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Big Satan al Pinocchio di Firenze
by Neri Pollastri
Big Satan Pinocchio Live Jazz Firenze 24.2.2018 Momento di punta dell'eccellente rassegna di quest'anno, il prestigioso trio Big Satan è arrivato al Pinocchio Live Jazz di Firenze l'ultimo sabato di febbraio. Capitanata dall'altosassofonista Tim Berne, affiancato dalla chitarra di Marc Ducret e dalla batteria di Tom Rainey, Big Satan è una formazione che esiste da venticinque anni, anche se -per esplicita loro ammissione -negli ultimi quindici ha suonato pochissimo. L'occasione era quindi ghiotta e ...
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by Sean Patrick Fitzell
Exorcising the demons with the fire and brimstone of a revivalist meeting, Souls Saved Hear marks the ferocious return of saxophonist Tim Berne's Big Satan. At just under 48 minutes -- the longest piece just over ten -- it is somewhat diminutive within Berne's catalog. But the taut arrangements distill the power of the performances. Focused on intensity, Berne, along with guitarist Marc Ducret and drummer Tom Rainey, unleashes a musical torrent that threatens to overwhelm. Ducret's supple ...
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by John Kelman
In a configuration pared down from his Science Friction band, saxophonist Tim Berne reconvenes with guitarist Marc Ducret and drummer Tom Rainey as Big Satan, the trio that recorded '97's outstanding I Think They Liked It Honey (Winter & Winter). While it seemed that the core of Science Friction, when they played recently in Victoriaville, Canada , was Berne, Rainey and keyboardist Craig Taborn, it becomes clear that Ducret's role is more central than immediately apparent. The expressionist yang to ...
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by AAJ Staff
Now that all the born-again Christians have left the room, his evil majesty's real followers can step forward. The trio known as Big Satan consists of three noisy improvisers: alto saxophonist Tim Berne, guitarist Marc Ducret, and drummer Tom Rainey. The names will be familiar to listeners as three quarters of Berne's Science Friction band. Berne is the biggest name draw in that group, but this is a “purely collaborative band with no set leader," so expect a certain amount ...
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