SERPENTINE

Artist Information

Biography

"...Try to imagine three interweaving tenor saxophones and their attendant colors and sonic shapes filling up a large church - the only apt response seemed to be leaning back and closing one's eyes. I can only imagine what Albert Ayler and Ornette Coleman sounded like filling up St. Peter's in New York in 1967 for Trane's funeral... - ...Hopefully this music won't continue to fall through the cracks during SXSW, for it is indeed strong potion". - Clifford Allen on SERPENTINE (jazz critic at All About Jazz, Paris Transatlantic, The New York City Jazz Record, Signal To Noise etc.).

SERPENTINE´s musical aesthetic mixes the best of the old European art music traditions with the best of modern American rhythmic music; enabling a truly modern transatlantic hybrid that appeals to music lovers of all walks. As such the band also draws its musicians from both sides of the Atlantic, pending the time, place and occasion. All in the true and continued spirit of the old Norse explorers.

SERPENTINE´s music is written by Gaute Solaas, who studied music composition at The Eastman School of Music, as well as at NYU´s Steinhardt School.

Instrumentation

Gaute Solaas - Saxophones
Sam Lipman - Saxophones
Eli Haslanger - Saxophones
Lorenzo Dwayne Jackson Jr. - Drums&Bass
Brannen Temple - Drums

Discography

SERPENTINE is looking for a progressive label to call home in 2011.

Individually the band´s members have contributed to more than one hundred releases on major labels.

Links

• SERPENTINE ON YOUTUBE
• SXSW 2011

Audio

• SHEEN by Gaute Solaas (Sonzala Radio Mix)
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• SERPENTINE LIVE MIX
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Video

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Photo Gallery

Press

• Write-up by jazz critic Clifford Allen
  

  Recent write-up on SERPENTINE´s successful showcase at SXSW 2011.

Setlist

All original compositions by Gaute Solaas. Sets from 40min to 2 hours.

Basic Requirements

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