The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, February 2018
– February 2, 2018
The Dunsmore Room hosts two nights with the Dave King Trio in a new configuration– Dave is joined by bassist Billy Peterson and new pianist, Matt Mitchell, who was most recently in town with Tim Berne two years ago. Monday, February 19. A living legend ...Piano Madness: Kris Davis and Craig Taborn in Freewheeling Dialogue
– February 1, 2018
and Tim Berne. He’s now part of the esteemed ECM crew and his 2017 release, Daylight Ghosts, was cited by many critics, including this one, as one of last year’s best. Davis and Taborn felt there was more to say. So in the fall of that year ...Seven things to do in the Lower Mainland, Jan. 26-Feb. 1: MGB, Bakwaas, The Last Great Buddha+, and more
– January 23, 2018
Case in point is this trio with celebrated pianist Matt Mitchell, who performs with such aces as Tim Berne and Quinsin Nachoff, and drummer Jim Black, who is a fantastic one person rhythm section in a number of bands. Add in Grdina’s always tasty ...The Century City Playhouse Birthed a Golden Age of Jazz
– January 5, 2018
Tim Berne, Evan Parker and Sonny Simmons; pianist Burton Greene; guitarists Michael Gregory Jackson, Eugene Chadbourne, Derek Bailey and Henry Kaiser; bassists Fred Hopkins, Charlie Haden and John Lindberg; drummers Oliver Johnson and Steve McCall ...Tim Berne's Snakeoil At Firehouse 12
– November 25, 2017
Composer and saxophonist Tim Berne has been working with his Snakeoil ensemble since 2012. The group, originally a quartet, expanded now to a quintet, can toggle between brooding atmospherics and complex counterpoint, with music that surges and spills ...Quietly successful: Meet the man behind ECM Records
– November 21, 2017
to the soundscapes and freer edges of jazz in an American pairing of saxophonist Tim Berne and guitarist David Torn, and Berlin-based Cyminology, a quartet that combines Persian singing and poetry with modern composition and the rhythms of jazz and Indian ...