''The Veil'' is a live album by bb&c,

Tim Berne Tim Berne (born October 16, 1954) is an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and record label owner. His primary instruments are the alto and baritone saxophones. Biography Berne was born in Syracuse, New York, United States. He has said that ...

Jim Black Jim Black is an American jazz drummer who has performed with Tim Berne and Dave Douglas. He attended Berklee College of Music. Career His band AlasNoAxis includes Hilmar Jensson on electric guitar, Chris Speed on tenor saxophone and clari ...

Nels Cline Nels Courtney Cline (born January 4, 1956) is an American guitarist and composer. He has been the guitarist for the band Wilco since 2004. In the 1980s he played jazz, often in collaboration with his twin brother Alex, a percussionist. He has w ...

, which was released in June 2011 on the Cryptogramophone label.Crypotogramophone album entry
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Reception

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review by Phil Freeman awarded the album 4½ stars out of 5, stating "This is a fierce, scorching CD that fans of each of these three musicians (and their fan bases have a great deal of overlap) will find highly enjoyable and exciting".

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's John Fordham rated the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "If there is a power trio fit to set the bar for a contemporary conjunction of free jazz, experimental funk, guitar improv and sound-painting noise, then this is it". Writing for

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, Troy Collins stated "Throughout the album's 58 minute duration, Berne, Black and Cline evoke the raw beauty of urban modernism in an array of expressionistic paeans, from the acerbic salvos of the opener to the sublime rubato lyricism of the closing meditation".

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' John Garratt stated "''The Veil'' goes everywhere in its 58 minutes, trading rawk riffs with fluttered, sputtered seizures that make you almost think the disc has an encoding error.".

Track listing

''All compositions by Tim Berne, Jim Black and Nels Cline'' # "Railroaded" - 6:12 # "Impairment Posse" - 3:37 # "Momento" - 6:05 # "The Barbarella Syndrome" - 9:32 # "The Dawn of the Lawn" - 5:50 # "Rescue Her" - 8:30 # "The Veil" - 5:23 # "Tiny Moment (Part 1)" - 5:02 # "Tiny Moment (Part 2)" - 8:18

Personnel

- alto saxophone *

- drums, laptop *

– guitar, effects

References

2011 live albums Nels Cline live albums Tim Berne live albums Jim Black albums Cryptogramophone Records live albums {{DEFAULTSORT:Veil, The