Tiptons Saxophone Quartet | KNKX Studio Session

The Tiptons Saxophone Quartet and Drums was formed in Seattle in 1988. Now with only Amy Denio still based in the Puget Sound area, the Tiptons roll on. A new album is due in March, and with their performance in the KNKX studios, the Tiptons showed they’re at the top of their game. Originally the Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet, the band was named for a jazz musician who was born female but lived their life as a man in order to pursue a musical career in the 1940s and ’50s. In taking their name, th