Listen to music excerpts & Purchase CDs:
Strange Flower - Zipa! / Spoot Music, October, 2010
12 songs penned by each of the players, inspired by the lonely echo of train whistles at night, scientific findings on bees from Harper’s Magazine, and covering genres
from micro-Big Band to Gospel, Bluegrass to Balkan, Whimsical Jazz to Nocturnal Funk. Chris Stromquist on Drums.
Agora (Denio) / La Luce Azzura (Lurie) /
Der Nister (Lurie) / Blue Cashews (Richerson) /
Song for Marjorie (Tiptons) / I Klaxon della Notte (Denio) /
Locking Horns (Richerson) / Impish (Lurie) /
Inner Pippi (Orfield) / Sheltering Storm (Denio) /
Slide Over Baby (Orfield) / Strange Flowers (Denio)
Listen:
Laws of Motion - Zipa! / Spoot Music, July, 2008
11 songs penned and arranged by the Tiptons ~ from Afrobeat to Algerian rai music, dreamscape soundscapes with haunting vocals, luscious original jazz,
rhythms from Macedonia, a gorgeous anthem, and 2 covers - of a Pugliese tarantella, and a Amis Tribe (Taiwan) song to console all the spirits around us. Recorded in Minneapolis
on their free day during a midwest tour. Chris Stromquist on drums.
Fallout (Lurie) /
Raisa (Denio) /
Sind' (Gabriella Schiavone, arr. Denio) /
Number Six (Lurie) /
Yugo A Go Go (arr. Lurie) /
The Shop of Wild Dreams (Lurie) /
Jumpstop (Richerson) /
Anthem (Lurie) /
Laws of Motion (Lurie) /
Marjan (Denio) /
Mi Yo Mei (Traditional Taiwanese, arr. Denio)
Listen:
Drive - Zipa! / Spoot Music, October, 2005
10 songs recorded during Hurricane Katrina, with guest artist Spoonman on 'Gemini Rising'. Leather jazz, Italian whistling, more whimsical jazz, the old Loisada vibe,
Percussion Orchestral Latin, Funk, Second Line and Tango. Elizabeth Pupo Walker on percussion and electronics.
Beppo's To Ballard (Richerson) /
Zemrude (Denio/Calvino) /
SnoDog (Lurie) /
Ro (Stone) /
Alma (Pupo Walker) /
Hands Down (Lurie) /
12 Days (Orfield) /
Drive (Denio) /
Bye, Hoolie (Denio) /
Gemini Rising (T. Dagradi, arr Lurie)
Listen:
Tsunami - Zipa! / Spoot Music, March, 2004
11 songs with inspiration ranging from tango to italian, circular funk, soundtrack for a Russian film, Klezmer, Armenian, Jazz and Balkan styles.
Powerhouse & The Penguin by genius Raymond Scott. Elizabeth Pupo Walker on percussion and electronics.
Darling, Please Don't Wake Me (Denio) /
Salvatore (Denio/Doring) /
Powerhouse (Scott) /
Calder's Circus (Lurie) /
Sleepytown (Orfield) /
Sahel (Dato, arr. Lurie) /
Gypsy Wedding (Lurie) /
The Pengiun (Scott) /
I Will Be Sadder (Denio) /
After Before (Stone) /
Crni Vlak (Balkan, arr Lurie)
Listen:
Music Scores:
12 Days (Sue Orfield) $25
Sax Quartet concert score and individual parts
(1 alto, 2 tenors and baritone)
Listen to excerpt of 12 Days
Anthem (Jessica Lurie) $15
Sax Quartet concert score and individual parts
(2 altos, 1 tenor, and baritone)
Listen to Anthem
Boise (Amy Denio) $15
Sax Quartet concert score and individual parts
(2 altos, 1 tenor, and baritone)
Bye Hoolie (Amy Denio) $15
Sax Quartet concert score and individual parts
(2 altos, 1 tenor, and baritone)
Singing optional.
Listen to Bye Hoolie
Drive (Amy Denio) $15
Sax Quartet concert score and individual parts
(2 altos, 1 tenor, and baritone)
Listen to Drive
Fallout (Jessica Lurie) $15
Sax Quartet concert score and individual parts
(2 altos, 1 tenor, and baritone).
Listen to Fallout
Fat Bearded Lady
(Courtney von Drehle, arr. Denio) $15
Sax Quartet concert score and individual parts
(1 soprano/tenor, 1 alto, 1 tenor, and baritone)
Incredible piece!
Gemini Rising (Jessica Lurie) $15
Sax Quartet concert score and individual parts
(2 altos, 1 tenor, and baritone)
Listen to Gemini Rising
Harlem Nocturne (Earle Hagen) $15
Sax Quartet concert score and individual parts
(1 alto, 2 tenors and baritone)
Inner Pippi (Sue Orfield) $25
Sax Quartet concert score and individual parts
(1 alto, 2 tenors and baritone)
Listen to extract of Inner Pippi
Laws of Motion (Jessica Lurie) $15
Sax Quartet concert score and individual parts
(2 altos, 1 tenor, and baritone)
Listen to Laws of Motion
Non Lo So, Polo (Amy Denio) $15
Wind Quartet concert score and individual parts
(1 Bb Clarinet, 2 tenor saxes, 1 baritone sax)
Powerhouse (Raymond Scott, arr Tiptons) $15
Sax Quartet concert score and individual parts
(1 alto, 2 tenors, and baritone)
Listen to Powerhouse
Salvatore (Amy Denio/Chip Doring) $15
Sax Quartet concert score and individual parts
(1 alto, 2 tenors, and baritone)
Listen to Salvatore
Sax House
(Marjorie de Muynck) $15
Sax Quartet concert score and individual parts
(1 alto, 2 tenors, and baritone)
Shop of Wild Dreams (Jessica Lurie) $15
Sax Quartet concert score and individual parts
(2 altos, 1 tenor, and baritone)
Listen to Shop of Wild Dreams
Sleepytown (Sue Orfield) $25
Sax Quartet concert score and individual parts
(2 altos, 1 tenor, and baritone)
Listen to excerpt of Sleepytown
Slide Over Baby (Sue Orfield) $25
Sax Quartet concert score and individual parts
(2 altos, 1 tenor, and baritone)
Listen to excerpt of Slide Over Baby
Yugo A Go Go (Jessica Lurie) $15
Sax Quartet concert score and individual parts
(soprano sax or Bb Clar, 1 alto, 1 tenor and baritone.)
Listen to Yugo A Go Go
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