Jazz Articles about Chloë Sobek, Tim Berne

Chloë Sobek, Tim Berne: Burning Up

by Hrayr Attarian
September 3, 2024

Australian explorative composer and sound artist Chloë Sobek is a prodigious talent. For her second release Burning Up Sobek takes two bold chances both of which pay off well. She joins master improviser, saxophonist Tim Berne for an entirely spontaneous set. Sobek performs on the violone, the renaissance era ancestor to the contrabass. She not only keeps up with the more experienced Berne, she also commands her unusual instrument with skill. Sobek starts off “Scorpius" with furious refrains. ...