Tiptons

Art of Recording vol. 2 released in 2014 on stockfisch records. Album of popular singers such as Allan Taylor, Sara K, David Munyon, Paul O’Brien, Brooke Miller, Ewen Carruthers, Duo Balance, McKinley Black, Bass Swing Trio & Barbara Burkle.

The BTMSQ is named for the little-known Washington state jazz saxophonist, who, upon his death, was discovered to have been a woman who'd lived most of her adult life as a man. The fact that the band is made up of women is relevant only because the band's choice name makes it so; otherwise, they should be rightly known as a very tight, very capable sax quartet plus drummer that combines elements of swing and funk in an intelligent, playful, engaging manner. For this set they add a trumpet (Angelina Baldoz) on one track; the rest is saxes and drums. Holding down the groove with drummer Pam Barger is baritonist Barbara Marino, who's both an irresistible force and an immovable object.