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This combination of voices—alto saxophone, cello, accordion—I could listen to all day.
Tim Berne (alto saxophone), Hank Roberts (cello), Aurora Nealand (accordion, etc.), live, Austria (Wels), 11/26/24
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
like nothing else
Tim Berne (alto saxophone), Hank Roberts (cello), Aurora Nealand (accordion, voice, clarinet), live, New York, 11/1/23
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of New York
Tim Berne’s Dilated Pupils (TB, alto saxophone; David Torn, guitar; Ryan Ferreira, guitar; Craig Taborn, keyboards; Ches Smith, percussion), live (performance begins at 7:00), New York, 2013
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Sun of Goldfinger (David Torn, electric guitar, live-looping, electronics; Tim Berne, alto saxophone; Ches Smith, drums, electronics); video, 2/6/19; album, 3/1/19
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Tim Berne (alto saxophone), Matt Mitchell (piano), Dave King (drums), live, New York, 1/7/19
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reading table
in my thatched hut
even dreaming
the cold—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
sounds of New York
Tim Berne (alto saxophone), Michael Formanek (bass) Andrew Cyrille (drums), live, New York, 2018
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One need not be a Chamber – to be Haunted –
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 407 (Franklin)
sounds of New York
This guy’s one of my favorite alto players and composers.
Tim Berne’s Almost Human (TB, alto saxophone, composition; Matt Mitchell, piano; Dan Weiss, drums), live, New York, 12/14/16
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This guy takes me places no one else does.
Tim Berne’s Snakeoil (TB, alto saxophone; Oscar Noriega, clarinet; Matt Mitchell, piano; Ches Smith, drums, vibraphone), “Small World in a Small Town” (T. Berne), live, Brazil (Sao Paulo), 2015
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Joan Mitchell (1925-1992), City Landscape, 1955
This guitar player gets around. Last weekend Wilco—he’s been a member since 2004—headlined Chicago’s Pitchfork Music Festival. Here he’s playing a small performance space in Brooklyn.
BB&C (Tim Berne, alto saxophone; Jim Black, drums; Nels Cline, guitar), live, New York (Shapeshifter Lab), 2012
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Columbus Park, Chicago
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