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Zachary Lipton Quartet at the Underground Lounge NYC
Submitted by zachary on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 21:45Zachary Lipton Quartet plays the Underground Lounge
February 20th, 10:00 PM
Come out for a night of original music.
Zachary Lipton - Saxophones
Tobin Chodos - Piano
Rick Rosato - Bass
Colin Stranahan - Drums
Old Bio 2009/08/29
Submitted by zachary on Wed, 11/25/2009 - 02:53Self-promotion is the part of professional music I'm least comfortable with. It's always been an awkward process for me. The most offensive component has always been the bio. Musicians, artists, and everyone else trying to compete for the limited leisure-time attention of America's distractible public all find themselves, willingly or reluctantly, having to write self-congratulatory bios lauding their own prodigious talent, notable associations and historic achievements. To make it palatable, the standard form is for bios to be written in the third person. Here, I will try to account for who I am in a way for which I'm not ashamed to take credit.
The Misadventures of an Invalid
Zachary Lipton trio performing a new composition "The Misadventures of an Invalid" live at the Underground Lounge in New York City on November 20th, 2009.
Zachary Lipton - Soprano
Rick Rosato - Bass
Craig Weinrib - Drums
Lester Leaps In 2009/11/20
Submitted by zachary on Sat, 11/21/2009 - 06:06Zachary Lipton trio performs Lester Leaps In live at the Underground Lounge. Rick Rosato plays bass and Craig Weinrib plays drums.
No Balls
Submitted by zachary on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 12:04Recently, a friend pointed me towards an edition of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick in which the preface contained a number of critical reviews contemporary to the book’s writing. Not surprisingly the critical response was overwhelmingly negative. Naturally, my first inclination was to pooh-pooh the critics and lament their failure to recognize something great in its time. But another, more important idea struck me.
Trio @ Underground Lounge NYC 09/29/09
Submitted by zachary on Thu, 11/05/2009 - 04:41Photo by Pallav Kosuri.
Zachary Lipton/Tobin Chodos at Cafe Mozart Mamaroneck
Submitted by zachary on Sun, 11/01/2009 - 04:11Duo gig on Thursday, November 5th at Cafe Mozart on Mamaroneck Avenue.
Zachary Lipton - Saxophones
Tobin Chodos - Piano
Originals, Standards, Swing, and some Sidney Bechet.
West End Blues Live at Cafe Mozart
A clip of Tobin and Zachary playing Louis Armstrong's West End Blues at Cafe Mozart.
Zachary Lipton - Soprano Saxophone
Tobin Chodos - Piano
Summertime Live at Cafe Mozart
A clip of Tobin and Zachary playing George Gershwin's Summertime at Cafe Mozart.
Zachary Lipton - Soprano Saxophone
Tobin Chodos - Piano
Specialization of Labor Our Undoing?
Submitted by zachary on Thu, 10/29/2009 - 02:17For hundreds of years, the increased specialization of labor drove greater productive capacity and increased efficiency across all sectors of the world economy. Philosophers like Karl Marx noted the potential damage of such a division of duties to man’s soul. But few could have predicted then that the over-specialization of labor could spell financial catastrophe on a massive scale for those married to very specific skill sets.
Zachary and Ryland @ Underground 09/29/09
Submitted by zachary on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 22:05Photo by Pallav Kosuri
Clawing at Sanity
Submitted by zachary on Sat, 10/24/2009 - 01:28Twenty-one months ago, my brain stopped working. Something might have been amiss for some time before then, but in January, 2008, I first knew beyond any doubt that I was broken. Before the month was out, I had seen a neurologist to rule out the possibility of multiple sclerosis or a brain tumor. Nearly two years later, I am not yet sure what I am fighting, and, at times, why I am fighting.
March 1st Sheet Music
Submitted by zachary on Fri, 10/23/2009 - 00:23Form: The solo form follows the melody. Can be thought of as A, A', B.
A (first 8 bars), A'(second 8 bars), B (last 8 bars).
Raven's Jam Session Sketch 2009/08/13
Submitted by zachary on Tue, 10/20/2009 - 03:07When Life Hands You Lyme?
Submitted by zachary on Mon, 10/19/2009 - 02:19After two years of cycling between ten percent and fifty percent of my former cognitive and physical capacity, I have progressed little but learned much. I have acquired more knowledge than I can currently process about my own health, the myriad families of medical conditions that can cause neurological complications, and the problems that plague the healthcare industry itself. In this article, I will elaborate on some of the horrifying discoveries that I have made on my medical odyssey.




