The Shell Game
Tim Berne
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
Credentials
Tim Berne ++ alto saxophone
Craig Taborn ++ electronics and keyboards
Tom Rainey ++ drums
Tracklist
Hard Cell (for Tom)
Twisted / Straight Jacket
Heavy Mental (for Wayne Krantz)
Thin Ice