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The Tiptons Sax Quartet, previously known as The Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet, is a jazz saxophone quartet from Seattle, Washington. The ensemble consists of five members (the fifth member being the quartet's drummer and percussionist). Amy Denio (alto sax, clarinet, voice) is joined by co-leader Jessica Lurie (soprano/alto/tenor sax ...
The Tiptons Sax Quartet, previously known as The Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet, is a jazz saxophone quartet from Seattle, Washington. The name of the quartet was inspired by Tipton. [31] A cabaret musical called A Girl Named Bill, starring Nellie McKay, tells the story of Tipton. [31]
In fact, lacking the jazz and blues-orientation of the World Saxophone Quartet or the lightheartedness of, say, Washington's own Windmill Saxophone Quartet, the Braxton-ROVA collaboration will appeal primarily to listeners open to the more cerebral side of improvisation and composition". [4]
The Tiptons Sax Quartet; W. World Saxophone Quartet This page was last edited on 30 March 2018, at 22:05 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Bagatelles: 1. Antique Dance with Ground Round 2. Fast and Loose (premiere February 22, 2008 – Washington Saxophone Quartet, at Wolf Trap; commissioned). Saxophone quartet. Co-commissioned by Wolf Trap and the Washington Saxophone Quartet. [19]
The most recent World Saxophone Congress, in 2015, hosted a competition specifically for saxophone quartets with a first prize of 4000 euros and a recital, [3] won by Keuris Saxophone Quartet. [4] Saxophone quartets also compete in, and have won, the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, which is the world's largest classical chamber ...
The Washington Concerts is an album by jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker, first released in 1983 by Elektra [1] and re-released in its full form by Blue Note in 2001. [2] The album's content is drawn from two live performances at the Howard Theatre and one at Club Kavakos.
This is thought-provoking music that serves as the perfect introduction to the unique World Saxophone Quartet." [1] Critic Robert Christgau stated: "I admire the way the quartet format suggests sonorous magnificence without deploying an embarrassment of riches in its service. Barely touched by deconstructive anarchy, these homages constitute ...