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Willie Oteri, a multifaceted musician, defies conventional boundaries in his artistic expression. His journey through music has been both unconventional and inspiring. Let’s delve into the intriguing world of Willie Oteri:

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  4. Current Endeavors:

    • Willie remains active, re-releasing albums and exploring new avenues for expression.
    • His recent focus lies on saxophone and flute, adding yet another layer to his diverse musical palette.

In the ever-changing landscape of music, Willie Oteri stands as a testament to resilience, creativity, and the unwavering pursuit of artistic authenticity. 

"I'm mostly self taught. I learned Jazz on the street as well as rock and blues. If you are fine with that then we can talk. I'm fine with it." Already established as a guitarist why change horses? Why not? Is reinvention a key to the creative process? Oteri explains, “I've always been an explorer and this need for change drives me to new frontiers. While some are cautious about change for me it's about accepting it.” Oteri's flute and sax work became his focus recently after a purchase of a new flute in 2016 and a couple of tenor saxes in early 2017. “I played flute in my late teens after borrowing my sister's flute, since she was not very interested in it, and played professionally for several years in the early part of my career along with guitar, bass and pedal steel, whatever seemed to be needed.

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Take Five With...

Take Five With Willie Oteri

Read "Take Five With Willie Oteri" reviewed by Willie Oteri


Meet Willie Oteri: An anomaly in the music world having survived tragedy and financial hardship that forced him to quit music as a profession during the early part of his career, Willie Oteri has come back to music. With a small budget he released two well-received blues/rock albums in the late '90s before moving to Austin, Texas where he befriended some of Austin's top jazz musicians. Wanting to pursue the freedom of electric jazz and improvisation, Oteri contracted producer ...

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Album Review

Shrunken Head Shop: Live in Germany

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This international group is captured performing improvised music in Germany, featuring guest trumpeter Dave Laczko on three tracks that reside somewhere between Miles Davis' Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1970) era and experimental trumpeter Jon Hassell's work. Laczko and guitar whiz Willie Oteri have also recorded under the moniker WD-41. Indeed, both artists are known for pushing the envelope within progressive rock and avant, jazz fusion circles, assertively manifesting these exploratory processes here. The set is primarily constructed on slow ...

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WD-41+2: Temi Per Cinema

Read "Temi Per Cinema" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Temi Per Cinema is the follow-up to guitarist Willie Oteri and trumpeter Dave Laczko's self-produced WD-41 (2009), with the addition of lap steel dulcimer and beat jockey artist Dino J.A. Deane and drummer Scott Amendola. Collectively, the musicians have been at the forefront of new music-making, amid variable flavors and shades, bordering on the avant-garde, jazz-rock, electronica and other intertwining genres. Here, the WD-41+2 unit expands upon applications and concepts, first evidenced on the 2009 effort. At times, ...

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Willie Oteri / Dave Laczko: WD-41

Read "WD-41" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


The conceptual, avant-garde mode of electronics-based implementations receives a slender uplift, thanks to guitarist and effects maestro Willie Oteri's collaboration with trumpeter Dave Laczko. This 2009, download-only, release is a spacey trip; chock full of loops, streaming synth noises, and fractured sojourns into the cosmic void.

Oteri's résumé includes collaborations with latter-day King Crimson musicians and former Frank Zappa hired guns, among other notables. In light of this, he's obviously well-seasoned in the progressive rock realm, amid the ...

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Willie Oteri: Seek and Ye Shall Find

Read "Willie Oteri: Seek and Ye Shall Find" reviewed by Igor Petruska


One of the biggest draws to the Jazz for Sale festival as part of the ongoing Visegrad Days 2004 was without a doubt the performance of the American/Slovak Willie Oteri and the Oskar Rozsa Quartet. The excellent bass guitarist Oskar Rozsa, trumpet player, keyboards and sound experimenter Lubos Priehradnik, and drummer Marcel Buntaj - the Slovak part of the quartet need no introduction to regular readers of Music.box. Guitarist Willie Oteri, born in California, is a very respected player on ...

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Willie Oteri: Spiral Out

Read "Spiral Out" reviewed by Marco Piva


The eclectic US guitarist Willie Oteri, who played with or supported artists like Bob Seger, Neil Young, Doobie Brothers, Chaka Khan and Passenger and has been a member of Jazz Gunn, has the chance to cooperate with producer Ronan Chris Murphy (who has worked with King Crimson amongst others) for this Spiral Out that he records with such artists as the rhythm section of King Crimson (Tony Levin on bass and Pat Mastelotto on drums), Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa) on ...

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Willie Oteri's Jazz Gunn: Concepts of MateMaToot

Read "Concepts of MateMaToot" reviewed by Todd S. Jenkins


Hot and cool jam-band excellence from Austin, Texas. Over the past decade, the stigma has faded from Miles Davis’ electric experiments, and many valuable elements in the music have been recognized as it finally moved into its time. Willie Oteri and Jazz Gunn offer an enticing update of the electric Miles aesthetic, including power-pumped covers of two Davis fusion staples (“Spanish Key” and Joe Zawinul’s “Pharaoh’s Dance”). The liner notes don’t shed any light on just what “MateMaToot” represents, but ...

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Willie Oteri Re-Releasing 'Teme Per Cinema' Featuring The Late Dino J.A. Deane, And Drummer Scott Amendola

Willie Oteri Re-Releasing 'Teme Per Cinema' Featuring The Late Dino J.A. Deane, And Drummer Scott Amendola

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Willie Oteri and WD-41 to re-release Teme Per Cinema featuring the late Dino J.A. Deane, and drummer Scott Amendola. Available now on Bandcamp and worldwide on major streaming and download sites on August 19, 2022. WD-41 + 2 Teme Per Cinema (Music for Film) was first released in 2010 through CD Baby and was also available at DGM Global Mobile and Abstract Logix. Teme Per Cinema and the first WD-41 album (WD-41) will be re-released in digital format through Symphonic ...

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Recording

Willie Oteri And Dark Matter Horns Dig Into Their Archives For Upcoming Album 'Ghosts Of Texas Past'

Willie Oteri And Dark Matter Horns Dig Into Their Archives  For Upcoming Album 'Ghosts Of Texas Past'

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Willie Oteri and Dark Matter Horns dig into their archives for upcoming album Ghosts of Texas Past. Available May 27, 2022 The new album features tracks taken from rehearsals recorded in 2018 in Austin Texas with Willie Oteri (tenor sax and flute), Dave Laczko (trumpet and effects) and Steve Mankenberg (drums) in a totally improvised environment, recorded with minimal equipment on 2 to 4 tracks. A decades long relationship between Oteri and Laczko produced several releases with Oteri jumping from ...

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Recording

Willie Oteri Releasing New Material Focusing On Saxophone And Flute

Willie Oteri Releasing New Material Focusing On Saxophone And Flute

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Genre jumping multi-instrumentalist Willie Oteri will be releasing new material focusing on his tenor saxophone and flute playing which will include various artists such as drummer Matt Crane, guitarist Jeff Platz and electric trumpet master Dave Laczko. These recordings will be in the beyond jazz / free jazz / avant-garde arena while keeping in mind a presence for mood and melody. The first (Mind Meld), to be released on December 20, 2021 on various platforms is a duo with electric ...

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Festival

Celebrating Ten Years Of Jazz OUTside At Kenny Dorham's Backyard in Austin

Celebrating Ten Years Of Jazz OUTside At Kenny Dorham's Backyard in Austin

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A festival in celebration of ten years of Jazz OUTside February 29, 2020 From 2:pm to 6:pm Kenny Dorham's Backyard 1106 E. 11th St. Austin, TX 78702 Ten years ago a residency, showcase and open jam session began at Kenny Dorham's Backyard in jny: Austin Texas. The brainchild of bassist and curator Harold McMillan of Diverse Arts Culture Works and international musician Willie Oteri after seeing little to no support from Austin ...

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Music Industry

Willie Oteri Announces New Project And New Releases

Willie Oteri Announces New Project And New Releases

Source: Willie Oteri

Official Release Date for Dark Matter Horns: Narratives Vol. 2 – Spring 2019 Official Release Dates for O'clock: “The Nip," “Feb 25," “Riot in the Meadow," March 1st with more singles to follow during the year. Narratives Vol. 2 by Willie Oteri's Dark Matter Horns is the second release to focus on Oteri's tenor saxophone and flute work. He is joined here by long-time friend Dave Laczko on trumpet and veteran Austin drummer Steve Mankenberg. Recorded live in studio using ...

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Multi-Instrumentalist Willie Oteri and Dark Matter Horns Release "Evolution"

Multi-Instrumentalist Willie Oteri and Dark Matter Horns Release "Evolution"

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services

One never knows what the multifaceted original Willie Oteri is going to do next, like switching his focus from guitar to saxophone and flute for a series of upcoming releases. Oteri has produced several well received guitar-based albums featuring some of the world's finest musicians including, Scott Amendola, Giko Pavan, Tony Levin, J.A. Deane and others, starting with the 1999 live in studio improvisation Jazz Gunn Concepts of MateMaToot which featured A-Team Austin jazz players Brannen Temple, Michael Malone, Chris ...

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Guitarist Willie Oteri Reissues Jazz Gunn's Concepts Of Matematoot

Guitarist Willie Oteri Reissues Jazz Gunn's Concepts Of Matematoot

Source: Suzanne Short

Re-release date May 15, 2015 “A skillful blend of jazz-fusion and improvisational rock... chock full of instrumental wizardry." —Austin Insight Magazine Originally released on May 15, 2000, Willie Oteri’s Jazz Gunn: Concepts of MateMaToot celebrates the beauties that fifteen years of technological progress and art can offer. This rerelease includes additional detailed artwork by Miko Zen as well as enhanced audio while keeping the original hot and cool sounds that were performed live and captured on tape by some of ...

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Performance / Tour

Willie Oteri Announces New Music Project And Show Dates

Willie Oteri Announces New Music Project And Show Dates

Source: Willie Oteri

Willie Oteri and Christopher David Boulet to terrorize parts of Northern Italy. The new Beyond Jazz collective named IKM will feature Willie Oteri on guitar and live loops, Christopher David Boulet on vocal manipulations and spoken word teamed with various third members including laptop beatjockey Max Del Genio who will be present for upcoming Italian shows. Willie Oteri has become a complicated figure in the world of Beyond Jazz and Avant-Garde. His improvised performances and recordings with WD-41, Shrunken Head ...

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Event

12 Hour Non-stop Improvisation Will Raise Money For Austin Non-profit

12 Hour Non-stop Improvisation Will Raise Money For Austin Non-profit

Source: Willie Oteri

JAMGASM 2 - Super Session, breaking the music marathon improvisation record for Austin and Texas! An event to raise needed funds for the non-profit Diverse Arts Culture Works. Carousel Lounge 1110 East 52nd Street, Austin, Texas March 1st – noon to midnight. Featruing: Willie Oteri, Chris Maresh, Brannen Temple, Ephraim Owens, Joshua Thomson, Bruce Saunders, Dave Laczko, James Fenner, members of Brazilian Space Program, WD-41, Lost Cat, word/jazz lowstars and many more.  Get ready for a music experience like none ...

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Marathon Jam Will Raise Needed Money For Kenny Dorham's Backyard Event Venue In Austin Texas

Marathon Jam Will Raise Needed Money For Kenny Dorham's Backyard Event Venue In Austin Texas

Source: Willie Oteri

JazzOutSide Super Session & Kenny Dorham's Backyard Fundraiser WD-41 featuring Willie Oteri Dave Laczko and friends, word/jazz lowstars, Brazilian Space Program and 20+ other talented musicians and improvisers Sunday, November 3rd, 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Kenny Dorham’s Backyard, 1106 E. 11th Austin, TX 78702 Cost: $5+ suggested donations Get ready for a jazz experience like none other in Austin! Following the success of the Jazz OUTside series started in 2012, DiverseArts presents Jazz OUTside Super Session, a music marathon ...

"Whatever is in Willie Oteri's water, I think it's high time that it was poured into the two dimensional cesspool which is what some of the homogenized and pasteurized modern music industry has become today." —-Bruce Stringer (Music street jounal) "This is one of those CDs that entirely deserves to be heard by anyone who likes to live inside exotically compelling musical environments. It's rather beautiful too."—Gapplegate Music" ...goes beyond anything Charlie Parker or Miles Davis did during even the most experimental years of the Be-Bop jazz era, although there's some of that influence in this album, also

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Ghosts of Texs Past

Self Produced
2022

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Ghosts of Texas Past

Self Produced
2022

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Mind Meld

Self Produced
2021

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Reflections

Self Produced
2020

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Evolution

Self Produced
2017

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Reflections

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