The Tiptons Saxophone Quartet & Drums at The Royal Room

THE TIPTONS are an internationally renowned all-female saxophone quartet with drums, celebrating their 30th anniversary as a band with their newest CD Release, COOKBOOK. Named in honor of Billy Tipton, a woman saxophonist posing as a man in the 20th C. Their ‘world soul’ sound ranges from micro-Big Band to Gospel, Bluegrass to Balkan, whimsical Jazz to Nocturnal Funk to Free-For-All, with solid instrumental and vocal talent forged from 30 years of collaboration, creating some of the freshest sounds on the jazz/world/pop music scene today.
"The Tiptons blow up a mess of Balkan, Second Line, and carnivalesque lines, joyful, wry, and well-traveled … a hard blowing, rhythm-driven bunch of reeds." The Stranger ...

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THE TIPTONS are an internationally renowned all-female saxophone quartet with drums, celebrating their 30th anniversary as a band with their newest CD Release, COOKBOOK. Named in honor of Billy Tipton, a woman saxophonist posing as a man in the 20th C. Their ‘world soul’ sound ranges from micro-Big Band to Gospel, Bluegrass to Balkan, whimsical Jazz to Nocturnal Funk to Free-For-All, with solid instrumental and vocal talent forged from 30 years of collaboration, creating some of the freshest sounds on the jazz/world/pop music scene today.
"The Tiptons blow up a mess of Balkan, Second Line, and carnivalesque lines, joyful, wry, and well-traveled … a hard blowing, rhythm-driven bunch of reeds." The Stranger

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