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Tiptons Sax Quartet & Drums

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  • Genre: Indie / Jazz / Soul

    Location SEATTLE, Washington, US

    Profile Views: 75803

    Last Login: 11/26/2012

    Member Since 5/9/2006

    Website http://www.tiptonssaxquartet.com

    Record Label Zipa! / Spoot Music

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    .. .. ..THE TIPTONS.. Sax Quartet (formerly BTMSQ) is based in New York and Seattle. The group features original members & composers Jessica Lurie and Amy Denio... .. ..S..ince 1991, their unforgettable performances have graced festivals throughout North America and Europe. They have also taught workshops on group music composition and improvisation, saxophone and voice technique - and have given presentations on Women In Jazz, and Music & Dance from various cultures. Their 'Bus Horn Concerto' was premiered in Seattle with 3 METRO busses, and they were an integral part of ..Pat Graney.. Dance Company's exhilarating piece 'Saxhouse.' .... ..A..fter a brief hiatus in 2000, they reformed - and the band has been ever lovelier and livelier, incorporating voice into their unique lush sound. .... ..F..ollowing their 2004 Zipa!/Spoot self-release of ....TSUNAMI...., they were interviewed on "..The Next Big Thing.." (National Public Radio), while busking in the subway of New York. .... ..I..n September 2005, while Hurricane Katrina was razing New Orleans, they were creating their own windstorm at Jupiter Studios in Seattle, recording ....DRIVE..... Produced by Martin Feveyear, it's a dynamic and lush example of their very original compositions and arrangements. Self-produced on their own Zipa!/Spoot label, it inludes‘Gemini Rising’(made famous by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band), featuring special guest Artis the Spoonman. .... ..I..n March, 2006 they premiered ..'Shop of Wild Dreams'.. in collaboration with artist and videographer ..Aric Mayer.. and phenomenal Croatian graphic artist ..Danijel Zezelj.. at Consolidated Works in Seattle. In succinct chapters, one experiences 10 video poems from greater New York city, live painting (think of it as slow-motion graphic animation) and moody yet optimistic original scores for sax quartet, voice, clarinet, accordion, bass and drums. .. THE TIPTONS ..often perform while Zezelj paints his fantastical urban landscapes. They would be happy to bring this amazing performance to your town! .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..TIPTONS in concert. Innsbruck Austria, March 2007... Photos by ..Damon Locks.. of ..The Eternals......... ..BTMSQ.. was originally founded in 1988, named in honor of big band saxophonist and pianist Billy Tipton, following the post-mortem revelation that Tipton was actually a woman who lived as a man for more than 50 years. Many believe that this allowed Tipton to pursue a career in the male-dominated world of jazz .. ..N..ot to be bound by convention, the Tiptons similarly do their own thing. With a repertoire that ranges from New Orleans second - line to jazz, Afro-Cuban to Balkan, klezmer and beyond, the Tiptons create some of the wildest sounds ever to come out of a sax quartet. Their dynamic, playful concerts feature high-energy interaction between members, and a repertoire that touches on soulful music from around the world..... ..THE TIPTONS ..have appeared at venues and music festivals worldwide including: The North Sea Jazz Festival (Netherlands); du Maurier Jazz Festival (Canada); MIMI Festival (France); Bumbershoot Music Festival (USA); The Coleman Hawkins Jazz Festival (USA); Horfest (Austria); Klinkende Munt Music Festival (Belgium); 1994 NYC Gay Games (USA); Michigan Women's Music Festival (USA); Women in Movement Festival (USA); Earshot Jazz Festival (USA); Crossroads Music Festival (Italy); Teatro in Campo (Italy), Jazzmiele Festival (Italy); Hallovino Festival (Switzerland); Festival Belleville (Italy); and Now Is The Time Festival (Italy). .... ..T..hey will be touring the US and Europe, supporting their newest release, Laws of Motion... .. ..CONTACT:.... Jessica Lurie : 206.856.7170, zipa@earthlink.net, www.jessicalurie.com/tiptons .. Amy Denio: 206.323.9215, mydenio@earthlink.net, www.tiptonssaxquartet.com.... This profile is edited with ..Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4..
  • Members

    Amy Denio (alto sax, voice).. Jessica Lurie (alto & tenor sax, voice).. Sue Orfield (tenor sax, voice).. Tina Richerson (baritone sax, voice).. Lee Frisari (drums).... .. .. .. .. .. .. .... Raisa (composed by Amy Denio), performed by Tiptons Sax Quartet at The Sound Studio in Charlottesville, VA on January 29, 2010 .. Video by David Ecklund..... .. .. .. .. .. .. .... From Beppo's To Ballard (written by Tina Richerson) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... Shop of Wild Dreams (written by Jessica Lurie) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... Mali Krumpiri (written by Jessica Lurie) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... Sind' (written by Gabriella Schiavone, arranged by Denio) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... Delilah (Clifford Brown, arr. Tiptons)....
  • Influences

    delightful things
  • Sounds Like

    ... Minute precision, solid arrangements, an excellent control of dynamics, a multi-stylized repertoire, and sparkling execution ... their unique singing style creates shapes and timbres that move into experimental jazz. It is truly a beautiful lesson of what is vital in jazz, inviting...filled with radical thought that can be maintained without losing its tenderness. .. Flavio Massarutto, ll Gazzettino .... "The Tiptons have built a solid reputation as a stellar live band, capable of alternating ferocious with delicate, driving with subtle.Martin Johnson, PULSE! "Looser than the 29th Street, more in than out as ROVA, and hipper than World, this sax quartet is a groove." .. Mark Corroto, SOS Jazz.... ..DISCOGRAPHY.... ..Laws of Motion.. (2008) .. .......... ..DRIVE.. (Zipa/Spoot,2005).. .......... ..Tsunami.. (Zipa/Spoot, 2004) .. .......... Surrounded By Horns (Stockfish Records, 2004) .. Sunshine Bundtcake (Horn Hut Records, 2000) .. ..Box.. (New World Records, 1996).. ..Pollo d'Oro.. (No Man's Land Records, 1998) .. Make It Funky, God (Horn Hut Records, 1994) .. Saxhouse (Knitting Factory, 1993) ....

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    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    7 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    Face Life with COURAGE and CONFIDENCE !
     

    "JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" -  MY BRAND NEW CD - HAS JUST BEEN RECORDED - WATCH FOR IT SOON @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT COURAGE ...

    "The opposite of COURAGE in OUR SOCIETY

    is NOT COWARDICE,

    it is CONFORMITY.”

     ~ Rollo May

    STAND UP FOR SOMETHING!  DON'T BE AFRAID

    TO BE DIFFERENT!  EACH TIME WE FACE OUR

    FEAR WE GAIN STRENGTH, CONFIDENCE, AND

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    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE, my friend

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    8 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    You Change Your LIFE By Changing Your HEART !
     

    "JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" -  MY BRAND NEW CD - HAS JUST BEEN RECORDED - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT INSPIRATION ...

    "Let me ASPIRE

    to INSPIRE

    before I EXPIRE."

    CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOU

    CHANGE YOUR WORLD!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    8 months ago
  • Richard Harris

    Don't be afraid to TAKE RISKS !
     

    I AM RECORDING A NEW ALBUM THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT RISK TAKING ...

    “The person who RISKS NOTHING,

    DOES NOTHING,

    HAS NOTHING,

     IS NOTHING,

    and BECOMES NOTHING.

    He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply

    cannot LEARN and FEEL and CHANGE

    and GROW and LOVE and LIVE.”

    ~ Leo F. Buscaglia

    MAN CANNOT DISCOVER NEW OCEANS UNLESS HE

    HAS THE COURAGE TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE SHORE!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    10 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    It's  HOT out there !
     

    I AM RECORDING A NEW CD THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT THE SUMMER HEAT ...

    You KNOW its HOT when ~

    >  The birds have to use POTHOLDERS to pull worms out of the ground.

    >  The cows are giving EVAPORATED MILK.

    >  The trees are WHISTLING for the dogs. 

    >  You discover that in July, it takes only 2 fingers to drive your car.

    >  Hot water now comes out of BOTH TAPS.

    >  You realize that ASPHALT has a LIQUID STATE.

    IT WAS SO HOT THE OTHER DAY THAT I TURNED ON

    THE LAWN SPRINKLER AND ALL I GOT WAS STEAM!

    STAY COOL !

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    10 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    It's Time to Give the Man SOME RESPECT !
     

    I AM RECORDING A NEW CD THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT RODNEY DANGERFIELD ...

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    "I have good looking kids. Thank goodness my wife cheats on me."

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    ~ Rodney Dangerfield

    A DAY WITHOUT LAUGHTER IS A DAY WASTED!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    11 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    LIVE every day of your LIFE !
     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH ...

    "It's only when we TRULY KNOW and UNDERSTAND that

    we have a LIMITED TIME ON EARTH -- and that we have

    no way of knowing when OUR OWN TIME IS UP -- that we

    will begin to LIVE EACH DAY TO THE FULLEST, as if it was

    THE ONLY ONE WE HAD."

    ~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

    MAY YOU TRULY LIVE ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com


     

    1 year ago
  • Calogero Mira

    Congrats for your concert in Italy and Sicily (Agrigento). You are great performers! I hope to publish as soon as possible some very very short videos I shot there!

    1 year ago
  • NeonLeonKingLion

     Thank you for being my friend.

    1 year ago
  • INCOGNITO

    Hi TSQ&D, Hope that music continues to feed your soul
    Check us out 03/04/2012  Washington DC Warner Theatre 

    1 year ago
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Bio:

.. .. THE TIPTONS Sax Quartet (formerly BTMSQ) is based in New York and Seattle. The group features original members & composers Jessica Lurie and Amy Denio.

Since 1991, their unforgettable performances have graced festivals throughout North America and Europe. They have also taught workshops on group music composition and improvisation, saxophone and voice technique - and have given presentations on Women In Jazz, and Music & Dance from various cultures. Their 'Bus Horn Concerto' was premiered in Seattle with 3 METRO busses, and they were an integral part of Pat Graney Dance Company's exhilarating piece 'Saxhouse.'

After a brief hiatus in 2000, they reformed - and the band has been ever lovelier and livelier, incorporating voice into their unique lush sound.

Following their 2004 Zipa!/Spoot self-release of TSUNAMI, they were interviewed on "The Next Big Thing" (National Public Radio), while busking in the subway of New York.

In September 2005, while Hurricane Katrina was razing New Orleans, they were creating their own windstorm at Jupiter Studios in Seattle, recording DRIVE. Produced by Martin Feveyear, it's a dynamic and lush example of their very original compositions and arrangements. Self-produced on their own Zipa!/Spoot label, it inludes‘Gemini Rising’(made famous by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band), featuring special guest Artis the Spoonman.

In March, 2006 they premiered 'Shop of Wild Dreams' in collaboration with artist and videographer Aric Mayer and phenomenal Croatian graphic artist Danijel Zezelj at Consolidated Works in Seattle. In succinct chapters, one experiences 10 video poems from greater New York city, live painting (think of it as slow-motion graphic animation) and moody yet optimistic original scores for sax quartet, voice, clarinet, accordion, bass and drums. THE TIPTONS often perform while Zezelj paints his fantastical urban landscapes. They would be happy to bring this amazing performance to your town!

TIPTONS in concert. Innsbruck Austria, March 2007.
Photos by Damon Locks of The Eternals.


BTMSQ was originally founded in 1988, named in honor of big band saxophonist and pianist Billy Tipton, following the post-mortem revelation that Tipton was actually a woman who lived as a man for more than 50 years. Many believe that this allowed Tipton to pursue a career in the male-dominated world of jazz
Not to be bound by convention, the Tiptons similarly do their own thing. With a repertoire that ranges from New Orleans second - line to jazz, Afro-Cuban to Balkan, klezmer and beyond, the Tiptons create some of the wildest sounds ever to come out of a sax quartet. Their dynamic, playful concerts feature high-energy interaction between members, and a repertoire that touches on soulful music from around the world.

THE TIPTONS have appeared at venues and music festivals worldwide including: The North Sea Jazz Festival (Netherlands); du Maurier Jazz Festival (Canada); MIMI Festival (France); Bumbershoot Music Festival (USA); The Coleman Hawkins Jazz Festival (USA); Horfest (Austria); Klinkende Munt Music Festival (Belgium); 1994 NYC Gay Games (USA); Michigan Women's Music Festival (USA); Women in Movement Festival (USA); Earshot Jazz Festival (USA); Crossroads Music Festival (Italy); Teatro in Campo (Italy), Jazzmiele Festival (Italy); Hallovino Festival (Switzerland); Festival Belleville (Italy); and Now Is The Time Festival (Italy).

They will be touring the US and Europe, supporting their newest release, Laws of Motion.

CONTACT:
Jessica Lurie : 206.856.7170, zipa@earthlink.net, www.jessicalurie.com/tiptons
Amy Denio: 206.323.9215, mydenio@earthlink.net, www.tiptonssaxquartet.com

This profile is edited with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

Member Since:

May 09, 2006

Members:

Amy Denio (alto sax, voice)
Jessica Lurie (alto & tenor sax, voice)
Sue Orfield (tenor sax, voice)
Tina Richerson (baritone sax, voice)
Lee Frisari (drums)


Raisa (composed by Amy Denio), performed by Tiptons Sax Quartet at The Sound Studio in Charlottesville, VA on January 29, 2010
Video by David Ecklund.


From Beppo's To Ballard (written by Tina Richerson)


Shop of Wild Dreams (written by Jessica Lurie)


Mali Krumpiri (written by Jessica Lurie)


Sind' (written by Gabriella Schiavone, arranged by Denio)


Delilah (Clifford Brown, arr. Tiptons)

Influences:

delightful things

Sounds Like:

... Minute precision, solid arrangements, an excellent control of dynamics, a multi-stylized repertoire, and sparkling execution ... their unique singing style creates shapes and timbres that move into experimental jazz. It is truly a beautiful lesson of what is vital in jazz, inviting...filled with radical thought that can be maintained without losing its tenderness.
Flavio Massarutto, ll Gazzettino

"The Tiptons have built a solid reputation as a stellar live band, capable of alternating ferocious with delicate, driving with subtle.Martin Johnson, PULSE! "Looser than the 29th Street, more in than out as ROVA, and hipper than World, this sax quartet is a groove."
Mark Corroto, SOS Jazz

DISCOGRAPHY
Laws of Motion (2008)
TIPTONS SAX QUARTET: Laws of Motion

DRIVE (Zipa/Spoot,2005)
TIPTONS SAX QUARTET & DRUMS: Drive

Tsunami (Zipa/Spoot, 2004)
THE TIPTONS: Tsunami

Surrounded By Horns (Stockfish Records, 2004)
Sunshine Bundtcake (Horn Hut Records, 2000)
Box (New World Records, 1996)
Pollo d'Oro (No Man's Land Records, 1998)
Make It Funky, God (Horn Hut Records, 1994)
Saxhouse (Knitting Factory, 1993)

Record Label:

Zipa! / Spoot Music

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