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Willie Oteri

"I'm mostly self taught. I learned Jazz on the street as well as rock and blues. If you are fine with that then we can talk. I'm fine with it." Already established as a guitarist why change horses? Why not? Is reinvention a key to the creative process? Oteri explains, “I've always been an explorer and this need for change drives me to new frontiers. While some are cautious about change for me it's about accepting it.” Oteri's flute and sax work became his focus recently after a purchase of a new flute in 2016 and a couple of tenor saxes in early 2017. “I played flute in my late teens after borrowing my sister's flute, since she was not very interested in it, and played professionally for several years in the early part of my career along with guitar, bass and pedal steel, whatever seemed to be needed

Ghosts of Texas Past

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022

Ghosts of Texs Past

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022

Willie Oteri Re-Releasing 'Teme Per Cinema' Featuring The Late Dino J.A. Deane, And Drummer Scott Amendola

August 5, 2022

Willie Oteri and WD-41 to re-release Teme Per Cinema featuring the late Dino J.A. Deane, and drummer Scott Amendola. Available now on Bandcamp and worldwide on major streaming and download sites on August 19, 2022. WD-41 + 2 Teme Per Cinema (Music for Film) was first released in 2010 through CD Baby and was also available ...

Joachim Kuhn, Day & Taxi & Java Quartet

by Maurice Hogue
June 29, 2022

German pianist/alto player Joachim Kuhn arrived in Paris in the late '60s; that city was the epicenter of an explosion in free jazz, fueled by several musicians from America (many of them from the AACM) and a desire among European players to push their music forward. One concert that Kuhn played at in the fall of ...

Willie Oteri And Dark Matter Horns Dig Into Their Archives For Upcoming Album 'Ghosts Of Texas Past'

April 23, 2022

Willie Oteri and Dark Matter Horns dig into their archives for upcoming album Ghosts of Texas Past. Available May 27, 2022 The new album features tracks taken from rehearsals recorded in 2018 in Austin Texas with Willie Oteri (tenor sax and flute), Dave Laczko (trumpet and effects) and Steve Mankenberg (drums) in a totally improvised environment, ...

Luke Stewart Silt Trio, Nublu Orchestra & Brodie West Quintet

by Maurice Hogue
March 2, 2022

Bassist Luke Stewart is a prominent name in improvised sessions these days. His own Silt Trio has a very interesting new release, The Bottom, and it's the highlight album on this edition of One Man's Jazz. Also very interesting is Toronto alto player Brodie West's new Meadow Of Dreams; it's coming out the new Toronto label, ...

Willie Oteri, Glenn Cannon, Terri Lyne Carrington, Michael Manring and Gary Willis

by Len Davis
January 30, 2022

Willie Oteri and Jazz Gunn, Melbourne guitarist Glenn Cannon, Michael Manring from his album The Book Of Flame, Gary Willis from Bent. Playlist Willie Oteri “Spanish Key" from Jazz Gunn (Oteri Tunes) 00:00 Glenn Cannon “Agents" from Leverage (Self Produced) 07:29 Terri Lyne Carrington “Spiral" from Structure (ACT) 15:00 Jean Luc Ponty} “Enigmatic Ocean" ...

Mind Meld

By Willie Oteri

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: At the End of the Milky Way Midnight in Machu Picchu The Naga Awakens Voodoo Moon

Willie Oteri Releasing New Material Focusing On Saxophone And Flute

December 10, 2021

Genre jumping multi-instrumentalist Willie Oteri will be releasing new material focusing on his tenor saxophone and flute playing which will include various artists such as drummer Matt Crane, guitarist Jeff Platz and electric trumpet master Dave Laczko. These recordings will be in the beyond jazz / free jazz / avant-garde arena while keeping in mind a ...