Memory Select: The Paris Concert

Memory Select: The Paris Concert
Memory Select: The Paris Concert
Live album by Tim Berne's Bloodcount
Released	1995
Recorded	September 22–25, 1994
Venue	Instants Chavirés, Montreuil, Paris, France
Genre	Jazz
Length	69:30
Label	JMT ; JMT 514 029
Producer	Stefan F. Winter
Tim Berne chronology

Last updated June 13, 2024

Memory Select: The Paris Concert is a live album by saxophonist Tim Berne's Bloodcount and third volume of the series which was recorded in 1994 and released on the JMT label.^[1]^[2] It was the last album to be released on the label.^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
All About Jazz	^[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[6]

The AllMusic review by Dave Lynch said "Memory Select takes its place as a fitting climax to the three CDs, standing strongly on its own but also feeling, appropriately, like the series' grand finale. Any listeners interested in Berne's growth as a player, composer, and bandleader should pick this up; better still to find all three of the JMT Bloodcount CDs -- subsequently reissued on Winter & Winter -- to place Memory Select in proper perspective".^[7]

Writing for All About Jazz, John Kelman stated "Memory Select - The Paris Concert III is a firm reminder that Berne is capable of more detailed orchestration—and that the concert stage may well be the place to experience this distinctive writer/performer's best work".^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Tim Berne

"Jazzoff" - 18:05
"Eye Contact" - 51:20

Personnel

Tim Berne – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
Chris Speed – tenor saxophone, clarinet
Marc Ducret – electric guitar
Michael Formanek – contrabass
Jim Black – drums

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References

↑ Tim Berne discography, accessed October 13, 2014
↑ Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed October 13, 2014
↑ Macnie, Jim (1996-11-16). "Jazz: Blue Notes". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 50.
↑ Lynch, D., Allmusic Review accessed October 10, 2014
1 2 Kelman, J., All About Jazz Review, October 20, 2005
↑ 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.
↑ Tim Berne's Bloodcount Memory Select: The Paris Concert, Vol. 3 Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic , retrieved 2022-06-09

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[1] Tim Berne discography, accessed October 13, 2014

[2] Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed October 13, 2014

[3] Macnie, Jim (1996-11-16). "Jazz: Blue Notes". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 50.

[Allmusic-4] Lynch, D., Allmusic Review accessed October 10, 2014

[AllAboutJazz-5] 1 2 Kelman, J., All About Jazz Review, October 20, 2005

[Penguin-6] 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.

[7] Tim Berne's Bloodcount Memory Select: The Paris Concert, Vol. 3 Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic , retrieved 2022-06-09

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Songs and Rituals in Real Time (1982) The Ancestors (1983) Theoretically (with Bill Frisell, 1984) Miniature (with Joey Baron and Hank Roberts, 1988) Tim Berne's Fractured Fairy Tales (1989) Pace Yourself (1990) I Can't Put My Finger on It (with Joey Baron and Hank Roberts, 1991) Diminutive Mysteries (Mostly Hemphill) (1992) Nice View (1993) Open, Coma (with Herb Robertson and Marc Ducret, 2000) The Shell Game (2001) Science Friction (2001) Snakeoil (2011) Shadow Man (2013) You've Been Watching Me (2014) Incidentals (2014)
Live albums	Inference (with Marilyn Crispell, 1992) Lowlife: The Paris Concert (1994) Poisoned Minds: The Paris Concert (1994) Memory Select: The Paris Concert (1994) Big Satan (with Marc Ducret and Tom Rainey, 1996) Unwound (1996) Visitation Rites (1996) Discretion (1997) Saturation Point (1997) Seconds (1997) Please Advise (1998) The Sublime And (2003) Electric and Acoustic Hard Cell Live (2004) Feign (2005) Pre-Emptive Denial (2005) Livein Cognito (as Big Satan, 2006) The Veil (with Jim Black and Nels Cline, 2009)
Related articles	Screwgun Records Big Satan