Tim Berne

alto and baritone saxophones · 1954 · Syracuse (New York)

Born in Syracuse in 1954, Tim Berne came to jazz through Julius Hemphill's Dogon A.D., whom he joined in New York in 1974 to take lessons. Founder of the labels Empire (1979) and then Screwgun, he leads Bloodcount and then Snakeoil, released on ECM from 2012.

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Styles

• Downtown New York, No Wave

Landmark tracks

• Simple City (2012)

Sources

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