Simple City
Context
Long opening track (nearly 14 minutes) of Snakeoil, Tim Berne's first record for ECM, recorded in January 2011 at Avatar Studios in New York. The quartet, without double bass, combines alto saxophone, clarinets, piano and drums.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Downtown New York, No Wave, ECM and European jazz. Among the origins and influences of Downtown New York, No Wave: Free jazz, Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk, Free improvisation and European free.