Life’s Blood Ensemble
Visit artist websiteRent Romus’ Life’s Blood Ensemble pays tribute as well as brings to light, reinvents, deconstructs, and delves into the deep realms of their collective vision. Their repertoire features original composition and contemporary local and international composers while exploring the influences and inspirations of jazz and improvisation. The Life’s Blood began in 1999 while Romus was on tour in Northern Europe as a trio with Danish drummer Stefan Pasborg and bassist Jonas Westergaard. Returning to the San Francisco Bay Area, Romus recreated and expanded the roster to feature some of the best musicians the San Francisco region has to offer presenting a broad range of original music from expansive thematic jazz suites to composers’ forums and features.
- Rent Romus - alto, soprano saxophone, flute
- Joshua Marshall - tenor saxophone
- Heikki Koskinen - e-trumpet, tenor recorder
- Safa Shokrai - double bass
- Mark Clifford - vibraphone
- Max Judelson - double bass
- Timothy Orr - drums
- Stephan Pasborg - drums
- Jonas Westergaard - double bass
Press quotes
Offers a chaotic rhythmic structure and focused wailing that is grounded…
Mike Borella, Avant Music News
They explore the subtle borders of style and element within jazz and improvisation.
KFJC FM 89.7 Los Altos Hills
Romus and the Life’s Blood Ensemble play jazz for the new age.
Jack Goodstein, Blogcritics
Life’s Blood Ensemble dives headlong into a disparate array of compositions, opening and closing with very different works inspired by epic tales…
Andrew Gilbert
Indeed, Romus and associates have reached a milestone with this top-notch outing that defies strict categorizations when considering bridges between free improvisation and modern progressive jazz. It’s a seamless incorporation of the best of many worlds.
Glenn Astarita, All About Jazz
