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Tim Berne's Snakeoil: You’ve Been Watching Me

by Karl Ackermann
In the course of his long and prolific career, alto saxophonist/composer Tim Berne has been more of a musical agitator than a mediator. While that's a positive characteristic of Berne's creative process, it is also a demanding one for all concerned. Berne's tenure with ECM, however, has been marked by a more pronounced move toward balancing ...
Tim Berne's Snakeoil: You've Been Watching Me

by Mark Corroto
The music of saxophonist Tim Berne has invariably raised the question: where have you been? His early self-released sessions (collected in the Empire Box (Screwgun, 1999)) from the late-1970s and early 80s gave no quarter to the neo-conservative jazz movement. Signed by Columbia Records (what were they thinking?) he forged ahead with his incendiary vision, only ...
Tim Berne's Snakeoil: Shadow Man

by Glenn Astarita
Alto saxophonist Tim Berne's Snakeoil is a group that bonds asymmetrical contours into the big picture, where many progressive jazz aficionados often expect the unexpected from this artist who radiates an antithesis to conventional norms. More of the gradual ascensions, tricky time signatures, fractured flows and odd-metered unison choruses come into play on Shadow Man. Berne's ...
Tim Berne's Snakeoil: Shadow Man

by Troy Collins
New York-based alto saxophonist Tim Berne has long been regarded one of the Downtown scene's most forward-thinking bandleaders. Among his peers, no other artist has so often fostered the creative talent of subsequent generations; multi-instrumentalist Chris Speed, keyboardist Craig Taborn and drummer Jim Black all spent their formative years playing alongside the veteran saxophonist. Likewise, Berne ...
Tim Berne's Snakeoil: Shadow Man

by AAJ Italy Staff
Ad un anno di distanza dal notevole debutto su ECM, Tim Berne's Snakeoil rilancia e raddoppia. Shadow Man, questo è il titolo, conferma le meraviglie del precedente album, senza trasformarsi in un sequel, seppur di alto livello, ma evolvendo in cosa nuova, a tratti spiazzante come è nelle corde e nella curiosità innata del suo leader. ...
Tim Berne's Snakeoil: Shadow Man

by John Kelman
When Tim Berne released his ECM debut, Snakeoil in 2012, it quickly garnered some of the best reviews of the saxophonist/composer's career, ending up on a number of year-end best of lists. And why not? With a group already together for a couple years (as Los Totopos), Snakeoil represented a major step forward for Berne, both ...