''Songs and Rituals in Real Time'' is a double LP album by

Tim Berne Tim Berne (born October 16, 1954) is an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and record label owner. His primary instruments are the alto and baritone saxophones. Biography Berne was born in Syracuse, New York, United States. He has said tha ...

released by Empire Productions (USA) in 1982 and re-released on CD as a part of ''The Empire Box'' on Screwgun Records (USA) in 1998. The album was Recorded live at Inroads, New York City on July 1, 1981. It features Berne in a quartet with tenor saxophonist Mack Goldsbury, bassist

Ed Schuller Edwin Gunther Schuller (January 11, 1955) is an American jazz bassist and composer. His father is Gunther Schuller, a composer, horn player, and music professor, and his younger brother is drummer George Schuller. Career A native of New York Ci ...

and drummer

Paul Motian Stephen Paul Motian (March 25, 1931 – November 22, 2011) was an American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer of Armenian descent. He played an important role in freeing jazz drummers from strict time-keeping duties. Motian first came t ...

. Tim Berne on inviting Paul Motian to play: :"I met Paul Motian when he was doing a gig with the bass player Saheb Sarbib. And I just went up to him and I asked him. And to this day I have no idea how I got the nerve. But he sort of said 'Yeah, man, send me something,' or whatever. I may have given him a record or sent him a tape. I called him up a couple of weeks later and asked him if he listened to it, and he said 'No.' But then he said, 'Yeah, whatever, I’ll do the gig.' And that was this gig that turned into this record. It was live at this place Inroads. We rehearsed a lot, we played two sets, recorded it, and that’s ''Songs and Rituals in Real Time'': The first time we ever played together. I remember Bill DeArango, the guitar player, was sitting in the front row. It was a kind of special gig. I mean it was really pretty cool."

Track listing

(All compositions by Tim Berne) # "San Antonio / The Unknown Factor" - 20:00 # "Roberto Miguel (For Roberto Miguel Miranda)" - 4:50 # "New Dog/Old Tricks" - 15:13 # "Shirley's Song (For Shirley Britt) / The Mutant Of Alberan" - 27:06 # "Flies / The Ancient Ones (for Alex Cline)" - 26:06

Personnel

: alto saxophone * Mack Goldsbury: tenor & soprano saxophones *

: bass *

: drums

Notes

* Recorded live at Inroads, New York City on July 1, 1981

Releases

* 1982 - Empire Productions (USA), Empire EPC 60K-2 (2xLP) * 1998 - Screwgun (USA), SCR 70009 (5xCD) (''The Empire Box'')

References

External links

Tim Berne Discography at WNUR

Tim Berne Discography at Screwgun Records

* Allmusic album review* Allmusic review of ''The Empire Box'' {{Authority control 1982 albums Tim Berne albums