Tim Berne’s Snakeoil – ‘The Deceptive 4’ (2020)
Tim Berne’s constructions become illusions in the hands of this band. Getting yourself lost in these deceptions is so much fun.
Tim Berne’s constructions become illusions in the hands of this band. Getting yourself lost in these deceptions is so much fun.
Tim Berne’s sax/piano duet with Matt Mitchell has a certain intimacy not quite felt on other projects.
‘The Fantastic Mrs. 10’ boils down to Matt Mitchell’s simple words: Tim Berne’s designs provide a context for insanity. Sweet insanity.
It’s clear how Gordon Grdina?’s Nomad Trio got their name: They wander without a clear map through vast musical terrain few can even attempt, and make it to the other side unscathed.
Even if the music isn’t so simple, the intricacy on Matt Mitchell’s ‘Phalanx Ambassadors’ makes it so absorbing.
Miles Okazaki constructs songs that go against convention, telling a different, engaging musical story with each piece.
With ‘Alula,’ the ever-thirsty Caroline Davis thrust herself into the company of vital artists at the frontier of jazz.
On ‘Ride Angles,’ the band is an extension of Sam Ospovat’s mind, a very fertile mind at that.
Here is the video premiere of “Hands That Feed,” by guitarist Dustin Carlson and his Air Ceremony band.
“Alchemy Melt (With Tilt)” is an album’s worth of ideas from a single song and there are a dozen other songs on Kate Gentile’s ‘Mannequins.’