seattle's Reptet are back in town. We still listen to their Do This! and Chicken or Beef?, and when At the Cabin showed up not long ago, we were delighted. It's nothing like the other two, which were unlike each other (and unlike their 7-inch single, either) it's maybe even a tad crazier. (Hell, there's a song about Jack in the Box!) Live, the Sun Ra pokes through in crazy ensemble passages and exciting solos and wild antics; they're jazz musicians to the core, and the playing quality (on all kinds of brass and reeds and rhythm and percussion) is always high. You can catch them at Thursday's ResBox at the Steve Allen Theater in Hollywood ($10), sharing a great bill with Don Preston, among others. But if you really want to get the whole Reptet thing, then check them out at Taix in Echo Park on Wednesday. This intimate room (normally the abode of inspired local jazzoid/funkoid underground rock outfits like Joe Baiza's Congress Of and the Atomic Sherpas) is perfect for the madness of the Reptet. Can't wait to see them marching around it. If any Silver Lake scenesters dig jazz at all, they need only cross the street from the Echo and make this gig. No cover.

Wow. Thank you Chuck. That means a lot to me. Please tell your west coast friends to come see us. It's hard times for creative musicians. We need all the support we can get. East coast coming in May.

Thanks Jeff. Me and the crew are very excited about it. 2010 was a rough year all over...for everybody. I'm viewing this new CD and upcoming tour as a new beginning. A new morning. 2011 is gonna be a good one people - to spite the sad news out of Arizona this morning. -john

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE End date 1/22/11 Press Contact: Beth Fleenor* The Frank Agency 206.491.0516 beth@thefrankagency.org *CDs, photos, and more information available upon request REPTET PROVIDE A CURE FOR CABIN FEVER Seattle-based sextet release their fifth record At the Cabin and hit the road! Friday, January 14 Luckeys Club - Eugene, OR Sunday, January 16 Jub Jubs Thirst Parlor Reno, NV > NEW DATE Monday, January 17 The Press Club - Sacramento, CA Wednesday, January 19 TAIX 321 Lounge - Los Angeles, CA Thursday, January 20 ResBox Music Series (Steve Allen Theatre) - Los Angeles, CA Friday, January 21 Live Culture - Santa Barbara, CA > NEW DATE Saturday, January 22 Café Van Kleef - Oakland, CA Sunday, January 23 Applegate River Lodge - Jacksonville, OR Note: Friday, January 21 - CODA - San Francisco, CA (CANCELLED DUE TO CLUB CLOSURE) "Seattles Reptet is one the nations leading new indie jazz bands, whose members concoct an impressive range of improvised sounds influenced by punk, avant garde classical, eastern European folk and, yes, even jazz." ~Eugene Weekly "Finally, Reptet are in town. We love their Do This! and Chicken or Beef? this is not pseudo anything, but genuine jazz, with terrific playing, great arrangements, writing, energy, imagination and weirdness." ~LA Weekly "Dont let the funny hats fool you: these players can play, and they have a new notion of ensemble eclecticism." ~The Santa Barbara Independent Reptet, the original ambassadors of the much-heralded new Seattle jazz scene, are on the road again. Their new full length CD entitled, At the Cabin (Artists Recording Collec-tive), hits the streets January 11 and the band heads out for a slew of west coast dates. Information: www.reptet.com / www.sonicbids.com/reptet more about REPTET Reptet is a Seattle-based group consisting of six multi-instrumentalists: Samantha Boshnack (trumpets, vocals), Nelson Bell (trombone, tuba), Izaak Mills (tenor sax, bass clarinet, flute, vocals), Chris Credit (baritone sax, tenor sax, alto sax, clarinet), Tim Carey (double bass, bass guitar, banjo) and John Ewing (drums, percussion, vocals). One of the early exponents of the now booming Seattle jazz scene, Reptets previous CD releases, Do This! (Monktail 2006) and Chicken or Beef? (Monktail 2008), gained world-wide recognition and led to the group's sub-sequent national and international tours. Many other Seattle bands followed suit and the world is just now waking up to the intensity, dynamism and esthetic of the new Seattle jazz scene. more about AT THE CABIN At the Cabin is Reptets premier release on Kansas City-based Artists Recording Collective (ARC). This is Reptets fourth full length CD, and fifth release overall. It was recorded in June 2010 at a cabin in Index, Washington and produced by Reptet. Engineering, mixing and mastering was done by renowned Seattle music engineer Mell Dettmer (Eyvind Kang, Mr. Bungle, Skeriks Syncopated Taint) at Aleph Studios, Seattle. Artists Recording Collective provides a viable 21st Century Music Industry Platform for world-class talent. This internation-ally recognized professional recording label collectively promotes and facilitates the distribution and utilization of works created by its members (www.artistsrecordingcollective.info). The re-cording was made possible, in part, by a grant from Washington states King County cultural services agency, 4Culture.

Let's not forget the Dafnis Prieto Proverb Trio!