''Seconds'' is a live 2-CD set by saxophonist
Tim Berne's Bloodcount which was recorded in 1997 and packaged along with a documentary DVD which was recorded in 1994 and released on Berne's
Screwgun
Screwgun Records is a jazz record label founded by saxophonist Tim Berne in 1996. Most releases on the label have been by Berne, though some have been by Berne's associates and bandmates. Steve Byram has designed and illustrated the artwork for ma ...
label.
Reception
Writing for
All About Jazz, John Kelman stated "With two CDs of largely unheard Bloodcount material and a DVD that's as engaging as it is enlightening, ''Seconds'' is a valuable addition to the Bloodcount discography, further proof of just how important that group was for everyone involved".
[Kelman, J.]
All About Jazz Extended Analysis
October 31, 2007 On the same site Sean Patrick Fitzell observed "Hardly leftovers, the package boasts previously unavailable original compositions and the type of bristling performances that forged the band's reputation".
[Fitzell, S. P.]
All About Jazz Review
February 9, 2008
Track listing
''All compositions by Tim Berne''
''Disc One: Live in the Middle of Somewhere 1997''
# "Scrap Metal" - 11:48
# "Yes, Dear" - 21:13
# "Mr. Johnson" - 25:42
''Disc Two (DVD): Eyenoises... The Paris Movie 1994''
# "Eyecontact" - 51:20
''Disc Three: Live At The Children Of The Corn Festival 1997''
# "Sense and Sinsemilla" - 13:41
# "Screwgun" - 11:25
# "Byram's World" - 15:51
# "Yes, Dear" - 19:49
# "Howmuch Longer" - 12:05
Personnel
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Tim Berne - alto saxophone
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Chris Speed - tenor saxophone
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Michael Formanek - contrabass
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Jim Black - drums
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Marc Ducret
Marc Ducret (born 19 August 1957) is a contemporary avant-garde jazz guitarist who frequently collaborates with saxophonist Tim Berne.
Ducret's guitar style is idiosyncratic, having been called "highly original and very expressive," but also ...
- guitar (Disc Two (DVD) only)
References
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2007 live albums
Tim Berne live albums
Screwgun Records live albums