Tizer Stirs Up A High Energy Blend Of World Fusion, Rock And Jazz On Their Latest Album 'tizer Live' Recorded At The Musicians Institute

New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Luck Media & Marketing) - Growing up in Boulder, Colorado, Lao Tizer took classical piano lessons from age nine to fifteen, but the keyboardist/composer's exotic given name and his father's extensive collection of World music ensured that he would not limit his life to American suburbia playing just one style of music.

The 31-year-old Lao, who began recording solo keyboard albums when he was 14, seemed destined to be a musical citizen of the world. Over the past year, he and his high energy band of versatile jazz veterans (collectively known as 'Tizer') took their fiery but always grooving and melodic brand of jazz and rock influenced world fusion around the world, galvanizing thousands at the Java Jazz Festival in Jakarta, the Joy of Jazz Festival in Johannesburg, the Dubai Jazz Festival and the Barbados Jazz Festival.

This summer, the band is set to play the Hartford Jazz Fest (July 17), Columbus Jazz & Rib Fest (July 23), the Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival in Aruba and a date at SoCal's premiere jazz hotspot Spaghettini's (July 30). Tizer is also playing at Yoshi's in San Francisco July 29 among others.

While Lao was a Best New Jazz Artist nominee in 2002 and his album Diversify spent many weeks on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz chart, the band doesn't see itself strictly as a jazz ensemble. Their diverse resume includes opening slots over the years for Zappa Plays Zappa, Jethro Tull, Isaac Hayes, Al Jarreau, Spyro Gyra, George Benson, Bruce Hornsby and Robin Thicke.

Those who haven't experienced their intensity, expansive arrangements and exciting soloing live have the next best thing in the band's new CD Tizer Live, which captures the vibrant interaction of Lao, Andre Manga (bass), Jeff Kollman (guitar), Steve Nieves (sax/vocals/percussion), Raul Pineda (drums and percussion), Chieli Minucci (guitar) and Karen Briggs (violin) onstage at the globally renowned Musicians Institute (MI) in Hollywood. The concert recording takes seven songs culled from Lao's earlier recordings Golden Soul (2001) and Diversify (2006) to dynamic new places; footage from the show is spliced with interview clips with band members to create an unforgettable 20 minute Promo Video, available for viewing on Lao's website and (in two parts) YouTube.