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Date: 2/22/2011
Location: Brooklyn (NY)
Text and interview by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi
Date: January 29, 2011
Venue: Bam Cafe (Brooklyn)
Interviewed by Jim Hoey
Catching up with David Fiuczynski after his recent performance at BAM Cafe was really a treat, since I remember catching his shows at the Knitting Factory and Tonic years ago (before they shut down). I was even more excited to hear that his signature exploration of sound through effects and the jazz-funk idiom was still intact after all these years.
The Tiptones Saxophone Quartet is celebrating the release of our newest beautiful recording, Strange Flower. They perform original compositions and arrangements of world music on saxophones, clarinet, voices and percussion. With concerts that cover musical territory from jazz, Afro-Cuban to Balkan, klezmer and beyond, the Tiptons create some of the most wild and joyous sounds ever to come out of a sax quartet.
Strange Flower is available through:
* Squidco (http://www.squidco.com/)
* Wayside Music (http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Tiptons-Sax-Quartet—Strange-Flower__Zipa-spc-592.aspx) and
* CDBaby (http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/tiptonssaxquartet).
US Concerts – with Lee “Free” Frisari on drums!
Sat 25 Feb: Cafe Orwell party, 247 Varet Street New York, NY 11206
Sun 27 Feb: House Party / Washington DC – if you are in the DC area and would like to come to this please email me!
Wed 02 Mar: School concert and lecture at the PS 3 Bedford Village School, Brooklyn, NY
Thurs 03 Mar: Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture, Dwecklectic with The Tiptons @ Brooklyn Public Library / Brooklyn NY – 7pm
Fri 04 Mar: The Speakeasy under 121 / Providence RI http://www.myspace.com/local121
Sat 05 Mar: improvisation workshop at SUNY, New Paltz, NY (exact detail soon!) & evening gig at Market Market in Rosendale, NY, 9 pm http://www.marketmarketcafe.com
Text by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi
Dana Leong………”a musician in New York City who plays the cello and trombone. Rocks out. Lives good. Works harder.”
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An Asian-American artist of Chinese and Japanese descent, Dana studied both classical cello and jazz trombone on double scholarships at Manhattan School of Music. As an official Yamaha artist, Dana gives clinics and workshops around the globe on the use of electronics with cello and trombone, and his unique genre-bending composition techniques.
Dana Leong doesn’t care about music genres. He just fuses hip-hop, jazz and electronics to create a genre less sound. Being often called the “hi-def Yo-Yo Ma,” Dana’s radical fusion of electronic music and ethereal jazz sensualities has earned him critical acclaim and excited audiences around the world. He has worked with top artists, such as Dafnis Prieto, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Wynton Marsalis, Yoko Ono, and Kanye West, to name a few.
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TriBeCaStan are: John Kruth – mandolin, mandocello, banjo, flute, harmonica, Irish whistle
Jeff Greene – marimba, yayli tambor, mandolin, hurdy gurdy, flutes
Todd Isler – drums
Dave Dreiwitz – bass
John Turner – trumpet
Kenny Margolis – accordion
Ibrahim Gonzalez – conga, percussion
with guests:
Matt Darriau – clarinet, alto sax, bagpipe, kaval
Steve Turre – trombone, conch shells
Performing live in Soho Jan 7, 2011
