Johnny E

I don't blame ya' We're sending out promo copies tomorrow morning. I'm eager to see how people respond to it. It is very different than our first release. Not just because Tobi and I are the only original members left, but because the instrumentation has changed so much. We are no longer a piano/sax quartet. We now are a four horn/bass/drums sextet...alto, tenor & bari saxes, Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, alto flute, trombone, trumpet, slide trumpet, flugelhorn (and that's just the horns), we also have a shit load of percussion, a harpist (special guest), acoustic and electric bass, electronics, and vocals. I'm more proud of this recording than anything I've ever done. I'm hoping the Flora cover will help to enthuse writers and DJ's to give it a chance, because I feel fairly confident once people hear it they'll like it. We'll see.

Buy it for the cover, cherish it for the music.

It's shameless work...but somebody's got to do it.

Announcing the release of Reptet’s new CD entitled Do This! REPTET - Do Thsi! Street date: May 30th, 2006 Catalog #: MCMC4 Here’s The Deal: Do This! is the fourth release by the Monktail Records label and features the Reptet sextet, a genre bending collection of Seattle’s most irrepressible jazz rebels. Recorded by Scott Colburn at Gravelvoice Studios (Death Cab for Cutie, Degenerate Art Ensemble, Mudhoney), Do This! is a bold and groundbreaking statement of acute originality that simultaneously propels the listener into realms of manic joy and subtle rumination. Produced by Reptet and featuring the posthumous cover art of legendary jazz illustrator Jim Flora – the first in over 45 years! "A hot progressive combo of Seattle's best young players... Their music is intense, taut, and fresh, as their growing fan base will attest." ~Earshot Jazz~ Here’s The Band: Samantha Boshnack – trumpet, slide trumpet, flugelhorn· Ben O’Shea - trombone· Tobi Stone – baritone, tenor and alto sax, clarinet· Izaak Mills – alto and tenor sax, bass clarinet, flute· Ben Verdier - bass· John Ewing – drums and percussion Here’s The Music: 1. Zeppo (6:55) 2. Bad Reed Blues (5:35) 3. Ro (5:36) 4. Harpo (9:18) 5. Chico (9:38) 6. Groucho (6:06) 7. Mumia’s Lament (3:52) 8. Little Caesar (6:55) 9. H.R. (7:06) 10. Do This! (7:09) Total time: 68:10

Available May, 30th

Not so fast Mr. K!

Reptet CD Release with Amy Denio Friday, June 16th 2006 Consolidated Works 500 Boren Ave N., Seattle $8 / All Ages Information: www.reptet.com Monktail Records and Reptet are pleased to announce the release of Reptet’s newest full-length CD, entitled Do This!,available May 30th. Reptet will be performing original music from the CD and other new compositions at their release party being held at Consolidated Works, June 16 at 8pm. The evening will also feature the multi-talented composer and performer, Amy Denio. Reptet is a sextet consisting of six multi-instrumentalists: Samantha Boshnack (trumpet), Ben O’Shea (trombone), Izaak Mills (tenor sax, alto sax, bass clarinet, flute), Tobi Stone (baritone sax, tenor sax, alto sax, clarinet), Ben Verdier (bass), John Ewing (drums); all of whom are members of the internationally acclaimed Monktail Creative Music Concern based out of Seattle. They have established themselves as a group of considerable excitement, flair and vision while simultaneously debunking preconceived notions of what a jazz group ought to be. Their music has been aired on radio stations across the United States and Europe, and their members have toured internationally. Earshot Jazz has described them as, “A hot progressive combo of Seattle's best young players. Their music is intense, taut, and fresh.” With the release of Do This!, Reptet has established itself as an irrepressible force in modern jazz with its own brand of creative music. Amy Denio is a composer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist (voice, accordion, saxophone, clarinet, bass, guitar) and veteran home taper based in Seattle, WA. She started her label Spoot Music in 1986, with the release of her first cassette release, No Bones. Since then, she's recorded & released several solo and collaborative albums with an array of international musicians. She has performed her music at festivals throughout the world, touring solo and with various groups and musicians such as Francisco Lopez, Danny Barnes, Tone Dogs, Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet, Pale Nudes, Danubians, Chris Cutler, Guy Klucevsek, Pauline Oliveros, Relache Ensemble, Curlew, Matt Cameron, Hoppy Kamiyama, and others. This event is open to all ages (alcohol available with ID), and the cover charge is $8.00. Doors open at 7pm, show starts at 8pm.

New Reptet Release Features the Posthumous Work of Legendary Jazz Illustrator Posted 2006-05-04 SEATTLE - On May 30th, Seattle-based Monktail Records will be releasing the second full length CD by the reptilian jazz sextet Reptet. The CD, entitled Do This! features the first jazz album cover by the late illustrator Jim Flora in over 45 years. Crafted on old style letterpress, the total package is a stunning amalgam of traditional and progressive jazz--both sight and sound. James (Jim) Flora fashioned dozens of diabolic and hallucinatory album cover illustrations, many for Columbia and RCA Victor jazz artists, in the 1940s and '50s. Along with David Stone Martin, Flora (1914-1998) is now considered to be the artist that best captured the pulse of the classic jazz era. His album covers are now collector's items that regularly fetch hundreds of dollars on eBay, and his stylistic imprint has influenced an entire generation of illustrators. Reptet is a sextet consisting of six multi-instrumentalists all of whom are members of the internationally acclaimed Monktail Creative Music Concern based out of Seattle, WA. They have established themselves as a group of considerable excitement, flair and vision while simultaneously debunking preconceived notions of what a jazz group ought to be. Their music has been aired on radio stations across the United States and Europe, and their members have toured internationally. The arts organization Earshot Jazz has described them as, “A hot progressive combo of Seattle's best young players. Their music is intense, taut, and fresh.” With the release of Do This!, Reptet has established themselves as an irrepressible force in modern jazz. Do This! features the first “new” Flora image to grace an album cover since 1961. Two independent CD releases in the past five years have adapted old Flora LP cover designs, but the Reptet CD is the first to use something by Flora never before seen. Irwin Chusid, author of The Mischievous Art of Jim Flora (published by Fantagraphics), believes the cover image (which he affectionately named “Flora Triclops”) dates from 1952, but he can't confirm an exact year. It appeared on a postcard Flora had printed to solicit illustration assignments. The image will first see official book publication in The Curiously Sinister Art of Jim Flora slated for publication by Fantagraphics in February 2007. Visit website Source

Need an opening act?

Yeah, when are they going to do more with Paulie Walnuts?

And how does the cat stuck behind the wall tie into all this?

Wow, I guess I'm just a little dense then.

I guess I'll take that week of silence as a "I don't know".

Congrats guys!

It was a great series doncha think? All the games were close. If we could of pulled this one out today I would have said it was a success. I can except losing to Schilling and Beckett in Fenway - but today...that hurts. I think the mariners ain't so bad this year though. They got some decent pitching and our line-up is solid. Plus we're one of the youngest teams in the league. The future looks bright. But that one two in Schilling and Beckett your boys got is awesome!

The woman must be a saint.

The are a good team....TO POOP ON! Loretta

She is a fine lookin' woman. Who knows? We'll see what happens. All's well that ends well.

Yeah, if you were the boy. How would you feel if you were the boys father. I for one would be pissed if some 25 year old teacher came after my 13 year old son.

So is it Lillian Briggs or not?

Yeah this is crazy. Have you seen the advertising yet? I guess poor jazz musicians will say anything for a few bucks.

Lillian Briggs?

OK I give. The only female trombone player from the fifties I can think of is Melba Liston. But that woman looks like a white blonde. Who is she?

It tells me we all have diffferent tastes, likes, dislikes, and things we have not yet discovered. Nothing wrong with that! We have certain likes and dislikes and priorities when it comes to purchasing music that are reflective of who we are as people and how we view the world. Nothing at all wrong with that. It's just insightful is all...sometime predictably so.