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Check out this exclusive interview and artist profile with Too Many Zooz, presented by Woodwind & Brasswind. Read the full interview at https://www.wwbw.com/pages/tmz

Too Many Zooz (often stylized as TOO MANY ZOOZ) is a music group based in New York, New York. The band’s members are: Leo Pellegrino (bari sax), Matt Muirhead (trumpet), and David Parks (drums).

The band formed when Leo and Matt met at the Manhattan School of Music. Previously, Leo and David had played together in Drumadics, a local busking band (busking means performing in the streets for monetary tips). In 2013, the trio started busking together at various stations in the New York City Subway system.

As their popularity grew in the subway stations, the band defined their own genre for when people asked what they sounded like – brass house. To them, brass house is defined as a mix of jazz, Afro-Cuban rhythms, funk, EDM and house music and it’s continuously evolving and growing.

The group truly rose to fame when someone recorded them performing at the Union Square station and loaded it on YouTube, where it subsequently went viral. Along with their incredible instrumental skills, Too Many Zooz are known for Pellegrino's characteristic dance moves while playing.

The trio was the electrifying band backing Beyoncé and the Dixie Chicks' collaborative performance of "Daddy Lessons" at the 50th CMA Awards held November 2, 2016, in Nashville, Tennessee.

“Whatever you feel is possible. Figure out how other people are going to interact with it. Don’t worry so much about fitting into genres or boxes. Play music.” David Parks, Too Many Zooz

“Fantasy – that’s what that would sound like.” Leo Pellegrino, Too Many Zooz

“Being creative is fun.” Matt Muirhead, Too Many Zooz

Too Many Zooz discography:
• F NOTE (EP) (January 2014)
• Fanimals (EP) (September 2014)
• Brasshouse Volume 1: Survival of the Flyest (EP) (November 2014)
• The Internet (EP) (May 2015)
• Subway Gawdz (LP) (June 2016)
• A Very Too Many Zooz Xmas (EP) (December 2018)

Check out the band’s website at: http://toomanyzooz.com/