Andrew Schiller - Rumble | Rubble | Ripple (2025) Hi Res

Acclaimed jazz bassist and composer Andrew Schiller announces his first solo bass album, Rumble Rubble Ripple, set for release on June 6, 2025, via Endectomorph Music. Following two well-received albums as a bandleader (Tied Together, Not to the Ground, 2017 and Sonoran, 2019), Schiller departs from his previous small jazz ensemble format to explore the sonic possibilities of solo double bass. The album, recorded over two intensive sessions, features original compositions, improvisations, and jazz standards that showcase Schiller's masterful command of both traditional and extended techniques. Drawing inspiration from avant-garde, contemporary classical, and American folk music, Schiller intentionally avoided electronics and overdubbing, instead focusing on expanding the acoustic possibilities of the instrument through methods such as double and triple-stops, artificial harmonics, and varied articulation styles. The result is a collection of minimally edited performances that maintain the sophisticated compositional approach of his earlier works while pushing the boundaries of solo bass playing.

“The album’s title, Rumble | Rubble | Ripple, represents three of the spaces inhabited by the music. Rumble through low frequencies, an unknown and quaking presence, anticipation. Rubble he fragments of a once greater structure, the debris from demolition. Ripple the calming yet pervasive interruption of a serene space, a quiet and prevalent resonance.

Stylistically, the music on this album is jazz-centric, drawing inspiration from avant-garde, contemporary classical, and American folk music. This project was conceived and developed over the last few years as an opportunity to stretch my imagination and musicianship when I (like many of us) had been living in relative musical isolation brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. My previous works have attempted to explore the many possibilities of composing for and playing within ensembles, but for this project I set out to find or create methods of expanding and manipulating the limitations of the solo bass. To further these self-imposed limitations, I intentionally avoided the use of electronics, effects, and overdubbing for this recording (although I greatly appreciate how others have integrated such tools into their performances). The repertoire highlights both traditional and atypical sonic devices for the double bass, often incorporating extended techniques such as double and triple-stops, artificial harmonics, percussive articulation styles, and more in order to expand the timbral palette of a solo instrument, allowing me to create different compositional devices and craft arrangements with varying layers of sound." — Andrew Schiller