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FLIPPOMUSIC formed in 1992 by Dave Flippo, with the plan of bringing his "globaljazz" pieces to life and sharing it with the Chicago community. What started as a mad experiment of fusing jazz with different world music grooves and styles(CDs: "Tendrils of Light" and "Ganesh") has expanded to include Flippo's original vocal works (CD: When the Heart is Strong")—many in the contemporary jazz venue. The band's latest recording project -"Tao Tune" returns a bit to the original global fusion theme—this time with the written content. Flippo's love of the ancient and very cool Tao Te Ching inspired him to make some of the text into lyrics and set them in a variety of styles.

Also jazz piano teacher at the College of Lake County, Dr. Flippo's Eclectic Piano Studios and in the home throughout the North Shore.

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Dave Flippo: Dedications – Jazz From Planet Flippo

Read "Dedications – Jazz From Planet Flippo" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci


So, when was the last time you tried to count a Greek and Irish jig in 14/8? Many years ago, the cognoscenti shared Joe Morello's giggle of relief when he and the rest of Dave Brubeck's quartet got through “Unsquare Dance." Dave Flippo, however, is light years beyond 7/4. But odd meter is really not the point. This is just music, and hugely enjoyable for all that. How could anyone, adventuresome or not, miss getting drawn into such a lively ...

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Pianist/Composer Dave Flippo's 'Dedications – Jazz From Planet Flippo'—a World Of Eclectism And Invention

Pianist/Composer Dave Flippo's 'Dedications – Jazz From Planet Flippo'—a World Of Eclectism And Invention

Source: Mouthpiece Music

When Dr. Dave Flippo told his bandmates that he wanted to write music for each of them for his new album, he asked what elements they wanted him to include. He found their answers surprising and challenging — like writing a waltz in four or a song about a giraffe. But Flippo, a Chicago-based jazz pianist, composer, vocalist, bandleader, and educator, was certainly up for the challenge. On “Dedications – Jazz From Planet Flippo," he includes eight original tunes and ...

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Twenty Years of Exploration Leads Flippomusic to “Tao Tunes”

Twenty Years of Exploration Leads Flippomusic to “Tao Tunes”

Source: Dave Flippo

Composer, pianist Dave Flippo created his modern jazz ensemble 20 years ago after 11 years of university study. As pianist and principal composer for his eclectic ensemble, Flippo's background includes a Doctorate and Masters degree in composition from the University of Michigan and Eastman School of Music with additional studies in ethnic music and jazz. The compositions he originally created were a synthesis of these elements, which he called “globaljazz"- a blend of jazz with ethnic music from cultures as ...

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Chicago's Flippomusic Releases the First Jazz Setting of the Tao Te Ching: "Tao Tunes" (Oppilf Records)

Chicago's Flippomusic Releases the First Jazz Setting of the Tao Te Ching: "Tao Tunes" (Oppilf Records)

Source: Dave Flippo

Dave Flippo's modern jazz quintet Flippomusic has been blending various ethnic music with jazz since 1992. Their most recent project creates an ethnic collaboration through the ancient Chinese texts, the “Tao Te Ching" to create Tao Tunes. Flippo has adapted several translations into lyrics and set them in a wide range of styles. The CD, on Oppilf Records, is due for release on November 27th. Players include Dan Hesler-sax/flute, Dave Flippo-keys/vocals, Donn De Santo-bass/vocals, Heath Chappell-drums; Guest artists include: Larry ...

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Chicago Reader Critic's Choice: Flippomusic

Chicago Reader Critic's Choice: Flippomusic

Source: Dave Flippo

by Ted Shen David Flippo—whose ethno-jazz quintet, Flippomusic, is included in this week's Chicago Symphony Orchestra's “East Meets West" festival—is a prime example of a fusion artist for the 90's. Classically trained (he got a doctorate in composition from the University of Michigan), the former keyboard child prodigy switched to jazz in the mid-80's, bust hasn't abandoned his roots. Indeed his love of jazz, combined with an intense curiosity about music from other cultures, only heightens his willingness to experience ...

CHICAGO TRIBUNE REVIEW: "Tendrils of Light" by Howard Reich

One of the most unusual and appealing bands to spring up in Chicago of late, Flippomusic Globaljazz speaks a language of its own making—and a beguiling language it is. Part Arabic melody, part Asian harmony, part American boy ( and so on ), the band creates a sound, a texture and a brand as exotic as it is original.

All About Jazz, Italia: By 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.

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Primary Instrument

Piano

Location

Chicago

Willing to teach

Beginner to advanced

Credentials/Background

DR. DAVE FLIPPO has taught piano in Chicago's Northshore area since 1987, primarily at the former Swain Music Studios of Evanston, which mover to Winnetka in 2004. In that period he has taught beginners, intermediate and advanced students - tweens and teens as well as adults of all ages all looking to reconnect with music through the piano. He presently teaches from his home studio in Skokie - Dr. Flippo's Eclectic Piano Studio - and in the home throught the Northshore

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Dedications – Jazz...

Oppilf Records
2021

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Life on Mars

Oppilf Records
2016

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Tao Tunes

Next Step Music
2012

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