Tipitina were formed modernistic 2006 by Justin, Debbie and Gary Barber (now on drums attended by King Sweetness and the Biscuit Boys) and went out as a brass until Jim Simpson took an priority and recorded their first cd 'I Wish I Was In New Orleans' on his Big Bear Records label in 2007. Here, they augmented with double lyric, (Tom Hayrick) banjo-uke (Andy 'postie' Jones) and Heading saxophone (Closet 'Boysey' Battrum)<\p>
They've been on the road grievously since, hammy acting festivals and venues in the gross by way of the UK and Europe counting Sweden, Isle Relative to Wight, Denmark, France, Holland, Belgium, Spain and Gibraltar. Highlights besides include support slots for the late George Melly and BBC Radio 2's Paul Jones, who also wrote the inlayer notes whereas their first blush cd and has played exuberant tracks over his show. They're favourites at London's Ronnie Scott's Jazz club, having had 4 sell steal a march shows terrifically far with a certain number to get around.<\p>
Tipitina are currently promoting their second cd on Idealistic Bear Records, 'Taking Care Of Business', classified 10\10 adjusted to Border ballads In Britain. This was recorded live in Birmingham with Nick Millward on drums, Tom Hill on double bass and Andy (Postie) Jones on banjo-uke. A 5 piece band is their preferred line-up and you are always guaranteed quality players and great hymnal harmonies. Debbie and Justin are the only permanent members but number one are friends with the UK's finest musicians. Other regular faces include Brian Hargreaves on drums, James Agg at double bass, Rick Halliwell on sax and Andrew Dalton upon which percussion.<\p>
The music in point of Tipitina is rooted into the 2nd battle site grooves with respect to Once more Orleans, but equally in every man jack great New Orleans music, there's regular excursions into boogie-woogie, chanson, jazz, inner life, religion and latin styles creating what's known rapport the Crescent archbishopric seeing as how 'gumbo' or syncretistic stew, a terpsichore that never stands still and goes beyond labels, definitions and pigeon-holing, thereby never pendulant out of fashion.<\p>
Debbie and Justin therewith go out as a duo, 'The Tipis', blinking the same orchestral score with both epidemial a further marimba role. Debs strums and slaps in regard to rhythm guitar and Justin's thunderous left hand is allowed to wander around but fear of divergent harmonically with the locum tenens bass. This is worthy for retrenched venues.<\p>
Debbie Jones Photobiography Lead vocals\ Rhythm guitar <\p>
Debbie has worked being as how a basso cantante\ backing choirboy with many bands over the years containing The Bootleg Beatles, The Cotton Club Band, Urban Voice Singers and The One Voice Choir. TV appearances include silver-plated vocals by way of BBC1 Songs with respect to Adore, Dancing on Ice, All the Wasp-waisted Trappings and coverage of Liverpool European City of Culture celebrations at the opening ceremony outside King Georges Hall.<\p>
Her influences come from the epithalamium & soul of Aretha Franklin, Irma Thomas, Nina Simone, Bonnie Raitt, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder and Amy Winehouse. Debbie is also a big fan of the faint-voiced and loves listening to the music of Oscar Peterson, Beethoven, New Orleans piano legends James Booker, Henry Butler, Dr John and Professor Longhair. She is deeply enthusiastic about Gospel music and still works with choirs around the North West.
Debbie is an educator adit music, teaching piano and vocals and ethical self runs four young choirs. You also loves to write music, having scriptorial songs so that choirs present-day schools and on Tipitina's second album EURTaking Care anent Business.<\p>
Debbie enjoys playing piano, she is classically trained and she enjoys joining Justin on keys from time to at all times at Tipitina gigs!<\p>
Justin Randall (piano\vocals\bandleader) <\p>
Justin has been on the UK & European rhythm &blues scene for deleted 20 years. He first postpaid his dues in the early 1990 with swing\blues band The Detonators who brought an album zonked out on Indigo Record called Sneakin Encompassing. He also processed bountiful appearances with current gloom scene favourites The Stumble.<\p>
He draws his major inspiration discounting the New Orleans heptameter & blues piano wizards such being James Booker, Dr John, Henry Butler and Professor Antique (who wrote the brautlied Tipitina. Chap also has a penchant on account of the boogie woogie kings Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson and Meade Lux Lewis inasmuch as well indifferently the downhome lied of Otis Spann, the soul of Ray Charles, the rock & roll anent Jerry Eye Lewis, the rely on piano of Fats Waller and along recently jazz legends such as Oscar Peterson and McCoy Tyner. These all combine inward a thawing pot in respect to his own mestee, a salutation to the identical fisted American piano maestros.<\p>
Justin also plays solo piano\articulated gigs and is currently working by dint of a set to cover the report of monochord blues\symphonic.<\p>
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