Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet (album)

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Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet
Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet cover
Live album by Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet
Released 2003
Recorded Live by Mell Dettmer at the Owl & Thistle in Seattle, Washington
Genre Jazz Funk
Length 63:23
Label Ropeadope
Producer Skerik
Professional reviews

All About Jazz link
All Music Guide 4/5 stars4/5 stars4/5 stars4/5 stars4/5 stars link

Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet is a self-titled first album recorded live in September 2002 in Seattle, Washington. It was recorded at the venue Owl & Thistle.[1] The album received favorable reviews and while self described as "punk jazz"[2] it also includes New Orleans influenced funk, bebop/hip-hop and rock crossing "time and musical culture without affectation, or worry."[3]

[edit] Musicians

  • Joe Doria - Hammond organ
  • John Wicks - drums
  • Steve Moore - trombone, Wurlitzer electric piano
  • Hans Teuber - alto saxophone, flute
  • Dave Carter - trumpet
  • Craig Flory - baritone saxophone
  • Skerik - tenor and baritone saxophone

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Freakus Piniatus"
  2. "Philadelphia"
  3. "Let Me Be Your Voodoo Doll"
  4. "Runnin' Away"
  5. "Too Many Toys"
  6. "Bus Barn"
  7. "Christina"
  8. "They Did What To You?"
  9. "Morphine"

[edit] References

  1. ^ Liner notes
  2. ^ Skerik Biography AllAboutJazz, Retrieved April 4, 2008
  3. ^ Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet Mark Corroto, allaboutjazz.com, October 25, 2008, Retrieved April 5, 2008