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“A success in the fluid netherworld between serious art and popular culture.”
– The Oregonian
3 LEG TORSO creates charming, elegant and daring modern chamber pop music infused with equal parts tradition and innovation. Influenced by tango, Eastern European folk and other world music traditions, their cosmopolitan musical style embraces wit and humor within thoughtful, uncommon and beautiful musical arrangements.
Musicians:
Béla Balogh (violin, trumpet)
Courtney Von Drehle (accordion)
Michael Papillo (double bass)
Gary Irvine (mallets, percussion)
Kyle MacLowry (mallets, percussion)
Highlights:
• Profiled on NPR’s “All Things Considered”
• Performed at the re-opening of the Hollywood Bowl, June 2004
• Debut album reached #12 on Amazon.com’s Top 100
• Two CD collaborations with New York-based spoken word artist David Greenberger
• Performances with the Portland Festival Symphony and Metropolitan Youth Symphony
• Courtney Von Drehle received 2003 fellowship to Sundance Composers Lab
• Scored Music for Academy Award winning animator Joan Gratz
• Composed music for United Nations documentary in Thailand
• Recorded music for Deutsche Komtel in Germany
• Provided theme music for Bosnian television series
Discography:
• "3 Leg Torso" (3 Leg Torso)
• "Astor In Paris" (Meester Records)
• "Legibly Speaking" (Meester Records)
• "Whispers, Grins, Bloodloss and Handshakes" (Meester Records)
“ … both devilishly clever and damn beautiful.” – Willamette Week
“All the beauty of Astor Piazolla's music and all the spunk of Kronos Quartet's.” – CMJ
“Wildly exciting, wildly eclectic, rather difficult to describe.” – Dirty Linen
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