Artist description This "globaljazz" quintet presents all original compositions by Dave Flippo. The book also includes American Crawl, an original by saxophonist Dan Hesler. FLIPPOMUSIC' takes pleasure in blending jazz (traditional and free/avant garde) with a multitude of world music styles including Middle East, India, Greece, South America, Jamaica, Pakistan, Indonesia, Asia, North America, Africa and Europe. Each piece tends to limit itself to one or two ethnic languages and, intuitively, blends and mixes elements from both to create a musical hybrid. More traditional original swing and funk tunes such as Colossus, Walking Sideways and Sweet Imp are also thrown into the mix to round out the global journey.

Music Style World-fusion, Jazz-fusion, Smooth Jazz, World Music, New Age

Musical Influences All World Music, Miles Davis, Monk, Bach, Chopin, Crumb, Weather Report

Similar Artists John McLaughlin, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Bela Fleck, Weather Report

Artist History Formed in Chicago in 1992, FLIPPOMUSIC has performed at Chicago's Southshore Jazz Festival, Chicago Symphony Orchestra's "East Meets West Festival", l995 Independent Label Festival and the University of Chicago Jazz Festival. They have also performed at the l994 and 1995 Southport Jazz Festival, Taste of Chicago and Skokie Festival of Cultures. College and festivals performances include Northwestern University "Lunch by the Lake" series, DePaul Multicultural Festival, U. of C. Artist Series, Libertyville "Out to Lunch" Summer Concerts and Buffalo Grove "Rotary Concerts on the Green" Concert Series (1996 to present.) The group has performed throughout the Chicago area at such clubs as the Hot House, Park West, Bop Shop, Lunar Cabaret, Bulls, Morseland, Underground Wonderbar, Jazz Buffet, Beat Kitchen and the Heartland Cafe. The band has two CD's. "Tendrils of Light" was released in 1994 on Southport Records and "Ganesh" is slated for release on the same label in June of 2001.

Group Members Leader David Flippo is principal composer and keyboardist of Flippomusic. He often adds melodica, kalimba, vocals and various homemade instruments to the musical mix. Flippo has a Doctorate in composition/piano from the University of Michigan and a Masters of Music from the Eastman School of Music. He is also a member of "Mark Smith's Green Mill Poetry Slam" band Pong Unit and recently completed an East coast tour with them which ended with a performance at the Kennedy Center. Dan Hesler, saxophonist and flutist, plays with Suenos and Mothra and has worked extensively with reggae bands and both contemporary and traditional jazz ensembles.Donn DeSanto, bassist, is also a member of Barry Sperti's Caravan. DeSanto is also recording Flippomusic's second CD, Ganesh, at his studio, Bassplace Productions.Heath Chappell, drummer and percussionist, plays with such diverse ensembles as Steve Hashimoto's Mothra, Suenos, Mark Smith and Pong Unit, Al Rose and the Transcendos and The New Invaders.Aras Biskis, percussionist, plays instruments from all over the world including djembe, dumbek, African talking drum and baliphone. Aras has played with Mother Tongue and the Gideon Aoerwe's African Drum Ensemble.

Instruments Piano, keys, saxophones, flute, bass, drums percussion

Albums http://www.flippomusic.com

Press Reviews "...Part Arabic melody, part Asian harmony, part American bop (and so on), the band creates a sound, a texture and brand of improvisation as exotic as it is original...as fresh and contemporary as it is provocative...in an idiom all its own..." --Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune Flippomusic's Southport release "...actually specializes in fusing jazz (both mainstream and avant garde) with Middle Eastern, Asian, African and Latin sounds. The resulting album is as unpredictable as it is enriching...exceptional, highly recommended..."--Alex Henderson, CD Review MagazineFLIPPOMUSIC'S new release "Ganesh" is "…a work of greater complexity, deeper integration and more subtle expressivity…" Chris Heim, WBEZ 91.5FM Chicago Public Radio.

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Location Skokie, IL - USA

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