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Bern Nix Quartet: Negative Capability
by Florence Wetzel
Guitarist Bern Nix has participated in many fine groups over the course of his career, most notably saxophonist Ornette Coleman's historic Prime Time, where Nix became one of the foremost interpreters of Coleman's groundbreaking harmolodic approach. These days Nix has created a quartet that's exploding onto the jazz scene in a big way. After a fiery set at the 18th Vision Festival, musician-blogger John Pietaro declared, The Bern Nix Quartet is everywhere and exactly-where, and the overall effect is dizzying ...
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by Martin Longley
The guitarist Bern Nix is principally known as a key member of Ornette Coleman's Prime Time band, the almost sole practitioners of harmolodic funk. The exact rules" of harmolodic funk have never been completely clear to anyone other than its creator, but remnants of Ornette's head-heart-groin style are still discernible in Nix' current playing approach, even though he now sounds increasingly rooted in the jazz tradition. In fact, this New York resident cites Charlie Christian as a significant influence and ...
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by AAJ Staff
New York-based free jazz guitarist Bern Nix is one of the few people who are well-versed in Ornette Coleman's harmolodics" style. He played with Coleman from 1975-1987, and now leads the Bern Nix Trio in New York City. In his compositions and his intriguing covers of standards, he is always looking in the corners of the music for something new.Described recently by a viewer on YouTube as being the Billy Bang of the guitar," Nix's sound is both ...
read moreArts For Art Opens March With Evolving Music
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Chris Rich
Evolving Music in March from Arts for Art and Vision Festival opens the lion and lamb month and unfolds over the course of four days from March first to the fourth. involving Friday & Saturday nights, a Sunday afternoon family friendly adventure to let the kids do live action drawing and a concluding Monday evening Evolution. It’s all for the purpose of showcasing the best un-compromised avantjazz in NYC. Among those featured will include the Bern Nix Quartet,the Blood Trio, ...
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The Bern Nix Outpost 186 Reunion Is Recorded by ImprovLive 365
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Chris Rich
When guitarist Bern Nix visited Outpost 186 and his old friend,keyboardist Dave Bryant in January, the occasion was given special attention by ImprovLive365.Created and hosted by Tom Hall, ImprovLive 365 is dedicated to exploring, documenting, and sharing the improvisational, spontaneous creativity of life, through public performances, community based educational programs, and a daily web series. Visit us daily for interviews with creative people from all professions and walks of life, impromptu performances, practical tips about creativity and improvisation, and the ...
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2012 Arrives at Outpost 186 with Bern Nix and Much More
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Chris Rich
Having shaken off holiday torpor and distractions, the Boston area array of gifted musicians roosting at Outpost 186 are shaping their event streams for the beckoning year. The highlight for January will be a reunion of colleagues from Ornette Coleman's Prime Time, guitarist Bern Nix and keyboardist Dave Bryant with help from Jacob Williams on bass and Eric Rosenthal on drums. This happens on Saturday, January 28th at 8pm with a suggested donation of $10.00. In the week leading up ...
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Harmolodic Guitarist Bern Nix Interviewed at AAJ
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All About Jazz
New York-based free jazz guitarist Bern Nix is one of the few people who are well-versed in Ornette Coleman's harmolodics" style. He played with Coleman from 1975-1988, and now leads the Bern Nix Trio in New York City. In his compositions and his intriguing covers of standards, he is always looking in the corners of the music for something new.
AAJ Contributor Simon J. Harper spoke at length with Nix, about his early roots, the life-changing experience of working with ...
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Bern Nix's Low Barometer Heats Up
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All About Jazz
Maverick guitarist Bern Nix, who famously collaborated with Ornette Coleman as a member of Prime Time, has released his first new album in ten years and his only solo acoustic guitar recording, the eMusic-only Low Barometer. The album has received recent nods in Time Out NYC and Downbeat. A limited CD-R version of the album, sold exclusively by Downtown Music Gallery in NYC, sold out within hours on DMG's site and will not be re-pressed. Downtown Music Gallery's Bruce Lee ...
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Jeff Shurdut, Jameel Moondoc, Bern Nix (The Ornette Coleman Prime Time Band)
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All About Jazz