TOO MANY ZOOZ

Tickets available locally at Smith Rock Records & Higher Elevation Smokers GalleryBio:Self-described Brass House trio Too Many Zooz make manically kineticinstrumental music that combines avant-garde jazz, EDM, punk rock, and sundryother traditions into their own distinctive brand of high-energy dance music. Aviral sensation since they first emerged as New York subway buskers in 2013,Too Many Zooz have evolved into a globally recognized phenomenon who touroften and produce YouTube videos that have garnered millions of views.Formed in 2013 in New York City, Too Many Zooz features the talents of baritonesaxophonist Leo Leo P Pellegrino, trumpeter Matt Doe Muirhead, anddrummer David King of Sludge Parks. Pellegrino and Muirhead initially metwhile students at the Manhattan School of Music where they studied jazz. Theyeventually joined forces with percussionist Parks, whom Pellegrino had playedwith in a separate busking outfit. They began playing live at various New Yorksubway stations and quickly attracted crowds with their aggressive instrumentalsound and Pellegrinos ability to dance and hype the audience like a DJ whileplaying. In 2014, a video of the band went viral and helped set the stage for thegroups meteoric rise.In 2016, the trio released their debut full-length album, Subway Gawdz, whichfeatured guest spots from Kreayshawn, Armani White, members of Galactic, andBeats Antique. That same year they were featured on Beyonces Lemonadealbum, and performed with Beyonce and The Dixie Chicks at the CMAs.Over the course of the next several years, Too Many Zooz continued to releaseEPs and singles including ZombiEP (2019), a concept album about a fictionalband playing a music festival during a zombie outbreak, plus collaborations andremixes with The Floozies, Beats Antique, Spencer Ludwig, Moon Hooch, DotCromwell, Nitty Scott, Lester London, and RoRo.All of that set the stage for the bands 2024 sophomore album Retail Therapy a13-song chronicle of auditory subway cinema that features appearances fromMoon Hooch, Thumpasaurus, Lucky Chops, and Too Many Ts.