No Trick Pony

No Trick Pony

No Trick Pony is a Washington, DC power-trio. Consisting of seasoned DC veterans Amy K Bormet (piano, voice), Keith Butler Jr. (drums), and Brian Settles (saxophone), the group presents a unique sound that most often finds Bormet constructing song, poetry, melody, and harmony, above a quiet tornado of exploration from Settles and Butler underneath. Though each member is steeped in streams of traditionally defined music — jazz, popular music, punk, and classical, to name a few —  the group tends to focus on a deconstruction of the strict barriers of jazz, exploring instead on the transitional points between composition and improvisation. Groove abounds as a way to moor the listener in these explorations, which have the uncanny ability to present as both song and not-song. No Trick Pony has appeared at The Duck Pond in Georgetown, The Catalytic Sound Festival at Rhizome DC, and a featured billing at the Capital Fringe Festival.