Results for "Tim Berne"

Auand Meets NY - Jazz Italian Label Auand Records to Celebrate its 10th Anniversary in a 5-day Event Featuring Italian and NY-based jazz musicians from November 1-5

October 22, 2011

A 5-Day Event in November to celebrate Auand Records' 10th Anniversary 10 Projects Featuring Italian and U.S. Jazz Players in New York 5 Avant-Garde venues A jazz Italian label in New York, 20 outstanding jazz players, 10 projects, 5 avant-garde venues. These are the numbers for “Auand meets NYC," the amazing event celebrating Auand Records tenth ...

Samuel Blaser Quartet: Boundless

by Dave Wayne
October 17, 2011

In a relatively short time, Swiss-born trombonist Samuel Blaser has established himself as one of the most interesting and innovative low brass players to emerge from the international avant-jazz scene at the beginning of the 21st Century. He's also becoming quite prolific, releasing four CDs under his own name over the previous 12 months.Boundless, Blaser's debut ...

Marc Ducret: Tower, Vol. 2

by Glenn Astarita
October 13, 2011

Marc Ducret is among the elite group of modern era guitarists who make a significant imprint on roads previously navigated, with a penchant for exploring bewildering musical vistas. His unique instrumental voice has been a source of wonderment for several decades. On his follow-up to Tower Vol. 1 (Ayler, 2011), featuring a horns-based quintet, Ducret realigns ...

Ches Smith, Tyshawn Sorey & Roy Haynes

by Martin Longley
September 21, 2011

Ches Smith & These Arches The Stone August 30, 2011 John Zorn's Stone was pretty much sold out for this single set by drummer Ches Smith's five-piece band. That's 74 folks crammed into a thankfully air-conditioned zone. The reason that the normally silenced A/C was allowed to thrum is ...

Mr. Rencore + Tim Berne: Intollerant

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 29, 2011

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 ...

BB and C - The Veil (Cryptogramophone, 2011)

June 25, 2011

BB and C is a cooperative group consisting of alto saxophonist Tim Berne, drummer Jim Black and guitarist Nels Cline. This music is taken from a from a live recording at made at The Stone in New York City. This was a very exciting and continuously engaging album to listen to, moving between avant-garde squalls of ...

Tim Berne / Jim Black / Nels Cline: The Veil

by Troy Collins
June 22, 2011

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 ...

Sons of Champignon

Featuring the music of Tim Berne
Duration: 14:48
June 22, 2011

Tim Berne Comes Back Strong with "Insomnia"

June 1, 2011

Anybody who follows the avant jazz scene knows that Tim Berne was a major force in the music a while ago. I guess the '90s were the most visible years for him. I don't know that he's been anywhere other than around after that, but it seems that his presence has been somewhat less. It could ...

Gwilym Simcock, Mike Walker, Steve Swallow, Adam Nussbaum: The Impossible Gentlemen

by Chris May
May 30, 2011

The Impossible GentlemenThe Impossible GentlemenBasho Records2011 You may not have heard of The Impossible Gentlemen, for this is the group's first album, and you may not have heard of one of its two chief protagonists, as he has chosen to spend most of his career away from ...