CD in a fold out 3 panel cardboard sleeve with booklet liner notes. Art & design by Steve Byram, booklet design by Fiona Ryan, photo by Peter Gannushkhin, lettering by Kieran Byram, produced by David Torn
Sunny Five with Tim Berne, David Torn, Marc Ducret, Devin Hoff and Ches Smith brings together five of the most prominent voices on the New York jazz scene. This group of friends pursues a creative vision that explores the juxtaposition of pure acoustic sonic elements and the integration of electric/electronic sound-generation. "We hear Tim Berne’s saxophone – rectilinear, concise, insistent – interacting/intoning with and through the deeply textural sound worlds of David Torn’s electric/electronic guitar playing, coupled with or countered by guitarist Marc Ducret’s incisive, essentialist virtuosity. There are tensions present that seem unresolvable and made more so by the fathoming sonorities of Devin Hoff’s bass and the metric pliability of Ches Smith’s approach to the drums and electronics ...There are moments in the music where it may be impossible to tell who's doing what... and by what means...” writes Brandon Ross in the liner notes, calling this record "Kinetic, mysterious, cinematic and heroically exciting."
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credits
released January 19, 2024
Tim Berne: Alto Saxophone
Marc Ducret: Vendramini Guitars and Table Guitar
Devin Hoff: Electric Bass
Ches Smith: Drums, Electronics
David Torn: Electric Guitar and Live Multi-Looping
Recorded September 5th and 6th 2022 at Firehouse 12, New Haven, CT by Greg DiCrosta. Produced, mixed and mastered by David Torn. Improvisations by David Torn (Torn Music/BMI), Tim Berne (Party Music/BMI), Ches Smith (Preposterous Bee Music/BMI), Marc Ducret and Devin Hoff. Cover art and graphic design: Stephen Byram. Lettering: Kieran Byram. Booklet design: Fiona Ryan. Photo: Peter Gannushkin. Liner notes: Brandon Ross. Published by Intakt Records. Intakt Records, P.O. Box, 8024 Zürich, Switzerland.
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Listening to this again today and it's terrific. This is different from most solo saxophone albums in a good way. Great melodic lines played with Tim's unique dark alto sound. Really like the track Curls. torzano
