Lowlife: The Paris Concert

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Lowlife: The Paris Concert
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Live album by
Tim Berne's Bloodcount
ReleasedApril 11, 1995
RecordedSeptember 22–25, 1994
VenueInstants Chavirés, Montreuil, Paris, France
Genre Jazz
Length76:17
Label JMT
JMT 514 019
Producer Stefan F. Winter
Tim Berne chronology
Nice View
(1994)		Lowlife: The Paris Concert
(1995)		 Poisoned Minds: The Paris Concert
(1995)

Lowlife: The Paris Concert is a live album by saxophonist Tim Berne's Bloodcount which was recorded in 1994 and released on the JMT label. [1] [2]

Contents

Lowlife was nominated for best mainstream jazz album at the National Association of Independent Recording Distributors and Manufacturers 1995 Indie Label awards. [3]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Dave Lynch said "there is something very special about the three JMT CDs by the Bloodcount band ... In the first of the three, Lowlife, a searching quality tends to dominate the three lengthy tracks, as the band usually takes its time reaching explicit statements of Berne's (and Julius Hemphill's) thematic material. The music even meanders, but such a description shouldn't be put in a negative light. The band is in no hurry as it investigates Berne's sonic world, but is never reduced to aimless noodling; the musicians' improvisations remain too close to theme, melody, and mode -- or compelling abstraction -- for that". [4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

All compositions by Tim Berne except as indicated

  1. "Bloodcount" - 21:59
  2. "Reflections - Lyric - Skin 1" (Julius Hemphill) - 17:07
  3. "Prelude - The Brown Dog Meets the Spaceman" - 37:20

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Tim Berne discography, accessed October 10, 2014
  2. ↑ Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed October 10, 2014
  3. ↑ "NAIRD's 1995 Indie Award Nominees". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 11 May 1996. p. 50. ISSN   0006-2510.
  4. 1 2 Lynch, D., Allmusic Review accessed October 10, 2014
  5. ↑ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 120. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.
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