The Shell Game

Tim Berne

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The Shell Game heralds Berne's return to the studio after a nearly 8 year hiatus. Always pushing the new frontier Berne has assembled a trio representing something old and something new. Mainstay sideman, Tom Rainey plays drums and new inductee, Craig Taborn, last heard on the critically acclaimed Matt Maneri album, checks in on keyboards. That's right... this is an electic album taking Berne's music deep into the new century with a suite of musical arrangements. The Shell Game heralds Berne's return to the studio after a nearly 8 year hiatus. Always pushing the new frontier Berne has assembled a trio representing something old and something new. Mainstay sideman, Tom Rainey plays drums and new inductee, Craig Taborn, last heard on the critically acclaimed Matt Maneri album, checks in on keyboards. That's right... this is an eclectic album taking Berne's music deep into the new century with a suite of musical arrangements.

The Shell Game is one of the most sonically differentiated jazz records of recent years. - Down Beat