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Tim Berne's Science Friction Band: The Sublime And

Read "The Sublime And" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
October 3, 2003

Whatever Tim Berne does in the studio always seems to end up magnified when it appears live on record. The central features of Berne's music--short, irregularly timed unison melodies, obliquely intertwined improvisational lines, and an edgy recklessness--all blow up in magnitude on The Sublime And. So does the size of the recording, which in this case ...

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Open, Coma

By Tim Berne

Label: Screwgun Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Disc One: Open, Coma; Eye Contact. Disc Two: The Legend of P-L; Impacted Wisdom.

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Science Friction

By Tim Berne

Label: Screwgun Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Huevos; iHornet; Sigh Fry; Manatee Woman; Mikromaus; Jalape

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The Sevens

By Tim Berne

Label: New World Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Repulsion; Sequel Why; Reversion; Quicksand; TongueFarmer; Sequel Ex.

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Tim Berne: Open, Coma

by AAJ Staff
November 25, 2002

Saxophonist Tim Berne's usual comfort zone (to the extent he ever really gets comfortable!) lies in smallish groups. Some of his best material has been performed in quartets and sextets. But on Open Coma, he throws the gates open to the Copenhagen Art Ensemble, whose 11 members mix with Berne's long-time collaborators Marc Ducret and Herb ...

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Tim Berne: Science Friction

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by AAJ Staff
October 25, 2002

In 1996, after years of working under the auspices of indie labels like JMT and Soul Note, alto saxophonist Tim Berne took total artistic control over his work. The first release on his new Screwgun label was Unwound, a sprawling three disc live set documenting his working quartet, Bloodcount. The freedom Berne earned with ...

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Tim Berne: The Sevens

Read "The Sevens" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
July 5, 2002

After a period of silence, Tim Berne is back with a flurry of recorded activity. The composer/saxophonist released sessions in a binge manner from the mid-1980s through the mid-90s, first Columbia, then later JMT. He went on to start his own label Screwgun to document his activities and release long out-of-print music by himself and his ...

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Open, Coma

By Tim Berne

Label: Farol
Released: 2001

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The Shell Game

By Tim Berne

Label: Thirsty Ear Recordings
Released: 2001
Track listing: Hard Cell (for Tom); Twisted/Straight Jacket; Heavy Mental (for Wayne Krantz); Thin Ice.

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Tim Berne: The Shell Game

Read "The Shell Game" reviewed by Todd S. Jenkins

by Todd S. Jenkins
May 1, 2001

Altoist Berne continues to explore unseen territories and push the boundaries of musical intensity on this, the latest release in Thirsty Ear's Blue Series as overseen by Matthew Shipp. For the past couple of decades Berne has been one of the most adventurous altoists in modern jazz, and this new trio finds him mining virgin musical ...