FLIPPOMUSIC PRESS
(Tao Tunes) - The Herald Scotland - Dec 15, 2011 - Rob Adams
"But as one of the most intriguing releases to appear this year, it's (Tao Tunes) also a gift
to the wider world. Sure, Tao Tunes can be dark and serious in places but it's also playful,
joyous and musically enjoyable, and with the original text's sometimes fortuitous rhyming
structure, at times it's simply downright good fun.
(Tao Tunes) - Chicago Music Examiner - Dec 6, 2011 - Neil Tesser
"And now, in the category of “Bet you didn’t see that one coming,” I give you the new
album by Chicago pianist, composer, and vocalist Dave Flippo. But whether it’s the
craftsmanship of the writing, or the surprising appeal of Flippo’s vocals, or the strength of
the Tao Te Ching itself, Tao Tunes has definitely left its mark on my sensibilities. And a
few of its earworms, against all odds, have burrowed deep into my right brain."
(Tao Tunes) - Chicago Jazz Mazazine - Nov/Dec 2011 - Hrayer Attarian
" . . . the music itself reflects the texts beauty and wisdom, even without recitation ... Tao
Tunes will satisfy those who like a philosophical bent to their jazz."
(Tao Tunes) - Musicsprings Blog - Oct 2011 - Richard Mitnick
" This project, Tao Tunes is Flippo's journey to his own spiritual core - the Tao - and the
joy and reverence with which he approaches these texts is apparent in the craft and
personal attention found in each musical setting. I listened and I listened, over and again.
I loved what I heard. This is a great album."
(Tao Tunes) - Pioneer Press-Skokie - Nov 2011 - J.T. Morand
"The ancient Chinese philosophical text, Tao Te Ching, is a tricky maneuver to
translate... Flippomusic, led by jazz pianist and singer Dave Flippo of Skokie, is the right
band to set the text to music since Flippo himself is hard to define."
(Ganesh) - All About Jazz Italia - 1992 - Luca Corte Rappis
"Born at the intersecting point of many cultures, the resulting jazz language has
discovered how to gather the energies and exalt the qualities of each culture's music,
succeeding where others have often failed. A sound is born, rich in shade and color,
which is, at once, steeped in a study of the past while striving to understand the present
and imagine the future."
(Tendrils of Light) Chicago Reader - 1996 - Ted Shen
"Flippo's love of jazz, combined with an intense curiosity of music from other cultures,
only heightens his willingness to experiment and mix diverse elements. The result, as can
be heard on Flippomusic's latest CD, "Tendrils of LIght," is an idiosyncratic eclecticism
that's true to the music it celebrates, be it Javanese, Indian or Brazilian."
(Tendrils of Light) - Chicago Tribune 1994 - Howard Reich
" ...the band creates a texture as exotic as it is original... a music at once complex and
transparant, sophisticated and accessible."
(FLIPPOMUSIC) - Chicago Tribune - 1995- Howard Reich
"Of all the Chicago jazz ensembles searching for new sounds, one of the more alluring
has to be Flippomusic, the rare band of musical adventurers who prefer to seduce the ear
rather than accost it."
(Tendrils of Light) - CD Review Magazine - 1994 - Alex Henderson
"As unpredictable as it is enriching ... exceptional, highly recommended."