

Tue, Mar 11
|Arcata Playhouse
The Tiptons
Saxophone Quartet and Drums
Time & Location
Mar 11, 2025, 7:30 PM
Arcata Playhouse, 1251 9th St, Arcata, CA 95521, USA
About the event
Longtime friends of the Arcata Playhouse The Tiptons Saxophone Quartet are returning on March 11. The Tiptons Saxophone Quartet & Drums are an internationally renowned all-female saxophone quartet with drums, celebrating over 30 years as a band that tours internationally. The Tiptons’ material ranges from micro-Big Band to Gospel, Bluegrass to Balkan, whimsical Chamber Jazz, and nocturnal Funk to Free Jazz Improvisation using saxophones, clarinet, their voices, drums, and inventive percussion to create a genre-busting ‘world soul’ sound.
Known as a dynamic and engaging ensemble, the band features Amy Denio (alto sax, clarinet, voice) and Jessica Lurie (soprano/alto/tenor sax, voice) as co-leaders, with Sue Orfield (tenor sax, voice), Tina Richerson (baritone sax, voice) and Xavier Lecouturier (drums, percussion).
“…some of the most luscious irreverent music in jazz…Their deviously entertaining… one catchy, harmonic rich number after another, drawing on styles from Romany brass to Soca to Dixieland and many points in between.” The…
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