The Ancestors
1983 studio album by Tim Berne Sextet
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| Studio album by Tim Berne Sextet | ||||
| Released | 1983 | |||
| Recorded | February 19th 1983 | |||
| Genre | Avant-garde jazz Downtown music | |||
| Length | 44:39 | |||
| Label | Soul Note (Italy) | |||
| Producer | Empire Productions & Giovanni Bonandrini | |||
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The Ancestors is an album by Tim Berne and which was released on the Italian-based Soul Note label in 1983. It features three lengthy tracks which, typical of Berne, are structured in suite-like sections. The music is performed by the Tim Berne Sextet which consisted of Berne, trumpeter Herb Robertson, trombonist Ray Anderson, saxophonist Mack Goldsbury, bassist Ed Schuller and drummer Paul Motian.
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz said "The Ancestors was a first sign that Berne was willing to slow down, look about him and take stock. ...it's a measured authoritative set, rhythmically coherent ".[1]
Track listing
- "Sirius B" (Berne) - 10:46
- "Shirley's Song - Part 1" (Berne) - 12:46
- "Shirley's Song - Part 2 / San Antonio / The Ancestors" (Berne) - 21:05
Personnel
- Tim Berne: alto saxophone
- Herb Robertson: trumpet, cornet & flugelhorn
- Ray Anderson: trombone & tuba
- Mack Goldsbury: tenor & soprano saxophone
- Ed Schuller: acoustic bass
- Paul Motian: drums & percussion
Notes
- Recorded live on February 19, 1983, at the School of Visual Arts, NYC.
- Recording Engineer: Kazunori Sugiyama
- Produced by Empire Productions & Giovanni Bonandrini
- Cover painting by Betsy Berne
Releases
- 1983 - Soul Note (Italy), SN 1061 (LP)[3]
- 1991 - Soul Note (Italy), 121061-1 (LP)[3]
- 1991 - Soul Note (Italy), 121061-2 (CD)[3]
- 1991 - Soul Note (Italy), 121061-4 (CT)[3]
References
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 114. ISBN 978-0141023274.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 23. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ a b c d [1] [dead link]
Other source
- "Tim Berne Discography". Patrice Roussel. 1999. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
External links
- All-Music album review
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
- Songs and Rituals in Real Time (1982)
- The Ancestors (1983)
- Theoretically (with Bill Frisell, 1984)
- Miniature (with Joey Baron and Hank Roberts, 1988)
- Tim Berne's Fractured Fairy Tales (1989)
- Pace Yourself (1990)
- I Can't Put My Finger on It (with Joey Baron and Hank Roberts, 1991)
- Diminutive Mysteries (Mostly Hemphill) (1992)
- Nice View (1993)
- Open, Coma (with Herb Robertson and Marc Ducret, 2000)
- The Shell Game (2001)
- Science Friction (2001)
- Snakeoil (2011)
- Shadow Man (2013)
- You've Been Watching Me (2014)
- Incidentals (2014)
- Inference (with Marilyn Crispell, 1992)
- Lowlife: The Paris Concert (1994)
- Poisoned Minds: The Paris Concert (1994)
- Memory Select: The Paris Concert (1994)
- Big Satan (with Marc Ducret and Tom Rainey, 1996)
- Unwound (1996)
- Visitation Rites (1996)
- Discretion (1997)
- Saturation Point (1997)
- Seconds (1997)
- Please Advise (1998)
- The Sublime And (2003)
- Electric and Acoustic Hard Cell Live (2004)
- Feign (2005)
- Pre-Emptive Denial (2005)
- Livein Cognito (as Big Satan, 2006)
- The Veil (with Jim Black and Nels Cline, 2009)
