Rent Romus
San Francisco's jazz improv guru Rent Romus began playing music at an early age. He started on the piano at the age of five, but it wasn't until high school that Romus began pursuing jazz, and wound up studying the musical form more thoroughly at the Stanford Jazz Workshop at Stanford University, during which time he learned from such masters as Stan Getz, guitarist Bruce Forman, Dizzy Gillespie, Mel Martin, and Eddie Moore. When Romus was 16, he directed a 17-piece big band called the North Area Youth Jazz Ensemble (NAYJE), and from the experience, realized he had a knack for organizing large musical ensembles.
In the late '80s, Romus attended the University of California at Santa Cruz, and formed the acoustic jazz sextet Jazz on the Line (issuing such acclaimed releases as Jazz on the Line With Chico Freeman and In the Moment). The group eventually changed its name to 2AM. By 1993, Romus had formed an alterna-jazz outfit along with drummer James Zitro and former Sun Ra Arkestra cellist Kash Killion, dubbed the Lords of Outland. The trio released You'll Never Be the Same in 1995, and was also spotlighted on the BET national network show Jazz Central as part of the Jazz Discovery program.
The same year, Romus coordinated his first tour in Europe as he put together a series of shows in Denmark that featured the best of Copenhagen's young improv players, including pianist/trumpet player Jonas Müller. A year later, Romus returned to Denmark and played shows alongside Müller (the tour was titled the Rent Romus Sound Cirkus). Also in 1996, Romus guested on French bluesman Paris Smith's first U.S. release, Bleedin' Heart.
In 1997, Romus recorded with renowned tenor sax player John Tchicai (who is best known for his work with both John Coltrane and Albert Ayler) -- resulting in the album Adapt...or DIE! Romus' latest project includes the band Blood Motions which features young Danish protégés Stefan Pasborg and bassist Jonas Westergaard. Along with music, Romus has organized and produced multimedia events featuring dance, theater, literature, and painting.
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Deciduous, Midwestern Edition, Vol. 1
Rent Romus, Hasan Abdur-Razzaq
Free jazz & Avant-garde jazz - Released by Edgetone Records on 24 okt. 2017
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In the Darkness We Speak a Sound Brightness and Life
Free jazz & Avant-garde jazz - Released by Edgetone Records on 5 dec. 2017
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25 Years Under the Mountain
Free jazz & Avant-garde jazz - Released by Edgetone Records on 29 okt. 2019
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Itkuja Suite, Invocations on Lament
Rent Romus, Heikki Koskinen, Life's Blood Ensemble
Jazz - Released by Edgetone Records on 4 apr. 2023
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Rent Romus' Lords of Outland, You can sleep when you're dead!
Jazz - Released by Edgetone Records on 29 jan. 2008
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Adapt...Or Die!
John Tchicai, Rent Romus, The Lords of Outland
Free jazz & Avant-garde jazz - Released by Jazzheads on 1 jan. 1997
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Emergency Rental
Jazz - Released by Edgetone Records on 19 okt. 2010
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Rent Romus' Jazz On the Line with Chico Freeman, Thundershine
Jazz - Released by Edgetone Records on 1 okt. 1994
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Novo Navigatio
Rock - Released by Edgetone Records on 25 apr. 2004
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Lords of Outland, Edge of Dark
Jazz - Released by Edgetone Records on 27 apr. 2011
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Sonic Conspiracy
Rock - Released by Edgetone Records on 1 jan. 2004
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The Expedition
Rent Romus, Rob Pumpelly, Eli Wallace
Klassiek - Released by Edgetone Records on 13 dec. 2017
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The Metal Quan Yin
Jazz - Released by Edgetone Records on 1 okt. 2002
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Legion Of Dagon
Jazz - Released by Edgetone Records on 20 jun. 2004
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Manala
Rent Romus, Heikki Koskinen, Life's Blood Ensemble
Jazz - Released by Edgetone Records on 28 apr. 2020
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Sudden Aurora
Bloom Project, Rent Romus, Thollem McDonas
Jazz - Released by Edgetone Records on 23 feb. 2009
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Grid
Ministry Of Rites, Rent Romus, Tobias Fischer
Electronic - Released by Edgetone Records on 14 okt. 2008
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Guinea Pig Out of Town (Live at The Hotel Utah)
Jazz - Released by Edgetone Records on 1 apr. 2001
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Cimmerian Crossroads
Rent Romus, Life's Blood Ensemble
Jazz - Released by Edgetone Records on 1 jul. 2014
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Lir
Rent Romus, Teddy Rankin-Parker, Daniel Pearce
Klassiek - Released by Edgetone Records on 16 feb. 2016
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