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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Skerik
		Performing on the tenor and baritone saxophone, Skerik is a pioneer in a playing style that has been dubbed saxophonics.
		The septet consists of Skerik on tenor saxophone, Craig Flory on baritone saxophone and clarinet, Dave Carter on trumpet, Hans Teuber on alto saxophone and flute, Steve Moore on trombone and Wurlitzer, Joe Doria on Hammond B-3 and John Wicks on drums.
		Skerik named the band after the term, "Syncopated Taint," which was used by America's first ever drug czar Harry J. Anslinger to describe the nation's moral decay in the 1930s and '40s as caused by the combination of jazz and marijuana.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Skerik (922 words)

	Ropeadope Records
		skerik grew up in seattle and was exposed early on to jazz by his father, who was a big fan of jazz musicians like count basie and dave brubeck.
		skerik received some early mentorship from the teachers in his school's music program, playing in the jazz ensemble, orchestra and getting turned on to saxophone legends like charlie rouse, booker irvin, don byas, john coltrane, sonny rollins and wayne shorter.
		currently, apart from his work with the syncopated taint septet, skerik is active with several groups that either he leads or co-leads, such as fl frames, garage-a-trois, critters buggin, and a free improvisation duo with mike dillon.
	www.ropeadope.com /artist_bio.jhtml?method=view&artist_bio.id=34 (1986 words)

	Blue Note New York Performance Schedule
		The Syncopated Taint Septet formed unexpectedly and organically in the summer of 2002 when Skerik was at home in Seattle between tours.
		Skerik took the name "Syncopated Taint" from a description used by Harry J. Anslinger, the appointed Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Narcotics from 1930 to 1962.
		The vibe and the energy at the live shows were blowing people away, and Skerik knew what he had to do.
	www.bluenote.net /newyork/schedule/moreinfo.cgi?id=4367 (531 words)

	Wonka + Vader = Skerik CD release at Tractor \| Line Out \| The Stranger's Music Blog \| The Stranger \| Seattle's Only ...
		Skerik is the Kublai Kahn of sax, a brass Zappa / Mingus / Beck leopard.
		Skerik is psyched about the release of "Husky." He says nowadays, it's really hard to be successful with instrumental music.
		Skerik bands are Critters Buggin, The New Orleans Garage a Trois, and Crack Sabbath.
	www.thestranger.com /lineout/2006/08/wonka_vader_skerik_c.php (774 words)

	Live New Orleans Music Reviews: Coogan, Lott, and Skerik
		Skerik took the reigns and suggested a path every once and while, but Coogan and Lott were the driving forces behind the trio.
		One of the night highlights was when the trio got into a rock groove and Skerik put his sax through some type of fl metal fuzz.
		Skerik IS one of the youngest people I've seen get such a following and respect in the jam/jazz/funk circle.
	www.liveneworleans.com /detail.php?id=835 (514 words)

	Skerik’s septet spans genres - June 24, 2005
		Skerik and baritone saxophonist Craig Flory formed a sax and organ group with Joe Doria on Hammond organ and John Wicks on drums.
		According to Skerik, the band’s name came from a term used by Harry J. Anslinger, the commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Narcotics from 1930 to 1962.
		Skerik likens his septet to a punk-jazz version of the Thelonius Monk Octet, and he is influenced by the way musicians can play different types of music with equal depth.
	www.mailtribune.com /archive/2005/0624/life/stories/10life.htm (539 words)

	Band is going places, without a road map - The Boston Globe
		Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet summons up all those and more, a patchwork of influences -- from jazz to rock to hip-hop -- that...
		Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet summons up all those and more, a patchwork of influences -- from jazz to rock to hip-hop -- that add up to a compelling and surprisingly organic sound.
		Skerik doesn't consider himself to be a jazz musician and sidesteps the question of whether the septet plays jazz.
	www.boston.com /ae/music/articles/2006/10/22/band_is_going_places_without_a_road_map (673 words)

	Ekultura
		De, mivel az egész Skerik műve, ezért ott van az a Jimi Hendrixet idéző torzság, ott vannak az agyölő elszállások.
		Ebben a számban is jelen van persze az a torz beszívottság, ami mindenhol ott marad Skerik ujja nyomán.
		Skerik itt is moderálja magát, és elmebeteg módszerei helyett inkább csak szimplán zseniálisan szaxofonozik, díszítés nélkül.
	www.ekultura.hu /mutat.php?cid=139 (780 words)

	Great American Music Hall
		Skerik was recently seen as a member of Les Claypool's Frog Brigade on the SnoCore Icicle Tour with Galactic.
		Skerik is also an ongoing member of the bands Garage a Trois (w/ Stanton Moore and Charlie Hunter), Ponga (w/ Wayne Horvitz, Bobby Previte and Dave Palmer), Mike Clark's Prescription Renewal (w/ original Headhunters drummer Mike Clark, Charlie Hunter, Robert Walter and DJ Logic), and has played previously in the bands SadHappy and Tuatara.
		The band consists of Skerik on saxophone, keyboards, and random gadgets, Brad Houser on bass, Matt Chamberlain on drums, (both formerly of the New Bohemians) and Mike Dillon on percussion.
	www.musichallsf.com /artist_pages/crittersbuggin_0601.html (277 words)

	One for all - The Phoenix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		That is, they behave like a real band, not a backing group with star soloist but a group guided by collective will and the inner logic of its own little stage rituals.
		At the Regattabar a week ago Wednesday, the Seattle band walked on stage with Skerik already blowing the a cappella tenor introduction to their opening number while the rest of the horns gathered randomly behind him, spread out across the stage, and chimed in with bits of counterpoint.
		With a lift of his horn, Skerik cued the ensemble to join him on a climactic unison chord, and they gradually arranged themselves in a straight line in front of the microphones.
	www.thephoenix.com /PrinterFriendly.aspx?id=26268 (342 words)

	Welcome to the Best of New Orleans! Cover Story 04 22 03
		Skerik and Hunter had both sat in with Galactic on tour, so Moore called them in to play on the album and complement a host of New Orleans players.
		When Skerik, Hunter and Moore improvised as a trio during the session, the chemistry was undeniable.
		Skerik's saxophone playing ventured far beyond the patterns and formats of jazz and funk, favoring free-jazz squawk and punk-rock urgency.
	www.bestofneworleans.com /dispatch/2003-04-22/feat2.html (867 words)

	Fog City Records presents: Skerik
		Skerik's also hooked up as a founding member of Tuatara, a supergroup of multi-instrumentalists making adventurous acoustic music for Epic Records.
		Skerik organized some of the baddest live players from the Seattle music scene (Wayne Horvitz, Bobby Previte, and Dave Palmer) for his project Ponga.
		And that is what Skerik puts into his playing, everything that he has going for him at the moment, and it's paid off.
	fogworld.com /skerik (1209 words)

	Aspen Times News for Aspen Colorado - Aspen Times Weekly Arts and Entertainment
		Skerik - like Kenny G, a saxophonist - has practically made it his life's work to squash the limp, commercially driven smooth jazz sound that Kenny G plays.
		What seems to rankle Skerik so about smooth jazz is how the music is calculated for commercial appeal, and how that effort distracts from making music.
		Skerik puzzles over how a musician supposedly dedicated to his art even has time to ponder the selling of the end product.
	www.aspentimes.com /article/20060204/ASPENWEEKLY03/102050015&SearchID=73235511565918 (1034 words)

	SKERIK'S SYNCOPATED TAINT SEPTET
		If indeed the case, then Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet and their new album, Husky, on HYENA Records is cause for celebration.
		The ten-track collection is vital and alive, bursting with fresh vision in arrangement, composition, improvisation, rhythm and recording.
		Despite Skerik's name being out front, in many ways ST7 functions like a true collective with all seven members contributing compositions and arrangements.
	www.hyenarecords.com /skeriks_syncopated.htm (971 words)

	PR Newswire Names New National Market Manager for Technology
		Skerik, who began June 1 based in Chicago, will be responsible for developing strategies to meet the needs of high-tech clients and journalists covering these companies and organizations.
		We will be adding to our existing suite of multimedia products to assist communicators in delivering their messages in compelling and meaningful ways." Skerik has been with PR Newswire for five years, most recently as a senior account executive in the Chicago office responsible for large PR agencies and the technology account base.
		Skerik, who graduated from Miami University in Ohio, was formerly director of marketing for PR News Service in Chicago.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-16-1999/0000964608&EDATE= (470 words)

	Earshot Jazz Monthly Publication Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The self-titled Skerik’s Syncopated Taint Septet is perhaps one of the most talked about small-label recordings to be released in recent weeks — appearing at #16 on the Billboard jazz charts this summer.
		Though Syncopated Taint is a relatively new project for Skerik, the saxophonist is hardly a newcomer to the Seattle music scene.
		In addition to the Syncopated Taint Septet, Skerik is currently a member of Garage a Trois (with Stanton Moore & Charlie Hunter), Ponga (with Wayne Horvitz, Bobby Previte and Dave Palmer), Black Frames (with Dillon, Houser and Chamberlain of Critters Buggin, along with drummer Earl Harvin), Blotallica, Crack Sabbath, and SadHappy.
	www.earshotjazz.org /zine-arch.asp?NewsLetterID=58 (1565 words)

	.: Corvallis Gazette-Times :. Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Clearly, this is a lesson Skerik took to heart at a young age.
		That drummer’s name is John Wicks, and Skerik points out that what makes him such a great musician is that in addition to being trained in jazz and a number of other disciplines, he’s also extremely open to new sounds, including drummer Questlove, aka Amir Thompson, of rap group The Roots.
		When it comes to planning out the songs, Skerik yields the pen to his fellow band members, who he says tend not to dictate to the rhythm section how to play.
	www.gazettetimes.com /articles/2006/08/29/entertainment/cover/cov02.txt (869 words)

	Synthesis : Music : Skerik’s Syncopated Taint Septet : The Corrupting Effects of Jazz : Punk-Jazz band Skerik’s ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In spite of Skerik’s restless neature, he explains that loyalty is one of his strongest attributes: “I’m trying to work everything so that none of my bands ever have to break up.
		However, to refer to Skerik (or any of his band mates, for that matter) simply as a “jazz musician,” would be to take away from his all-embracing outlook and from the memory of jazz.
		The Septet in many ways encompasses Skerik’s philosophy on music, in that their ability to improvise and play the room is not only impeccable, but mandatory.
	www.synthesis.net /music/story.php?type=band&id=2512 (1031 words)

	Critters Buggin to do rare local shows
		Skerik and Dillon will go on tour with the irreverent Dead Kenny G's after Critters Buggin plays on Jam Cruise 4, billed as "an unrivaled music and sensory experience at sea" in the Gulf of Mexico.
		Skerik, a former member of Sadhappy and Tuatara, and Dillon also have played with Les Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade, as well as Garage a Trois.
		Though band members live in different parts of the country (Skerik has been in New York for three years, though he still has a studio here), Seattle is where the group was founded in 1993.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /pop/252240_nightlife16.html?source=rss' (907 words)

	Glide Magazine News - Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet Plan West Coast Tour
		Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet have announced West Coast tour dates in August 2006 to support their new album, Husky, on Hyena Records.
		Skerik formed the Syncopated Taint Septet in 2002, recruiting some of Seattle's finest musicians for the group.
		Skerik, himself, helped launch the acclaimed underground experimental noise unit, Critters Buggin (who were ultimately signed to Stone Gossard's Loose Groove record label) and the widely popular soul jazz quartet, Garage A Trois, featuring Stanton Moore, Charlie Hunter and Mike Dillon.
	www.glidemagazine.com /index.php?task=Articles&id=51113§ion=96&issue=1 (476 words)

	Skerik - Sax on the Web Forum
		I also enjoy Skerik's playing, and wondered what he was using, but haven't had the opportunity to see him.
		Skerik (as is his spacey cohorts like Les Claypool and Buckethead) are odd fellows, to say the least!
		On the Bonnarroo music festival DVD he comes out with Frog Brigade and his mic clip/setup appears to be something of a homemade custom deal (I thought i saw duct tape).
	www.saxontheweb.net /vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2327 (1231 words)

	CharlieHunter.com
		Producer, engineer and Fog City Records founder Dan Prothero lugged in a Wurlitzer for Skerik to play in addition to his baritone and tenor saxophones (which he occassonally plays through various effects, coined 'saxophonics').
		Skerik had a keyboard for the last show of the tour in his hometown of Seattle.
		During "Angel Nemali", Skerik dedicates the song to Dudu Pukwana, the South African saxophonist who wrote the song and died in exile before seeing the 'end' of apartheid in his native country.
	www.charliehunter.com /archives/ontheroad9898.html (368 words)

	Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet - Husky Review
		Skerik is the name of the group's founder and tenor-saxophonist.
		And the band is a septet but sounds so much bigger because it is comprised of five horns, organ and drums, coming across as a rather large orchestra at times.
		Skerik gets to stretch out on the 10-minute "Fry His Ass," ranging from Eddie Harris to Albert Ayler and not overlooking humor.
	www.avrev.com /music/revs/0906/skerik_syncopated.shtml (704 words)

	Skerik: Concept is All Anyone Cares About
		His enthusiasms run deep and wide; his conversation is peppered with references to his musical heroes, be they seminal 1980s punk bands the Minutemen and the Bad Brains, underrated tenor man Eddie Harris, or any of a hundred other artists he reveres.
		In 2002, Skerik formed the Syncopated Taint Septet, consisting of Skerik on tenor and baritone saxophone; Craig Flory on baritone sax and clarinet; Hans Teuber on alto and flute; Steve Moore on trombone and Wurlitzer; Joe Doria on Hammond; Dave Carter on trumpet; and John Wicks on drums.
		Skerik’s Syncopated Taint duties share time with his work in Critters Buggin’, Garage a Trois (his groove quartet with Hunter, Moore and Dillon), his new Maelstrom Trio with organist Brian Coogan and drummer Simon Lott), and with countless other bands, side gigs and guest appearances.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=23225 (3312 words)

	Jambands.com \| Show Reviews \| Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet, Tractor Tavern, Seattle, WA — 8/24 \| 2006-09-24
		Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet, Tractor Tavern, Seattle, WA — 8/24
		When Skerik and gang finally joined their compatriots, Skerik promptly walked up to his mic and announced "Dos." The "Spanish" version of The Duo, I suppose.
		The front line of horns took position (up to five at times) and Skerik inquired, "Are you guys ready to syncopate the taint?" The group entered into a New Orleans-inspired tune, Storyville and the street-wise marching bands rolled into one.
	www.jambands.com /ShowReviews/content_2006_09_24.01.phtml (716 words)

	CD Review of Skerik - Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet on Ropeadope @ jazzreview.com
		Skerik (tenor and baritone sax), Joe Doria (hammond organ), John Wicks (drum), Steve Moore (trombone and wurlitzer electric piano), Hans Tueber (alto sax and flute), Dave Carter (trumpet), Craig Flory (baritone sax)
		Saxophonist Skerik has spent so much time supporting other musicians and operating in collectives like Garage a Trois, I’ve always wondered what he would do if he had the freedom to put his own thing together.
		Skerik has called what the group does “punk jazz”, and it’s about as good a description for this genre-bending group as any.
	www.jazzreview.com /cdreview.cfm?ID=5047 (583 words)

	Skerik’s Syncopated Taint Septet \| Husky
		Skerik’s Syncopated Taint Septet is unusual in several ways.
		There’s that band name, which Skerik copped from the “syncopated taint” phrase first used by the US’s first “drug czar” (Harry J. Anslinger) to describe the moral decay apparently caused by the nation’s simultaneous discoveries of jazz music and marijuana in the 1930s and ‘40s.
		Skerik’s Syncopated Taint Septet at All About Jazz.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=22382 (631 words)

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