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‘…. rhythmically driven mood shifting
music with blues and bop roots keeping an anarchic energy barely in check.’. Cadence Magazine (2.99)
The Pink Noise Sax Quartet features
several of the most inventive and highly sought after musicians of New York City’s
creative music scene. Led by Tim Otto on soprano and tenor sax the group includes Michael
Blake, tenor sax, Peck Allmond on alto sax and Andy Laster on bari sax. On their
latest release, The Jig is Up, altoist Briggan Krauss, bassist Dom Richards and drummer
Aaron Alexander augment the quartet to form the Pink Noise Saxtet.
In performance the PNSQ features original compositions
and arrangements reflecting various traditions including funk, (Box Bump); eastern folk,
(Pass the Cous Cous); the blues, (Bonepipe Blues) and street marches (Fish Eats Dog). The
band also covers artists such as Sun Ra and Ray Charles.
‘They wove themes of jazz, blues and ethnic folk melodies into
a huge sphere of sound that was always tuneful…
and left me wanting to hear them again soon.’
(Cadence Magazine concert review,11.98.)
‘….
it’s coordination produces an every breath you take urgency. It’s about
pliability.’ Village Voice
Their latest release, The Jig
Is Up, (Pink Tomato Records, Catalog #PTM01)
is available at Tower Records, 4th St@Broadway NYC, or
1-800-ASKTOWER.
Distributed by, by North Country Distributors –
10 Cadence Building, Redwood, NY 13679-3104.
To order phone 315-287-2852, or fax 315-287-2860, or email: orders@cadencebuilding.com
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If you have difficulty finding it send $10 (includes shipping in the
US,
make checks payable to Tim Otto) to the address below...
Pink Tomato Records/Tim Otto, 251 Elizabeth Street. Suite #11
New York, NY 10012
To join the PNSQ emailing list, or for more info, contact::
timotto@hotmail.com
Andy Laster and Peck Allmond performing at
the Jazz Composers Collective.
No longer a performing group, the PNSQ played to enthusiastic
audiences throughout New York City and beyond, with performances at Tonic, the Knitting
Factory, The Internet Café, Smalls, Roulette, Kostabi World, venues that
no longer exist, numerous bars around town,
plus concerts presented by the the Jazz Composers
Collective, What Is Jazz?, and Texaco New York Jazz festivals, the Absolute Ensemble, and
the EdgeFest in Ann Arbor, MI. For any info, contact Tim at timotto@hotmail.com
‘A cool local sax quartet' Time Out,
NY
Audio samples.........
TWELVE
A 10 bar composition based on a 12 tone row featuring Michael Blake on
tenor sax.
Pass The Cous Cous
Mp3 download (may stream?) Based on the Eygptian national anthem.
tunes below currently offline
BOX BUMP
Freebop blowing on a riff.
BIG MUSIC FOR THE PEOPLE
A funky groove for the masses. (Download
only-rm file, 682K.)
Recorded live at the Knitting Factory w/Ori Kaplan on alto and Lisa
Parrott on Baritone.
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