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Chicago's Charles Rumback is a forward-thinking drummer with a bent toward avant-garde jazz and experimental music. In addition to playing in various jazz configurations, he collaborated with virtuosic folk guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:7xwppARWdjgnJSKLhbGzFc">Ryley Walker</a> on a series of albums that began with 2016's Cannots.
A native of Kansas, in 2001 Rumback relocated to Chicago, where he found work backing such acts as <a href="spotify:artist:42ehE3fzvCFajKppIxdUa2">Via Tania</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:30QOKSvtQO1Zls49ISQjek">L'Altra</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1FTPaN9v2BFiu2LglOdZKP">Ron Miles</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3AaY5O1qS0tcNPHwwMwplt">Jeff Parker</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4mrM7x1dcZAiv9BGwsRgH3">Charles Gorczynski</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1llUGXhBESnmaCxpBV4zwe">Nina Nastasia</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4qI7s7JhtuqJAAzAMrzBBD">Bill MacKay</a>, and others. He is also a member of the genre-bending outfits <a href="spotify:artist:7DeRBH2vKZtGT3aLpHde9M">Colorlist</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2ecPgMCcQiJKZq5dwSWCdB">Leaf Bird</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:2DUzAFSaITB8mv1JF0u4O2">Stirrup</a>. Rumback has released several albums as a leader, including 2009's Two Kinds of Art Thieves and 2015's In the New Year. In 2016 he collaborated with singer/guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:7xwppARWdjgnJSKLhbGzFc">Ryley Walker</a> on Cannots. After several other lesser releases and plentiful live performances drumming in various groups, Rumback and <a href="spotify:artist:7xwppARWdjgnJSKLhbGzFc">Walker</a> reunited for another album, releasing the folksy Little Common Twist on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Thrill+Jockey%22">Thrill Jockey</a> in 2019. ~ Matt Collar, Rovi
A native of Kansas, in 2001 Rumback relocated to Chicago, where he found work backing such acts as <a href="spotify:artist:42ehE3fzvCFajKppIxdUa2">Via Tania</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:30QOKSvtQO1Zls49ISQjek">L'Altra</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1FTPaN9v2BFiu2LglOdZKP">Ron Miles</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3AaY5O1qS0tcNPHwwMwplt">Jeff Parker</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4mrM7x1dcZAiv9BGwsRgH3">Charles Gorczynski</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1llUGXhBESnmaCxpBV4zwe">Nina Nastasia</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4qI7s7JhtuqJAAzAMrzBBD">Bill MacKay</a>, and others. He is also a member of the genre-bending outfits <a href="spotify:artist:7DeRBH2vKZtGT3aLpHde9M">Colorlist</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2ecPgMCcQiJKZq5dwSWCdB">Leaf Bird</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:2DUzAFSaITB8mv1JF0u4O2">Stirrup</a>. Rumback has released several albums as a leader, including 2009's Two Kinds of Art Thieves and 2015's In the New Year. In 2016 he collaborated with singer/guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:7xwppARWdjgnJSKLhbGzFc">Ryley Walker</a> on Cannots. After several other lesser releases and plentiful live performances drumming in various groups, Rumback and <a href="spotify:artist:7xwppARWdjgnJSKLhbGzFc">Walker</a> reunited for another album, releasing the folksy Little Common Twist on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Thrill+Jockey%22">Thrill Jockey</a> in 2019. ~ Matt Collar, Rovi
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