Tim Berne's Fractured Fairy Tales
by Tim Berne
- Type: Album
- Released: 17 October 1989
- Label: JMT
- Country: United States
- Length: 54:43
- Community rating: 4.01/5 from 6 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The virtuosic alto saxophonist leads a highly unconventional sextet featuring electronic instrumentation, cello, and violin through a series of labyrinthine compositions. The album thrives on intense, chaotic improvisation that constantly teeters on the edge of collapse before snapping back into tight, complex rhythmic structures. It highlights Berne鈥檚 unique ability to merge downtown avant-garde experimentation with rigorous compositional frameworks.
Genres
Descriptors: avant-garde, dissonant, instrumental, improvisation, experimental, progressive
Tracklist
- Now Then (3:13)
- SEP (8:05)
- Hong Kong Sad Song / More Coffee (11:36)
- Evolution Of A Pearl (19:34)
- Lightnin' Bug Bout茅 (0:38)
- The Telex Blues (11:37)
Credits
- Howard Schwartzberg - artwork [abstract]
- Warren Linn - artwork [still life 1]
- Robert Lewis - artwork [still life 2]
- Hank Roberts - cello, voice, cello [electronically processed cello]
- Mark Dresser - contrabass, performer [giffus], performer [bungy], composed by
- Joey Baron - drums, synthesizer [cz-101], electronics [shacktronics]
- Herb Robertson - trumpet, cornet, performer [laryngeal crowbar]
- Mark Feldman - violin, violin [baritone violin]