The Ancestors

The Ancestors
Studio album by Tim Berne Sextet
Released 1983
Recorded February 19th 1983
Genre Avant-garde jazz
Downtown music
Length 44:39
Label Soul Note (Italy)
Producer Empire Productions & Giovanni Bonandrini
Tim Berne chronology
Songs And Rituals In Real Time
(1982)
The Ancestors
(1983)
Mutant Variations
(1983)

The Ancestors is an album by Tim Berne and which was released on the Italian-based Soul Note label in 1983. It features two (or four) compositions by Tim Berne performed by the Tim Berne Sextet which consisted of Clarence Herb Robertson, Ray Anderson, Mack Goldsbury, Ed Schuller, Paul Motian and Tim Berne.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz said "The Ancestors was a first sign that Berne was willing to slow down, look about him and take stock. ...it's a measured authoritative set, rhythmically coherent ".[1]

Track listing

  1. "Sirius B" (Berne) - 10:46
  2. "Shirley's Song - Part 1" (Berne) - 12:46
  3. "Shirley's Song - Part 2 / San Antonio / The Ancestors" (Berne) - 21:05

Personnel

Notes

Releases

References

  1. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 114. ISBN 0141023279.
  2. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 23. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. 1 2 3 4 .

"Tim Berne Discography". Patrice Roussel. 1999. Retrieved 2009-03-13. 

  1. All-Music album review
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