Miniature (album)

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Miniature
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Studio album by
Joey Baron, Tim Berne & Hank Roberts
Released1988
RecordedMarch 1988
StudioRPM Sound Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length53:47
Label JMT
JMT 834 423
Producer Stefan F. Winter, Miniature
Tim Berne chronology
Sanctified Dreams
(1988)		Miniature
(1988)		 Tim Berne's Fractured Fairy Tales
(1990)
Hank Roberts chronology
Black Pastels
(1987)		Miniature
(1988)		 Arcado
(1989)

Miniature is an album by drummer Joey Baron, saxophonist Tim Berne and cellist Hank Roberts, who would become known as Miniature, which was recorded in 1988 and released on the JMT label. [1] [2] [3]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz said "Baron's drumming and occasional electronic flourishes provide its most pleasures though Berne and the tricksterish Roberts play their parts as well". [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Tim Berne except as indicated

  1. "Ethiopian Boxer" (Hank Roberts) - 7:18
  2. "Circular Prairie Song (For Bill Frisell)" 2:35
  3. "Hong Kong Sad Song" - 8:44
  4. "Lonely Mood" (Joey Baron) - 8:03
  5. "'Narlin'" - 6:09
  6. "Peanut" (Baron) - 6:28
  7. "Abeetah (For Jake and Mary)" (Roberts) - 4:46
  8. "Sanctuary" - 9:17

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Tim Berne discography, accessed October 14, 2014
  2. ↑ Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed October 14, 2014
  3. ↑ Hank Roberts discography Archived 2014-10-11 at the Wayback Machine , accessed October 14, 2014
  4. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD . The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp.  84. ISBN   0141023279.
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