Tim Berne, Hank Roberts, Aurora Nealand - Oceans And (2023)

Tim Berne / Hank Roberts / Aurora Nealand
Oceans And
2023 - Intakt Records: Intakt CD 403
https://www.intaktrec.ch/403.htm
https://timberneintakt.bandcamp.com/album/oceans-and
https://screwgunrecords.bandcamp.com/album/oceans-and

* Tim Berne : alto saxophone
* Aurora Nealand: accordion, B♭ clarinet, voice
* Hank Roberts : cello

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berne
https://www.auroranealand.com/
https://www.hankrobertsmusic.com/

Recorded by Joe Branciforte at Coffey Street Studio, Red Hook,
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA, on August 9, 2022.
https://www.coffeystreetstudio.com/

Reviews
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By Bill Meyer
https://dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/721564204362039296/dust-volume-9-number-6

Forty-four years separate the release of Tim Berne’s first LP, The Five Year
Plan, and this uncategorizable trio recording. The alto saxophonist has never
been shy about mixing classical sounds and shapes into elbows-out jazz pieces
of often-epic link, but he’s never done anything quite like Oceans And. One
distinguishing factor is the ensemble’s line-up, which includes Hank Roberts on
cello and Aurora Nealand on clarinet, accordion and generally wordless
voice. These are players who can both inhabit genres and shuttle between them;
they also do honor to the specifically scripted progress and illusorily
orchestral arrangements of Berne’s elongated, reflective compositions. In
particular, Nealand’s squeezebox delivers both the immensity and complexity of
a full string section.

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By Gary Chapin
https://www.freejazzblog.org/2023/04/tim-bernehank-robertsaurora-nealand.html

By Filipe Freitas
https://jazztrail.net/blog/berne-roberts-nealand-oceans-and-album-review

By S. Victor Aaron
https://somethingelsereviews.com/2023/04/19/tim-berne-aurora-nealand-hank-roberts-oceans-and-2023-april-21/

By Stephen Graham
https://www.marlbank.net/posts/tim-berne-aurora-nealand-hank-roberts-oceans-and-intakt

Jan Granlie (dk)
https://salt-peanuts.eu/record/tim-berne-hank-roberts-aurora-nealand/

Par Xavier Prévost (fr)
http://lesdnj.over-blog.com/2023/06/tim-berne-hank-roberts-aurora-nealand-oceans-and.html