Visitation Rites

Visitation Rites
Live album by Tim Berne's Paraphrase
Released	1997
Recorded	1996 Berlin, Germany
Genre	Jazz
Length	73:55
Label	Screwgun SCREWU 70002
Producer	Tim Berne
Tim Berne chronology
Big Satan (1997) Visitation Rites (1997) Discretion (1997)

Visitation Rites is a live album by saxophonist Tim Berne's Paraphrase which was recorded in Germany in 1996 and released on Berne's Screwgun label. ^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review awarded the album 4 stars. ^[2] In Jazziz, Steve Dollar wrote "The music burns but it also makes sense. Juggling alto and baritone saxophones, Berne zooms between incandescent bits of overblowing and tenderly articulated phrases, upper-register soul crys and thunderclap bursts of notes, while sustaining both formidable drive and cliche-free logic". ^[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

Track listing

1. "Poetic License" (Tom Rainey) – 19:59
2. "Piano Justice" (Tim Berne) – 30:41
3. "I Can't Wait 'Till Tomorrow" (Drew Gress) – 23:10

Personnel

• Tim Berne – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
• Drew Gress – bass
• Tom Rainey – drums

References

1. Tim Berne discography, accessed October 15, 2014
2. Allmusic Review accessed October 15, 2014
3. Dollar, S., Jazziz, March 1998, Volume 15 No. 3, p.78
4. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 122. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.