Mister Ott takes you on a journey, to another place and time where you lose your self in the music.
Their music merges mesmerising eastern sounds, tight jazz funk, hypnotic grooves with melismatic horn lines and high calibre ecstatic solos.
Mister Ott is:
Matthew Ottignon – tenor and baritone saxes, flute,
Ellen Kirwood : trumpet,
Daniel Pliner – piano, organ,
Ben Panucci – guitar,
Eden Ottignon – bass,
Carlos Adura – drums
Fronted by acclaimed saxophonist Matthew Ottignon, Sydney outfit Mister Ott merge mesmerising eastern sounds, tight jazz/funk, and hypnotic grooves with a psychedelic edge.
With a style originally rooted in the Ethiojazz of Mulatu Astatke and Getatchew Mekurya, Mister Ott is part of a world wide movement of African inspired jazz ensembles, while being equally inspired by hip-hop, soul and electronica.
The band’s first album ‘Drop It Like It’s Ott’ – a high caliber instrumental record that crosses world music with jazz, funk and Ethiopian music – was released in April 2015 and it’s follow up ‘Single Shot’ was released 2017 receiving many favourable reviews in the press both here in Australia and internationally. The band recently returned from performing in Berlin.
“The musicianship on Single Shot is utterly flawless” – BMA Magazine
“Positive, buoyant, Single Shot slides easily from Mulatu Astatke inspired Ethiopian Jazz through the relentlessly compulsive Afro-futurism of Head Hunters/Sunlight period Herbie Hancock” – Echoes and Dust (UK)
“With these sorts of overpoweringly, extremely adventurous tracks there can be no doubt that this collective sends concert halls into every kind of frenzy” – Written In Music (Holland)
“infectious rhythms which range from Mulatu-esque stompers to uptempo afro-beat shakers” – Mos Eisley Blog (Germany)
“These musicians know who they are, where they are, what they are doing and why, and you can hear it” – Jazz Australia
“this is definitely an album you’ll want to hear again” – Eastside Radio
Took my new gf to your show in Berry earlier this year, she loved it (hopefully also me…) so much that she has asked me to marry her. Relaxed garden party wedding happening on Jan 1 in a cool mid century house in Berry. I was just wondering whether there would be a chance to have you play? After all, the whole thing is partly your fault…
Hey Lars, I guess I’m a bit late on this one, hope all went well!!!
We missed your gig early September, any more plans for a show in Sydney in the coming months?
Cheers
Hey mate, so sorry to take so long to reply, but we are playing this Saturday night at 505.