Facts: - instrument: saxophone , accordion , vocals - website: -lsb- http://www.amydenio.com/ amy denio and spoot music -rsb- - years active: 1986 -- present - caption: denio . - birth name: amy denio - label: spoot , no man 's land - genre: avant-garde jazz , experimental rock , free improvisation - birth date: 9 june 1961 - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist - image: amy denio 3 06.jpg - birth place: seattle , united states - occupation: musician , composer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of amy denio .
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amy denio -lrb- born june 9 , 1961 -rrb- is a seattle -lrb- usa -rrb- - based multi-instrumental composer of soundtracks for modern dance , film and theater , as well as a songwriter and music improviser .often called an unclassifiable '' avant-garde '' jazz musician , she is also deeply inspired by world music .she is probably best known as a vocalist , accordionist and saxophone-player .among her current musical involvements are the tiptons sax quartet -lrb- formerly the billy tipton memorial saxophone quartet -rrb- and die resonanz stanonczi , a radical folk group based in salzburg , austria .she has also collaborated repeatedly with the pat graney dance company , david dorfman dance company , victoria marks , and with many other choreographers .her first recording was '' no bones '' released as a cassette on her record label spoot music in 1986 .her first lp was with the entropics .she founded tiptons in 1987 , and also started tone dogs with bassist fred chalenor .tone dogs ' first release '' ankety low day '' was nominated to be nominated -lrb- sic -rrb- for a grammy award .she has performed and recorded with -lrb- among others -rrb- matt cameron , kmfdm , curlew , fred frith , pointless orchestra , francisco lopez , danny barnes , pale nudes , blowhole , the danubians , the science group , chris cutler , guy klucevsek , pauline oliveros , relache ensemble , hoppy kamiyama , derek bailey , chuck d , dennis rea , bill rieflin , quintetto alla busara , kultur shock and the shaking ray levis .