On October 22 & 23, 2021, The Tiptons Sax Quartet will premiere their new multimedia project Mujer o Bruja? (Woman or Witch?) at the Chapel Performance Space in Seattle, in collaboration with award-winning Latin American music duo Correo Aereo and digital artist Jing 'Jude' Dai, and directed by Madeleine Sosin. Mujer o Bruja will be be featured in the Earshot Jazz Festival, and is co-sponsored by Nonsequitur as part of their Wayward Music...
Dear friends, Click here to digitally stream or download 14th Album Wabi Sabi! Our fabulous 14th recording Wabi Sabi features eleven new compositions for saxophones, voice and drums. This powerful collection of new music illustrates beauty in our chaotic world, and is inspired by the Japanese philosophy “Wabi Sabi" which encourages us to “find beauty and take pleasure in the imperfect”. Exploring modern field hollers, the hum of tires on...
No one expected such a short European tour. We where all looking forward to a great 3 weeks in Europe to share the music from newest album Wabi Sabi. The first four concerts, we didn't even have the physical copy to sell from the stage because the where not ready yet. We ended up picking up our new CD's from SONY only one week before we had to fly home early due to the development of Covid-19. We will have our official release August 2020. You...
for our Spring 2020 WABI SABI-CORONA SHMORONA TOUR! We've been busy! In January 2020, we recorded 11 amazing and scintillating new compositions for Wabi Sabi (our 14th album!) at Studio Litho in Seattle. The CDs and LPs are in production, will arrive at our label chef's grotto in Salzburg at any any moment! We are presenting the album in Europe. TIPTONS SAX QUARTET 2020 WABI SABI-CORONA SHMORONA TOUR: Tues, 3 March: JENA, D @ Cafe Wagner Weds,...
One of the best experiences we shared this past tour was the magic of collaborating with the formidable 'Saxofour' an all male saxophone quartet from Austria. We played new compositions an octet plus drums. Here the concert from Porgy and Bess in Vienna Austria. (March 18, 2019)
We are delighted to return to Europe in March, 2019 to conquer the Austro-Hungarian Empire with our delightful music & on-stage verve with drummer Robert Kainar! We will be collaborating with the wonderful sax ensemble SAXOFOUR for many of the concerts! Please check our calendar page for details. Of special note is our concert on the ship TRIP in Budapest Hungary for a triple bill with Szakértők Zenekar (The Artisans). This concert...
Thanks to everyone for helping us enjoy a beautiful European tour in February and March, 2018. Though the temperature never got above freezing, and we encountered a lot of snow, we also encountered wonderful warm people everywhere! We played 18 concerts in Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Germany and Switzerland in 21 days! Here we are, playing Sue Orfield's composition Brass Monkey at a concert produced by Fano Jazz, in the beautiful Teatro della...
Sowiesound, Zipa! Music, Spoot Music and Red Cedar Music are proud to release the 14th audio recording by the Tiptons Sax Quartet! The Tiptons’ 14th audio release COOKBOOK spans a wide range of genres and reaches to the deepest corners of our musical imaginations with saxophones, clarinet, voice, and drums. The Tiptons have taken ingredients from their boundless pantries and spice racks,...