The Tiptons Present Mythunderstandings at Arcata Playhouse

The Tiptons Sax Quartet brings together four enormously talented artists – Amy Denio, Jessica Lurie, Tobi Stone, and Sue Orfield – who use their saxophones and their voices to boldly go where their musical muses lead them, from bluegrass to Balkan, gospel to funk, and the whole wide realm of jazz, with particular emphasis on the quirky and whimsical. Author Rick Moody calls their music “moving, strange, beautiful, and new,” and says “no one else surprises me as much and with such stunning musicality.”

Mythunderstandings

AN ORAL HISTORY-DRIVEN, MULTI-MEDIA PERFORMANCE FEATURING THE TIPTONS SAX QUARTET ...

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The Tiptons Sax Quartet brings together four enormously talented artists – Amy Denio, Jessica Lurie, Tobi Stone, and Sue Orfield – who use their saxophones and their voices to boldly go where their musical muses lead them, from bluegrass to Balkan, gospel to funk, and the whole wide realm of jazz, with particular emphasis on the quirky and whimsical. Author Rick Moody calls their music “moving, strange, beautiful, and new,” and says “no one else surprises me as much and with such stunning musicality.”

Mythunderstandings

AN ORAL HISTORY-DRIVEN, MULTI-MEDIA PERFORMANCE FEATURING THE TIPTONS SAX QUARTET

TICKETS: At the door; sliding scale $5 - $15

Mythunderstandings explores the common threads of our individual experiences and the myths we tell ourselves and each other to make sense of them. How do people deal with Fate, Superstition, Love, Death and other facets of the Human Experience?

The heart of this audio/visual feast is centered around personal stories recorded from a diverse range of people— including a cancer survivor, a refugee, an adoptee, a bank teller, several grand mothers, and a northwest Salish tribe member, whose tales are woven together into a provocative tapestry presented with humor and pathos.

This collaborative performance features an award-winning creative team: film maker Adam Sekuler and the Tiptons Sax Quartet collaborating with Coastal Salish story-teller/musician Paul ‘Che oke ten’ Wagner.

Paul 'Che oke ten' Wagner: tribal drum, cedar flutes, voice, stories

The Tiptons Sax Quartet (www.thetiptonssaxquartet.com):
Amy Denio: alto sax, clarinet, accordion, voice
Jessica Lurie: alto & tenor sax, flute, accordion, voice
Sue Orfield: tenor sax, piano, voice
Tobi Stone: baritone sax, clarinet, voice
Tarik Abouzied: drums and percussion

This project was developed with support in part by 4Culture, www.4culture.org.

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