Skerik: Tenor and Baritone saxophone,
Dave Carter: Trumpet,
Hans Teuber: Alto Saxophone and Flute,
Steve Moore: Trombone and Wurlitzer Electric Piano,
Craig Flory: Baritone Saxophone and Clarinet,
Joe Doria: Hammond Organ,
John Wicks: Drums
Influences
All of The Taint's inspiration comes from the amazing Frank Badgely and his seminars.
Sounds Like
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"...one of this year's best jazz CDs that shines from start to finish." - Billboard
"The multiple rhythmic influences on this recording exist together seamlessly: you'll hear James Brown breakdowns, New Orleans third-line vigor, hip-hop grooves-and lots and lots of jazz. Unless an unexpected masterpiece appears in the months to come, this qualifies as the best album of the year. " - All About Jazz
"May Skerik continue to roil the jazz waters. This is one of the coolest albums of the year." - Albany Metroland
"The music is superb - inventive, exciting, disheveled, mangy and, by Lincoln Center standards, inspirationally ill-behaved." - Buffalo News
"...a perfect sound for its time." - Glide Magazine
"Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet crafts open-ended but tightly rhythmic, radical Jazz that indulges modern devices like Hip-Hop and Electronica, yet still resonates with the progressive attitude of some of Jazz's greatest innovators." - Cincinnati City Beat
birth of the septet:
the syncopated taint septet formed unexpectedly and organically in the summer of 2002 when skerik was at home in seattle between tours. talking with long-time comrade and baritone saxophonist craig flory, skerik decided to reactivate a sax-and-organ group with joe doria on hammond organ and john wicks on drums. soon, the horn count increased as skerik enlisted fellow seattle musicians dave carter on trumpet, hans teuber on alto saxophone on flute, and steve moore on trombone and wurlitzer electric piano, packing the harmonies (and the stage) with a five-horn front line. from the beginning, skerik invited all of the musicians to suggest ideas and write music for the band. "the great part about this band is everyone writes music for the group. for me, these guys represent what is best about seattle musicians: very strong improvisational ability combined with unique, creative musical compositions."
the story behind the name:
skerik took the name "syncopated taint" from a description used by harry j. anslinger, the appointed commissioner of the u.s. bureau of narcotics from 1930 to 1962. in the same type of puritanical, xenophobic 1930s climate that gave rise to hitler in germany, anslinger pursued a zealous, sensationalistic, and often racist mission in the united states to demonize drugs and the people who use them. his campaign had a particular bias against jazz musicians, who anslinger saw as satanic addicts responsible for the spread of marijuana use among the nation's impressionable youth. among several other disturbing remarks to congress, anslinger famously differentiated between "jazz music" and "good music". "syncopated taint" was another term he used to refer to the rhythmic and moral contaminations he perceived in jazz.
punk jazz:
when skerik came across anslinger's description, he decided to flip it and co-opt the phrase as the name of this group. for skerik, it fits. "i like to think of this group as punk-jazz. maybe a punk-jazz version of the thelonius monk octet. i find that a very useful term, which is also something that jaco pastorius used to use to describe his music. i was very influenced by the way he who could play the shit out of bebop and then turn around and interpret a jimi hendrix tune just as deeply. even though people consider that to be two different genres,
i've always felt they were very closely related. charlie parker and jimi hendrix were both coming from the same place, the same roots, and they were both making music that was revolutionary and radical, politically and musically."
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Hey Friends, it's me, Flowmotion & the Summer Meltdown Festival.
Just wanted to remind everyone, the festival is coming up in about three weeks or so and tickets are about to go up in price on July 23rd. Now is the time to get your tickets. 30+ bands on three stages, camping on 40 acres next to the river and epic views of glacier capped Whitehorse Mountain from the stage. It's about 75 minutes north of Seattle in Darrington WA. This is going to be one of the best years yet, so please tell all your friends and spread the word about the tickets going up next week. Visit the official site by clicking on the graphic below to get all the details.
I'm sorry for that I must have told you the improper one.
That's funny because I tried that one a good while ago too, the one I gave you, and it made me all angry because they sucked real bad, and they didn't pay too good either they gave outlike tickets and stuff instead of money.
But anyways, the correct site is
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it's the one I am making $550 a week with putting in about 24 hours a week, even up to like 32 hours if I'm bored.
After you get your access make sure you sign up with with the companies on page one in the private section because they are the ones that pay you the most, I got $60 for one that took me 35 minutes the other day. You'll see what I'm rambling about when you begin.
Laura started taking them too and she's making $900 a week, it's making me so angry because I'm the one that stold her which one to subscribe with now she's making much more than me.
Well me and Tim are getting prepared to leave, just give me a call or I'll catch you on here and tell me if you have any problems. bye
so sorry about that I must have passed you the bad one.
That's right because I tried that one a time ago likewise, the one I gave you, and it made me all crazy because they were bad, and they didn't pay too good either they gavelike things and stuff instead of money.
But here, the right site is
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it's the one I am cashing $650 a week with putting in about 23 hours a week, sometimes up to like 40 hours if I'm motivated.
Once you get your password make sure you register with with the companies on page one in the members area because they are the ones that pay the big bucks, I got $65 for one that took me 45 minutes this morning. You'll see what I'm talking about when you start up.
Brit started taking them too and she's pocketing $850 a week, it's making me so jealous because I'm the one that sinformed her which one to get in with now she's making lots more than me.
So me and Timmy are getting geared to leave, just give me a call or I'll meet you on here and ask me if you have any questions. catcha later
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please come out and play with us in richmondVA when claypool's thumping the new TOAD'S PLACE down here~~~~ it's right on the canal in the ancient part of town.... we love jazz down here, even been listening to some big bands in a smoky old speakeasy, bogart's on lombardy st josephine baker was a beautiful vaudevillaness - some co. just ripped the all seats out of an old vaudeville venue from the 20's too, the national theatre - dark star orchestra is opening that shit 2/22... fyi, richmond's finally loosening up and opening up its arms to music
Man I will take on your whole goddamn band!!! My NUTS!!!.....am I nuts? Check out the Spider Music Suite at http://www.Myspace.com/HarryPierce ...he makes me do this shit. Damn....Hey I've got a new record out..."Back to Nothing Again"
This is my card this year, a video playlist of the great piano masters of New Orleans: Professor Longhair, his teacher Tuts Washington, and his students James Booker (probably the greatest of them all) and Dr. John (playing with the Meters). These guys are so good !!!
Shit!!! These mothers burned my house down AGAIN!!! You know what I did? I fed these bastards kindling like I would normally feed them some robster... If you think that's misspelled, then you could just go back to listening to that freaky ol' "Lock and Loll" music. You know I'm down... I'm down like a motherfuckin Lickshaw driver buildin' your lailloads and doing your raundry... Filthy, I say... Filthy!!!
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