06.18.10 | Recording projects on the way this summer..
Having a very productive June! Quintopus recorded 10 tracks earlier this month and will be mixing/mastering this summer. 4 songs by Mike Frederick, 5 by myself, and one Bjork cover. Thanks to Dave Hart, Doug Stone, Mike Frederick, Chris Ziemba, Geoff Saunders and Lou Chitty for their hard work! If you're interested in joining the Quintopus mailing list, send your email to quintopus@gmail.com When the album comes out, I'll send you 5 free tracks!

The Po' Boys Brass Band rhythm section recorded 10 tracks for an upcoming project. We will also be performing tonight at the Rochester International Jazz Festival for he second year in a row. Thanks to John Nugent and Mark Iacona for bringing us back!

05.19.10 | Quintopus a Semi-Finalist in the Rochester Jazz Star Competition
Quintopus has made it past the first round of voting in the Rochester Jazz Star contest. You can vote for us as many times as you want here:

http://rochesterjazzstar.com/

05.14.10 | New Quintopus videos/recording!
A handful of new videos up from Quintopus' last gig on May 4th. We will also be recording our first album later this month! Stay tuned for more news on that, lots of great freee-shhh material.

02.28.10 | Quintopus has a MySpace, OMG!
Quintopus has a f-r-e-s-h (fresh) myspace page where you can hear new tracks, right now!

01.23.10 | Quintopus Benefit for Haiti, 2/26
Come and support the Haitian earthquake relief effort with your donations at Boulder Coffee at Brooks Landing on the 26th from 7-8:45PM. 100% of donations will go to Doctors Without Borders.

Quintopus performs original music as well as covers of current artists like Bjork, Radiohead, and more.

Quintopus is:

Doug Stone - Tenor Sax
Mike Frederick - Guitar
Chris Ziemba - Nord
Geoff Saunders - Bass
Chris Teal - Drums

01.09.10 | Upcoming Projects for the New Year
In addition the the regular gigging of Quintopus, I'm booking some gigs with Butterscotch Junction. This band formed about a year ago and features Jeff McLeod on Nord Combo Organ, as well as Mike Frederick on guitar. We'll be performing a lot of recent organ trio rep by Sam Yahel on January 12th at Boulder Coffee.

Also, stay tuned for an exciting project led by bassist Jeff Campbell (http://www.esm.rochester.edu/faculty/?id=55). This group features tenor saxophonist Doug Stone (www.dougstonejazz.com) and myself performing Jeff original compositions from his last two albums. Really fun challenging material that originally featured John Hollenbeck and John Wojciechowski.

DubbleStuff (www.myspace.com/dubblestuff) will be embarking on another "Music in the 21st Century" tour in March, this time of Spokane, Washington. It will be great to share this high-energy music with local schools and venues.

I'm also going to be doing some subbing in the Dave Rivello Ensemble over the next few months, filling in for Kate Pittman's sonic wizardry. This band just recorded material for a new cd in December, and if you haven't heard them you're missing out. Dave's music is powerful, inspiring stuff. (www.daverivello.com)

The Quintopus gig on February 7th at Lovin' Cup will be a great time, lots of new material. In the past few months of playing the group has really coalesced and I'm looking forward to more great gigs.

Nick Finzer's quintet will be performing a live concert on local radio station Jazz 90.1 at 7PM on January 20th, a.k.a. MY BIRTHDAY! You can stream it live at jazz901.org

Come catch some live music!

12.19.09 | New track: Voyage to Ornoc
Hi all, posted in the 'listen' section of the site is a sample track from my new group "Quintopus", titled "Voyage to Ornoc". This version of the group features:

Mike Frederick - Guitar
Chris Ziemba - Piano
Geoff Saunders - Bass

Enjoy!

09.27.09 | YouTube Videos
In a vain attempt at self promotion, here are the links to some YouTube videos that include me:

DubbleStuff - One For B.C.:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_S2diQhBwQ

03.02.09 | March News
So, had the masters recital last week and I think it went really well. Thanks to Geoff Saunders, Mike Frederick, Chris Ziemba, Will Cleary and Dave Hart for all their hard work and broitude. Lots of new gigs up; recitals and otherwise. The Po Boys will be opening for one of my favorite bands, Tower of Power, in June at the RIJF; also a fun gig with Nick Finzer and Wycliffe Gordon coming up. More to come from my new project, "Butterscotch Junction" as well as the recording of a cd in April. I'm looking forward to finishing out the program here at Eastman, there's a lot to do between now and May!

11.07.08 | Oh yeah, I forgot!
I've been invited into the original funk/fusion band "Dubblestuff" (soon to be know under a different name) as of this summer. It's a great group and we're doing a tour in Arizona in January, and should have a new album coming out around. If you're in Rochester for T-Giving, check us out at Lovin' Cup out by the Rochester Institute of Technology.

08.22.08 | Summer/Fall Happenings
Hello ChrisTeal.com viewer! I just recorded some tight business action with DubbleStuff this week, so keep on the lookout for that cd in the upcoming months. Po'Boys cd release and local tours upcoming as well.

05.25.08 | Chris writes on the web!
I just did a write-up of the Andy Bey show from this weekend, let me know what you think!

05.22.08 | New Gigs Posted
I've been slacking on the updating of this site, but there will be a major overhaul in the next couple of weeks. Many new gigs with the Po Boys Brass Band and more

03.04.08 | Recent performances
Hi to all, I wanted to give an update of some things that have happened so far this semester. After ending my first semester with the New Jazz concert with Ed Neumeister and his music, I had the opportunity to play a 2 nights at ella's Supper Club in Spokane with Localized Tenderness XL (featuring our old crony Justin Keller) and 1 in a trio with Josh Simon and Todd Delgiudice. Great fun, hopefully it will be an annual happening.
After returning to the ROC I had the opportunity to play on trumpeter Dave Hart's DMA recital, featuring Dayna Stephens, Jeremy Siskind and Curtis Ostle. The music of Roland Vasquez and an amazing concert with Rich Perry kept me very busy in recent weeks. The Po Boys Brass Band also recorded a 4 song EP that should hit the streets in the next couple of months.

06.19.07 | New freefire audio/Fugu Apprentice
I uploaded "Nexus Point" a Don Goodwin tune that we performed with Freefire at Centerfest. That ordeal also marked the first gig for Fugu Apprentice. There should be upcoming gigs for both of these groups, so keep an eye out.
CT

04.24.07 | New Localized CD
We have copies availible of our self-titles Localized Tenderness disc, featuring 6 compositions by Mike Frederick and myself. If you are unable to make it to our shows, email me at christopherteal@gmail.com to purchase a copy.

11.30.06 | Sound clips, new pic!
I posted three of the new tracks that Localized Tenderness recorded with the aid of Brent Edstrom a couple of weeks ago. Let me know what you think!

10.22.06 | Live Dates Added, new pics ect.

10.17.06 | New Web Site
Welcome to my new site. I'll be getting all kinds of goodies up and running in the next few days. Keep posted for gigs and other happenings at the myspace page.