Tim Berne's Fractured Fairy Tales
1989 studio album by Tim Berne
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| Studio album by Tim Berne | ||||
| Released | 1989 | |||
| Recorded | June 1989 | |||
| Studio | Sound On Sound Recording Studio, New York City | |||
| Genre | Avant-garde jazz | |||
| Length | 55:05 | |||
| Label | JMT JMT 834 431 | |||
| Producer | Stefan F. Winter | |||
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Tim Berne's Fractured Fairy Tales is an album by saxophonist Tim Berne which was recorded in 1989 and released on the JMT label.[1][2]
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow said "Tim Berne's music on his CD sometimes looks a little toward Anthony Braxton's free bop lines but also incorporates some electronics, unusual instrumental textures and some just plain weird sounds" and called it an "esoteric yet listenable set".[3]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Track listing
All compositions by Tim Berne except as indicated
- "Now Then" (Tim Berne, Mark Dresser) - 3:13
- "SEP" - 8:05
- "Hong Kong Sad Song / More Coffee" - 11:36
- "Evolution of a Pearl" - 19:34
- "Lightnin' Bug Bouté" - 0:38
- "The Telex Blues" - 11:37
Personnel
- Tim Berne - alto saxophone, voice
- Herb Robertson - trumpet, cornet, laryngeal crowbar
- Mark Feldman - violin, baritone violin
- Hank Roberts - cello, electric cello, vocals
- Mark Dresser - bass, giffus, bungy
- Joey Baron - drums, CZ-101, shacktronics
References
- ^ Tim Berne discography, accessed October 14, 2014
- ^ Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed October 14, 2014
- ^ a b Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed October 14, 2014
- ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
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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)
