Tim Berne (born October 16, 1954) is an American

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saxophonist and record label owner. His primary instruments are the

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and

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saxophones.

Biography

Berne was born in

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, United States. He has said that he had no interest in playing an instrument until he attended

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. Hearing the album ''

Dogon A.D. ''Dogon A.D.'' is an album by saxophonist Julius Hemphill. It was recorded in February 1972 in St. Louis, Missouri, and was initially released on LP in limited quantities later that year by Hemphill's own Mbari Records, a label he created for the e ...

'' (1972) by Julius Hemphill turned his attention toward jazz. He was a fan of rhythm and blues, and it seemed to him that Hemphill was playing jazz with the soulfulness of R&B. In 1974, he went to New York to find Hemphill, who gave him saxophone lessons and advice on how to manage his career. Berne started the record label Empire in 1979. For Empire, he recorded four albums with avant-garde jazz musicians such as John Carter,

Alex Cline Alex Cline (born January 4, 1956) is an American jazz drummer. Biography Born in Los Angeles, California, Cline began playing drums with his twin brother, guitarist Nels Cline, at the age of 11. Their first band was called Homogenized Goo and in ...

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 ...

Olu Dara Olu Dara Jones (born Charles Jones III, January 12, 1941) is an American cornetist, guitarist, and singer. He is the father of rapper Nas. Early life Olu Dara was born Charles Jones III on January 12, 1941 in Natchez, Mississippi. His mother, E ...

Vinny Golia Vinny Golia (born March 1, 1946) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist specializing in woodwind instruments. He performs in the genres of contemporary music, jazz, free jazz, and free improvisation. Career As a composer, Golia fuse ...

Paul Motian Stephen Paul Motian (March 25, 1931 – November 22, 2011) was an American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer. Motian played an important role in freeing jazz drummers from strict time-keeping duties. He first came to prominence in the ...

, and

Ed Schuller Edwin Gunther Schuller (January 11, 1955) is an American jazz bassist and composer. His father is Gunther Schuller, a composer, horn player, and music professor, and his younger brother is drummer George Schuller. Career A native of New York Ci ...

. His next two albums appeared on

Soul Note Black Saint and Soul Note are two affiliated Italian independent record labels. Since their conception in the 1970s, they have released albums from a variety of influential jazz musicians, particularly in the genre of free jazz. History Black S ...

in the early 1980s. In these sessions he worked with trumpeter

Herb Robertson Clarence "Herb" Robertson (born February 21, 1951) is a jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist. He was born in New Jersey and attended the Berklee School of Music. He has recorded solo albums and has worked as a sideman for Tim Berne, Anthony Davi ...

. He then got a contract with Columbia and recorded with Robertson,

Hank Roberts Hank Roberts (born March 24, 1954, Terre Haute, Indiana) is an American jazz cellist and vocalist. He plays the electric cello, and his style is a mixture of rock, jazz, avant-garde, folk, and classical influences. He emerged with the downtown N ...

, and

Bill Frisell William Richard Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American jazz guitarist, composer and arranger. Frisell first came to prominence at ECM Records in the 1980s, as both a session player and a leader. He went on to work in a variety of contexts ...

. After two albums, he signed with JMT, a label known for avant-garde jazz. In the 1990s, he recorded in the trio, Miniature, with Roberts and

Joey Baron Bernard Joseph Baron (born June 26, 1955 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American avant-garde jazz drummer who plays frequently with Bill Frisell and John Zorn. Music career Baron was born on June 26, 1955, in Richmond Virginia. When he was nine, ...

, and in the band Caos Totale with

Django Bates Django Bates (born Leon Bates, 2 October 1960) is a British jazz musician, composer, multi-instrumentalist, band leader and educator. He plays the piano, keyboards and the tenor horn. Bates has been described as "one of the most talented music ...

Mark Dresser Mark Dresser (born September 26, 1952) is an American double bass player and composer. Career Dresser was born in Los Angeles, California, United States. In the 1970s, he was a member of Black Music Infinity led by Stanley Crouch and performed w ...

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 ...

Steve Swell Steve Swell (born in Newark, New Jersey, December 6, 1954) is an American free jazz trombonist, composer, and educator. Music career Swell studied at Jersey City State Teachers College before moving to New York City in 1975 where he began his m ...

, and

Bobby Previte Bobby Previte (born July 16, 1951 in Niagara Falls, New York) is a drummer, composer, and bandleader. He earned a degree in economics from the University at Buffalo, where he also studied percussion. He moved to New York City in 1979 and began ...

. He led a trio with

Michael Formanek Michael Formanek (born May 7, 1958) is an American jazz bassist born in San Francisco, California, United States, and associated with the jazz scene in New York City, New York. Career In the 1980s, Formanek worked as a sideman with Freddie Hubb ...

and

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 ...

, then added

Chris Speed Chris Speed (born February 12, 1967) is an American saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. Early life and career Speed grew up outside of Seattle and studied classical piano and clarinet from an early age. He later began studying jazz, took up ...

for a quartet.

PolyGram PolyGram N.V. was a multinational entertainment company and major music record label formerly based in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1962 as the Grammophon-Philips Group by Dutch corporation Philips and German corporation Siemens, to be a ...

bought JMT and closed it. This motivated Berne to start

Screwgun Records 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 ...

as the outlet for his albums. He is one-third of the group BBC (Berne/Black/Cline) with Jim Black and Nels Cline of

Wilco Wilco is an American alternative rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo following singer Jay Farrar's departure. Wilco's lineup changed frequently d ...

. The group released a critically acclaimed album called ''The Veil'' in 2011.

Groups

* Miniature (Joey Baron, Hank Roberts) * Caos Totale (Django Bates, Mark Dresser, Marc Ducret, Bobby Previte, Herb Robertson, Steve Swell) * Bloodcount (Jim Black, Marc Ducret, Michael Formanek, Chris Speed) * Big Satan (Marc Ducret,

Tom Rainey Tom Rainey (born 1957) is an American jazz drummer. Career After attending Berklee College of Music he moved to New York in 1979. He has played with Tim Berne, Nels Cline, Drew Gress, Mark Helias, Fred Hersch, Tony Malaby, Simon Nabatov, T ...

) * Hard Cell (Tom Rainey,

Craig Taborn Craig Marvin Taborn (; born February 20, 1970) is an American pianist, organist, keyboardist and composer. He works solo and in bands, mostly playing various forms of jazz. He started playing piano and Moog synthesizer as an adolescent and was ...

) * Science Friction (Marc Ducret, Tom Rainey, Craig Taborn) * Paraphrase (

Drew Gress Drew Gress (born November 20, 1959) is an American jazz double-bassist and composer born in Trenton, New Jersey and raised in the Philadelphia area. Biography Gress studied at Towson State University and Manhattan School of Music. In the late ...

, Tom Rainey) * Buffalo Collision (

Ethan Iverson Ethan Iverson (born February 11, 1973) is a pianist, composer, and critic best known for his work in the avant-garde jazz trio The Bad Plus with bassist Reid Anderson and drummer Dave King. Biography Iverson was born in Menomonie, Wisconsin. ...

, David King, Hank Roberts) * BBC Trio (Jim Black, Nels Cline) * Snakeoil (Marc Ducret, Matt Mitchell, Oscar Noriega,

Ches Smith Gordon McChesney "Ches" Smith is an American musician, whose primary instruments are drums, percussion, and vibraphone. He recorded and performed an album of his own solo percussion pieces entitled ''Congs for Brums'' (2006). In 2010 he release ...

, formerly Ryan Ferreira) * Broken Shadows (

Reid Anderson Reid Anderson (born 15 October 1970) is a bassist and composer from Minnesota. He is a member of The Bad Plus with drummer Dave King, saxophonist Chris Speed, and guitarist Ben Monder. The original lineup of The Bad Plus first played together ...

, David King, Chris Speed)

Discography

As leader/co-leader

* 1979 ''The Five Year Plan'' (Empire) * 1980 ''7X'' (Empire) * 1981 ''Spectres'' (Empire) * 1982 ''

Songs and Rituals in Real Time ''Songs and Rituals in Real Time'' is a double LP album by Tim Berne released by Empire Productions (USA) in 1982 and re-released on CD as a part of ''The Empire Box'' on Screwgun Records (USA) in 1998. The album was Recorded live at Inroads, New ...

'' (Empire) * 1983 ''

The Ancestors ''The Ancestors'' is an album by Tim Berne and which was released on the Italian-based Soul Note label in 1983. It features three lengthy tracks which, typical of Berne, are structured in suite-like sections. The music is performed by the Tim Ber ...

'' (

) * 1984 ''Mutant Variations'' (Soul Note) * 1987 ''Fulton Street Maul'' ( Columbia) * 1988 ''Sanctified Dreams'' (Columbia) * 1989 ''

Tim Berne's Fractured Fairy Tales ''Tim Berne's Fractured Fairy Tales'' is an album by saxophonist Tim Berne which was recorded in 1989 and released on the JMT label.Shimada, T.JMT label discography accessed October 14, 2014 Reception The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow said "Tim ...

'' ( JMT) * 1993 '' Diminutive Mysteries (Mostly Hemphill)'' (JMT) * 1999 ''The Empire Box'' (Screwgun) CD box set reissue of ''The Five Year Plan'', ''7X'', ''Spectres'', and ''Songs and Rituals in Real Time'' * 2011 ''Insomnia'' (

Clean Feed Clean may refer to: * Cleaning, the process of removing unwanted substances, such as dirt, infectious agents, and other impurities, from an object or environment * Cleanliness, the state of being clean and free from dirt Arts and media Music A ...

) * 2020 ''Sacred Vowels'' (Screwgun) * 2020 ''Adobe Probe'' (Screwgun) * 2022 ''Decay'' (Screwgun)

with
Bill Frisell William Richard Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American jazz guitarist, composer and arranger. Frisell first came to prominence at ECM Records in the 1980s, as both a session player and a leader. He went on to work in a variety of contexts ...

* 1985 '' Theoretically'' (Empire)

with Miniature

* 1988 ''

Miniature A miniature is a small-scale reproduction, or a small version. It may refer to: * Portrait miniature, a miniature portrait painting * Miniature art, miniature painting, engraving and sculpture * Miniature (chess), a masterful chess game or probl ...

'' (JMT) * 1991 '' I Can't Put My Finger on It'' (JMT)

with Caos Totale

* 1990 ''

Pace Yourself ''Pace Yourself'' is an album by saxophonist Tim Berne's Caos Totale which was recorded in 1990 and released on the JMT label.Shimada, T.JMT label discography accessed October 9, 2014 Reception The AllMusic review by Brian Olewnick states "''Pac ...

'' (JMT) * 1994 '' Nice View'' (JMT)

with
Michael Formanek Michael Formanek (born May 7, 1958) is an American jazz bassist born in San Francisco, California, United States, and associated with the jazz scene in New York City, New York. Career In the 1980s, Formanek worked as a sideman with Freddie Hubb ...
and
Jeff Hirshfield Jeffrey Lee Hirshfield (born August 22, 1955) is an American jazz drummer. Hirshfield was born in New York City. He studied under Ed Soph. He worked for the Joffrey Ballet in 1976–1977 and then played with Mose Allison (1977–1979). During th ...

* 1993 ''Loose Cannon'' (Soul Note)

with
Marilyn Crispell Marilyn Crispell (born March 30, 1947) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Scott Yanow described her as "a powerful player... who has her own way of using space... She is near the top of her field." Jon Pareles of The New York Times wrot ...

* 1995 ''

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'' (

Music & Arts Music & Arts is a classical and jazz record label founded in Berkeley, California by Frederick Maroth. It began in 1984 as a classical music label before adding jazz and world music. The catalog includes classical composers and musicians Milto ...

)

with Michael Formanek

* 1998 ''Ornery People'' (Little Brother)

with Hank Roberts

* 1998 ''Cause & Reflect'' (Level Green)

with Bloodcount

* 1995 '' Lowlife: The Paris Concert'' (JMT) * 1995 '' Poisoned Minds: The Paris Concert'' (JMT) * 1995 '' Memory Select: The Paris Concert'' (JMT) * 1996 ''

Unwound Unwound is an American post-hardcore band. The band was formed in 1988 in Tumwater, Washington, Tumwater and Olympia, Washington by vocalist/guitartist Justin Trosper, bassist Vern Rumsey and drummer Brandt Sandeno, and was largely based in Olym ...

'' ( Screwgun) * 1997 ''

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'' (Screwgun) * 1997 '' Saturation Point'' (Screwgun) * 2007 '' Seconds'' (Screwgun) * 2021 ''Attention Spam'' (Screwgun) * 2021 ''5'' (Screwgun)

with Paraphrase

* 1997 '' Visitation Rites'' (Screwgun) * 1999 '' Please Advise'' (Screwgun) * 2005 '' Pre-Emptive Denial'' (Screwgun)

with Big Satan

* 1997 '' Big Satan'' (

Winter & Winter Winter & Winter is a record label in Munich, Germany that specializes in jazz, classical and improvised music. It was founded by Stefan Winter following the demise of his JMT Records label. Since 1997 Winter & Winter has released records by Da ...

) * 2004 '' Souls Saved Hear'' (Thirsty Ear) * 2006 '' Livein Cognito'' (Screwgun)

with Hardcell

* 2001 '' The Shell Game'' (

Thirsty Ear Thirsty Ear Recordings is an American independent record label. It was founded in the late 1970s as a marketing company for the then-unnamed alternative music field, and expanded to issue its own records in 1990. Thirsty Ear came to prominence ...

) * 2004 '' Electric and Acoustic Hard Cell Live'' (Screwgun) * 2005 '' Feign'' (Screwgun) * 2020 ''The Cosmos'' (Screwgun) * 2021 ''Sensitive'' (Screwgun)

with
Herb Robertson Clarence "Herb" Robertson (born February 21, 1951) is a jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist. He was born in New Jersey and attended the Berklee School of Music. He has recorded solo albums and has worked as a sideman for Tim Berne, Anthony Davi ...
, Marc Ducret and the Copenhagen Art Ensemble

* 2001 ''

Open, Coma ''Open, Coma'' is a double album by saxophonist Tim Berne and the Copenhagen Art Ensemble with Herb Robertson and Marc Ducret which was recorded in 2000 in Denmark and Sweden and released on Berne's Screwgun label. Reception The AllMusic revi ...

'' (Screwgun)

with Science Friction

* 2002 '' Science Friction'' (Screwgun) * 2003 '' The Sublime And'' (Thirsty Ear) * 2007 ''Mind Over Friction'' (Screwgun) Box set reissue of ''Science Friction'' and ''The Sublime And'' * 2020 ''Science Friction +size'' (Screwgun)

with ARTE Quartet

* 2002 ''The Sevens'' (

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)

with Buffalo Collision

* 2008 ''Duck'' (Screwgun)

with BB&C

* 2011 '' The Veil'' ( Cryptogramophone)

with
Bruno Chevillon Bruno Chevillon (born 23 August 1959) is a French jazz double bassist who is well known in avant-garde jazz as well as in new improvised music. Life Born in Valréas Vaucluse, Chevillon followed a double training since he graduated from the ...

* 2011 ''Old and Unwise'' (Clean Feed)

with Snakeoil

* 2012 '' Snakeoil'' ( ECM) * 2013 '' Shadow Man'' (ECM) * 2015 '' You've Been Watching Me'' (ECM) * 2015 ''Spare'' (Screwgun) * 2017 '' Incidentals'' (ECM) * 2020 ''The Fantastic Mrs. 10'' ( Intakt) * 2020 ''The Deceptive 4'' (Intakt)

with Matt Mitchell

* 2018 ''Angel Dusk'' (Screwgun) * 2020 ''1'' (Screwgun) * 2020 ''Spiders'' (Out of Your Head) * 2022 ''One More, Please'' (Intakt)

with Broken Shadows

* 2019 ''Broken Shadows'' (Newvelle, vinyl only; re-released on CD and digital with two additional tracks in 2021 on Intakt) * 2020 ''Broken Shadows Live'' (Screwgun)

with
Nasheet Waits Nasheet Waits is an American jazz drummer. Son of percussionist Freddie Waits, Nasheet Waits is a New York native who has been active on the jazz scene since early in his life. Before pursuing a music career, he studied psychology and history a ...

* 2020 ''The Coandă Effect'' (Relative Pitch) * 2022 ''Tangled'' (Screwgun)

with Gregg Belisle-Chi

* 2022 ''Mars'' (Intakt) * 2022 ''Zone One'' (Screwgun)

As sideman

With Ray Anderson *''

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, 1994) With Enten Eller *''Melquiades'' (Splasc(H), 1999) *''Auto da Fe'' (Splasc(H), 2001) With

Umberto Petrin Umberto Petrin (born 1960) is an Italian jazz pianist, composer and poet. He devoted himself to the study of the piano at the age of 12. After studying Chemistry, he graduated in Piano at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan, where he is now P ...

*''Ellessi'' (Splasc(H), 1999) With Jazzophone Compagnie *''Mosaiques'' (Yolk, 2000) With

*''

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'' (

Enja Enja Records is a German jazz record company and label based in Munich which was founded by jazz enthusiasts Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber in 1971. The label's first release was by Mal Waldron, and early releases included European and Ja ...

, 1988) With

*''Tower Vol. 2'' (Ayler, 2011) *''Tower Bridge'' (Ayler, 2014) With Mr. Rencore *''Intollerant'' (Auand, 2011) With Simon Fell *''Positions & Descriptions'' (Clean Feed, 2011) With Figure 8 *''Pipe Dreams'' (

Black Saint Black Saint and Soul Note are two affiliated Italian independent record labels. Since their conception in the 1970s, they have released albums from a variety of influential jazz musicians, particularly in the genre of free jazz. History Black S ...

, 1994) With

*''Extended Animation'' (Enja, 1992) *''Low Profile'' (Enja, 1994) *''Nature of the Beast'' (Enja, 1997) *''The Rub and Spare Change'' (ECM, 2010) *''Small Places'' (ECM, 2012) *''The Distance'' (ECM, 2016) *''Even Better'' (Intakt, 2019) *''Pre-Apocalyptic'' (Out Of Your Head, 2020) With

*''Compositions for Large Ensemble'' (

Nine Winds Nine Winds is an American jazz record label that was founded in 1977 by Vinny Golia. Golia is a self-taught musician who plays over fifty woodwind instruments, in addition to brass. In the early 1970s, he believed it was impossible for musicians ...

, 1984) *''Facts of Their Own Lives'' (Nine Winds, 1986) With

*''Spin & Drift'' (Premonition, 2001) *''7 Black Butterflies'' (Premonition, 2005) *''The Irrational Numbers'' (Premonition, 2007) *''The Sky Inside'' (Pirouet, 2013) With

Mark Helias Mark Helias (born October 1, 1950) is an American double bass player and composer born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He started playing the double bass at the age of 20, and studied with Homer Mensch at Rutgers University from 1971 to 1974, then ...

*''Split Image'' (Enja, 1985) *''The Current Set'' (Enja, 1986) With Julius Hemphill *'' Five Chord Stud'' (Black Saint, 1994) *'' One Atmosphere'' (

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, 2003) With

Ingrid Laubrock Ingrid Laubrock (born 24 September 1970) is a German jazz saxophonist, who primarily plays tenor saxophone but also performs and records on soprano, alto, and baritone saxophones. She studied with Jean Toussaint, Dave Liebman and at the Guildh ...

*''

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'' (2015) With

Ivo Perelman Ivo Perelman (born January 12, 1961) is a Brazilian free jazz saxophonist born in São Paulo. Career In his youth, Perelman learned to play guitar, cello, clarinet, trombone, and piano, concentrating on tenor sax since age 19. He attended the Be ...

*''(D)ivo'' (2022) With

*''

Black Pastels ''Black Pastels'' is the debut album by cellist Hank Roberts which was recorded in 1987 and released on the JMT label.Shimada, T.JMT label discography accessed October 7, 2014 Reception The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow said it was "Recommende ...

'' (JMT, 1988) With

*'' Transparency'' (JMT, 1985) *'' X-Cerpts: Live at Willisau'' (JMT, 1987) *''Elaboration'' (Clean Feed, 2005) *''Real Aberration'' (Clean Feed, 2007) With Samo Salamon &

*''Duality'' (Samo Records, 2012) With George Schuller *''Hellbent'' (Playscape, 2002) With

*''Hammered'' (Clean Feed, 2013) *''International Hoohah'' (For Tune, 2014) With

Spring Heel Jack Spring Heel Jack is an English electronic music duo, consisting of John Coxon and Ashley Wales. Formed in 1993 in London, England, Spring Heel Jack began their career exploring drum and bass and jungle, but have since branched out into free ...

*''Masses'' (Thirsty Ear, 2001) With

David Torn David M. Torn (born May 26, 1953) is an American guitarist, composer, and producer. He is known for combining electronic and acoustic instruments and for his use of looping. Background Torn has contributed to recordings by artists as diverse ...

*'' Prezens'' (ECM, 2005) *''Slipped On A Bar'' (Screwgun, 2009) *''Son Of Goldfinger'' (ECM, 2019) *''Son Of Goldfinger (Congratulations To You)'' (Screwgun, 2020) *''xFORM'' (Screwgun, 2020) *''Ozmir'' (Screwgun, 2022) With Stefan Winter *''The Little Trumpet'' (JMT, 1986) With

Yōsuke Yamashita is a Japanese jazz pianist, composer and writer. His piano style is influenced by free jazz, modal jazz and soul jazz. Since the late 1980s, Yamashita's main performing group has consisted of Cecil McBee (bass), Pheeroan akLaff (drums), and oft ...

*''Ways of Time'' (Verve, 1995) With

John Zorn John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conductor, saxophonist, arranger and producer who "deliberately resists category". Zorn's avant-garde and experimental approaches to composition and improvisation are inclusive of jaz ...

*''

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'' (Nonesuch/Icon, 1986) *''

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'' (Elektra/Musician, 1989)

References

External links

*
Official website, Screwgun Records

Interview at Ethan Iverson's site

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Biography

Groups

Discography

As leader/co-leader

with Bill Frisell William Richard Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American jazz guitarist, composer and arranger. Frisell first came to prominence at ECM Records in the 1980s, as both a session player and a leader. He went on to work in a variety of contexts ...

with Miniature

with Caos Totale

with Marilyn Crispell Marilyn Crispell (born March 30, 1947) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Scott Yanow described her as "a powerful player... who has her own way of using space... She is near the top of her field." Jon Pareles of The New York Times wrot ...

with Michael Formanek

with Hank Roberts

with Bloodcount

with Paraphrase

with Big Satan

with Hardcell

with Science Friction

with ARTE Quartet

with Buffalo Collision

with BB&C

with Bruno Chevillon Bruno Chevillon (born 23 August 1959) is a French jazz double bassist who is well known in avant-garde jazz as well as in new improvised music. Life Born in Valréas Vaucluse, Chevillon followed a double training since he graduated from the ...

with Snakeoil

with Matt Mitchell

with Broken Shadows

with Nasheet Waits Nasheet Waits is an American jazz drummer. Son of percussionist Freddie Waits, Nasheet Waits is a New York native who has been active on the jazz scene since early in his life. Before pursuing a music career, he studied psychology and history a ...

with Gregg Belisle-Chi

As sideman

References

External links

with
Bill Frisell William Richard Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American jazz guitarist, composer and arranger. Frisell first came to prominence at ECM Records in the 1980s, as both a session player and a leader. He went on to work in a variety of contexts ...

with
Marilyn Crispell Marilyn Crispell (born March 30, 1947) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Scott Yanow described her as "a powerful player... who has her own way of using space... She is near the top of her field." Jon Pareles of The New York Times wrot ...

with
Bruno Chevillon Bruno Chevillon (born 23 August 1959) is a French jazz double bassist who is well known in avant-garde jazz as well as in new improvised music. Life Born in Valréas Vaucluse, Chevillon followed a double training since he graduated from the ...

with
Nasheet Waits Nasheet Waits is an American jazz drummer. Son of percussionist Freddie Waits, Nasheet Waits is a New York native who has been active on the jazz scene since early in his life. Before pursuing a music career, he studied psychology and history a ...