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Diminutive Mysteries (Mostly Hemphill)

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Released
  
1993

Producer
  
Stefan F. Winter

Artist
  
Tim Berne

Label
  
JMT Records

Length
  
65:37

Diminutive Mysteries (Mostly Hemphill) (1993)
  
Nice View (1994)

Release date
  
1993

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
September 1992 The Power Station, New York City

Similar
  
Tim Berne albums, Jazz albums

Diminutive Mysteries (Mostly Hemphill) is an album by saxophonist Tim Berne which was recorded in 1992 and released on the JMT label.

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow said it was "This is certainly the most unusual David Sanborn recording to date. Avant-gardist Tim Berne (heard here on alto and baritone) and the popular R&B star Sanborn (mostly leaving his trademark alto behind to play sopranino) share a great respect for altoist Julius Hemphill and the St. Louis free jazz movement... they perform seven often-emotional Hemphill pieces plus Berne's "The Maze." Sanborn is to be congratulated for successfully stretching himself although this is very much Berne's date".

Track listing

All compositions by Julius Hemphill except as indicated

  1. "Sounds in the Fog" - 8:12
  2. "Serial Abstractions" - 6:27
  3. "Out, The Regular" - 5:54
  4. "The Unknown" - 6:50
  5. "Writhing Love Lines" - 7:20
  6. "Rites" - 3:32
  7. "The Maze (For Julius)" (Tim Berne) - 21:23
  8. "Mystery to Me" - 6:30

Personnel

  • Tim Berne - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
  • David Sanborn - sopranino saxophone, alto saxophone
  • Marc Ducret - electric guitar
  • Hank Roberts - cello
  • Joey Baron - drums
  • Herb Robertson - trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn (track 7)
  • Mark Dresser - bass (track 7)
  • Songs

    1Sounds in the Fog8:07
    2Serial Abstractions6:24
    3Out - the Regular5:49

    References

    Diminutive Mysteries (Mostly Hemphill) Wikipedia