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Toph-E & The Pussycats

No Ordinary Day

By Toph-E & The Pussycats

Label: M'Bubba Music
Released: 2010
Track listing: Pussyfoot; It Seems to Me; No Ordinary Day; Ostinato; Of Everything I Know (Daquilo Que Eu Sei); Tee; BlackHouse; Un Nuevo Mundo; Opus de Tophe; Tatchedogbe (Touch Wood); Impromptoph; Maiden Voyage.

Toph-E & The Pussycats: No Ordinary Day

by Woodrow Wilkins
November 27, 2010

Toph-E & The Pussycats is a contemporary band with old-school ideas. Its repertoire combines jazz, funk and R&B properties. For No Ordinary Day, those elements are augmented by hints of Brazilian and Latin rhythms. Part of the group's name comes from a variation of drummer Christopher Parker's nickname, “Toph." Collectively, the group's members bring ...

Toph-E & the Pussycats: Live in Detroit

by C. Michael Bailey
February 18, 2007

Jazz is a schizophrenic music: it desires performance on the concert stage to a quiet, polite tuxedo and evening dress audience; at the same time, it seeks out a rowdy, drunk bar or festival crowd. Jazz has largely been able to cater to both populations successfully, but has certainly tended to the former extreme (at least ...

Toph-E & The Pussycats: Live In Detroit

by Michael P. Gladstone
July 19, 2006

This ensemble, which has been in business since 2000, consists of five well-respected musicians who have largely worked behind the scenes on scores of studio sessions, as well as the television bands of David Letterman (bassist Will Lee) and Saturday Night Live (drummer Chris Parker). In addition, it also features percussionist/composer Ralph MacDonald, who was immortalized ...

Toph-E & the Pussycats: Live in Detroit

by Mark F. Turner
July 13, 2006

Don't let this band's name fool you: Toph-E & The Pussycats are a group of veteran jazz musicians whose combined resumes include television gigs, Grammy awards, and musician credits from James Brown to Rachel Z. Led by drummer Chris Parker, the group also features bassist Will Lee, piano/keyboard player Clifford Carter, saxophonist David Mann, and percussionist/songwriter ...