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Tim Berne’s Snakeoil at Painted Bride Art Center
Courtesy of Painted Bride Art Center | Posted on November 29, 2017
Where
Painted Bride Art Center
5212 Market St.
Philadelphia, PA
Map
215-925-9914
When
Sun, April 15, 2018
7:00 pm
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Musicians
Tim Berne
saxophone, altoMatt Mitchell
pianoChes Smith
drumsRyan Ferreira
guitarOscar Noriega
clarinetAbout
Tim Berne has been described as “a saxophonist and composer of granite conviction” by The New York Times. His spirited band, Snakeoil, is a potent blend of new voices and new ideas. Incidentals, the band’s fourth album, featuring clarinetist Oscar Noriega, pianist Matt Mitchell and drummer/vibraphonist Ches Smith is augmented by guitarist Ryan Ferreira. The music is characteristically action-packed in the Berne tradition: hypnotic, fast-moving, and teeming with detail.
Snakeoil’s live show balances compositional rigor with fluid group improvisation. Hypnotic rhythms and long, seductive melodies collide with jagged dissonances and surprising textural shifts...