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Tim Berne & Matt Mitchell: One More Please
by Mike Jurkovic
If the word accessible is even a thing in the vast musical vernacular of alto saxophonist Tim Berne and the ever willing collaborator pianist Matt Mitchell, they take full advantage of it on One More Please, their fourth duo date. Berne's music, more akin to an alien abduction than tangible through-lines, has its Gordian ...
Tim Berne's Snakeoil: The Fantastic Mrs. 10
by Mike Jurkovic
Alto saxophonist Tim Berne has never met anything or anyone he doesn't instantly want to re-invent, invert, dismantle and polish into his own image. And no, it's not any kind of savior thing, messianic impulse or Dr. Stranglove fixation. He simply hears and sees things more offbeat, peculiar, and colorful, thank you very much.
Susana Santos Silva, Tim Berne, Andrew Bain and More
by Maurice Hogue
Some of the jazz world's top female improvisers are front and center in this episode. Anna Webber and Angela Morris, two Canadian expat saxophonists who've earned big cred in New York, have released Both Are True with their excellent big band. Portuguese trumpeter Susana Santos Silva has a new album with her quintet, Impermanence. You'll also ...
Snakeoil
By Tim Berne
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Simple City; Scanners; Spare Parts; Yield; Not Sure; Spectacle.
Tim Berne: Snakeoil
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il Tim Berne che non t'aspetti. Uno, la casa discografica. Da sempre lontano dal business, amico delle etichette indipendenti, fondatore egli stesso di proprie label, debutta per ECM, che major non sarà ma.... Due, il gruppo. Nuovo. Sezione ritmica formata da batteria e pianoforte (lasciato da parte il contrabbasso), front-line con sax alto e clarinetti che ...
Tim Berne: Snakeoil
by Karl Ackermann
Tim Berne's previous contributions on the ECM label--guitarist David Torn's Prezens (ECM, 2005) and bassist Michael Formanek's The Rub and Spare Change (ECM, 2009)--represent some of his best work as a sideman. The alto saxophonist's first ECM release as a leader, Snakeoil, not only represents Berne at his best, but also at his most accessible. Berne's ...