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Bruno Chevillon - Tim Berne: Old And Unwise

Read "Old And Unwise" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Chissà se c'è qualche ironia autobiografica, qualche riferimento al proprio percorso artistico, nel vecchi e non-saggi del titolo. Perché sebbene Bruno Chevillon e Tim Berne non siano propriamente anziani (al contrario, diremmo che sono nel pieno della maturità artistica), indubbiamente siamo di fronte a due vecchie volpi della musica improvvisata. E altrettanto indubbiamente i due con il passare degli anni hanno mantenuto intatto quel pizzico di follia, quella mancanza di saggezza, che permette loro di affrontare territori musicali difficili, ostici, ...

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Tim Berne: Snakeoil

Read "Snakeoil" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

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 promette scintille a go-go. E invece.... Tre. La musica. Snakeoil si aggira dalle parti di atmosfere spesso intimiste e di stampo cameristico. La scrittura ...

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Tim Berne: Snakeoil

Read "Snakeoil" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

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 quartet consists of outstanding players from the New York jazz scene, all of whom are attuned to Berne's complex free improvisational style of composing. ...

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Extended Analysis

Tim Berne: Snakeoil

Read "Tim Berne: Snakeoil" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Tim Berne Snakeoil ECM Records 2012 When artists who've already built lengthy careers elsewhere over a period of years (sometimes decades) come to record for Germany's ECM Records, there is occasional trepidation amongst some of their longstanding fans. This is, after all, not just about facilitating the release of recordings; this is a label with a vision, a very personal aesthetic. With over 1,100 titles released across more than four decades, and an expansive ...

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Berne-Black-Cline: The Veil

Read "The Veil" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Fulton Street Maul (CBS, 1987) rimane tuttora uno dei lavori fondamentali della discografia di Tim Berne. Per il bruciante finale di “Icicles Revisited," affidato a Bill Frisell e Alex Cline, il sassofonista diede ai partner queste semplici indicazioni: “Fate finta di dover prendere l'aereo e di stare per perderlo". In uno stacco di una decina di secondi, di lapidaria e frenetica sintesi, i due improvvisatori riuscirono a tradurre in musica questo suggerimento verbale. Un'atmosfera e una prassi analoghe, ma molto ...

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Album Review

Mr. Rencore + Tim Berne: Intollerant

Read "Intollerant" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Se il gruppo si chiama Mr. Rencore. Se il disco s'intitola Intollerant. E se in copertina c'hanno schiaffato due macellai e due mezzene di suino grondanti sangue. Ecco, magari ti viene il dubbio che il mood sia sull'incazzato andante. E in effetti il clima è parecchio incazzoso. Perché Intollerant intollerante lo è sul serio. Intollerante e rancoroso; tutto nervi e spigoli. Per l'incontro col padre putativo Tim Berne (che in Italia di figliocci ne ha disseminati parecchi), i livornesi Gabrio ...

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Album Review

Tim Berne / Jim Black / Nels Cline: The Veil

Read "The Veil" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins

Recorded live at The Stone in New York City on a sweltering July evening in 2009, The Veil is the debut of BB&C (also known as The Sons of Champignon), an acronym for alto saxophonist Tim Berne, drummer Jim Black and guitarist Nels Cline--veteran improvisers with a long history of collaboration. Cline first recorded with Berne in the early '80s, while Black was a member of Berne's revered '90s era Bloodcount quartet. Unfolding as a single uninterrupted long-form improvisation and ...

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