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Very Practical Trio – Even Better. 2019 ~ Intakt.

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Tim Berne

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David Torn – Sun Of Goldfinger. ECM 2613 : 2019.

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David Torn / Tim Berne / Ches Smith—Sun of Goldfinger (ECM)

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Alto saxophonist Tim Berne has been making records since the 1980s. He’s in it for the long haul, and neither the hollowing out of the jazz business around the time he came into it nor the subsequent near-collapse of the record industry have capsized this survivor’s rowboat. Survival requires adaptability, and one way that Berne has adapted is by varying his associates and approaches. So, while he’s made his share of roughly packaged, self-released recordings that are in line with the aesthetics of his first work, he’s also put both feet into the pool of polished sound.

Enter David Torn and ECM Records. One of the ways that the record label made itself more than a niche player is by adopting a particular vision of hi-fi audio quality and sticking to it. While Berne has issued his share of raw recordings, he has walked more than once through ECM’s hall of compressing and reverberant mirrors. And when he’s done so, Torn has been a handy guide. Torn is both an improvising musician and a confirmed studio rat with a bankable list of credits (David Bowie, Madonna, David Sylvian, Laurie Anderson) to his name. Sometimes he’s Berne’s producer or mixer, but on Sun of Goldfinger they, along with drummer Ches Smith, are creative collaborators. 

The album consists of three pieces, each over 20 minutes long. A pair of trio improvisations frame a composition of Torn’s that features a string quartet, two guest guitarists, and keyboardist Craig Taborn, they flow together so easily that one could be forgiven for not catching the shifts in personnel. Credit for that goes to Torn, whose live looping and studio post-production add infinite layers of sound and obscure just who is making the decisions. Is Berne playing like a loop on “Eye Meddle,” or did Torn just loop him? Given that it’s an isolated moment rather than a prevailing method, it’s harder to tell for sure, and the uncertainty works to the music’s benefit; if it’s keeping you guessing, it’s probably not boring you, right? Most of the time Berne and Smith are clearly on task, marching long marches similar to those that they have trekked together in other bands. 

Part of what makes Berne compatible with Torn is his interest in documenting the journey. This not only gives Torn plenty of raw material to shape, it provides a narrative through-line to shape it around.  The trade-off of doing it with Torn is that both Berne and Smith sometimes sound a bit less like themselves, the former’s tone thinned-out and sweetened and the latter’s beats bulked up like they’ve been given an Olympic trainee’s injectable cocktail. 

Bill Meyer

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Xiu Xiu - Dancing On My Own (Robyn Cover Version)

Xiu Mutha Fuckin’ Xiu: Vol 1Music played byTim Berne – alto saxophoneMary Halverson – guitarDavid Kendrick – drum setTony Malaby – tenor saxophoneFabrizio Modonese Palumbo – viola, voxAngela Seo – vox, backing vox, synths, percussionChes Smith – drum setJamie Stewart – vox, guitar, drum machine, synths, organ, bass, pianoHouda Zakeri – backing voxRecorded in Los Angeles at Nurse and Berlin at…

Xiu Xiu - Dancing On My Own (Robyn Cover Version)