Pace Yourself

by Tim Berne's Caos Totale

Pace Yourself cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: JMT
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:10:12
  • Community rating: 3.92/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Tim Berne, Marc Ducret, Herb Robertson, Bobby Previte, Steve Swell, Stefan Winter, Mark Dresser

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Saxophonist Tim Berne leads his Caos Totale ensemble through a labyrinth of manic, dense avant-garde improvisations. 'Pace Yourself' relies on intense, dissonant horn interplay and complex, constantly shifting rhythmic frameworks, embodying the restless creative spirit of the New York downtown jazz scene.

Genres

Descriptors: dissonant, complex, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Bass Voodoo (9:57)
  2. The Noose (7:34)
  3. The Usual (8:15)
  4. Sam's Dilemma (13:33)
  5. The Legend Of P-1 (26:21)
  6. Luna (4:32)

Credits

  • Tim Berne - alto saxophone, composed by [all compositions by]
  • Mark Dresser - bass, performer [bungy], performer [giffus], double bass
  • Pasquale Verdicchio - consultant [italian language consultant]
  • Bobby Previte - drums, concept by [music manuscript], membranophone
  • Marc Ducret - electric guitar, fretless guitar [fretless electric guitar], electric guitar [fretless electric guitar]
  • Steve Swell - trombone
  • Herb Robertson - trumpet, cornet, flute [flutes], flugelhorn, performer [balloon], whistle, vocals, cornet flugelhorn flute trumpet

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