Tim Berne 6
Tim Berne is a composer, saxophonist and educator specializing in improvised music. He has been performing internationally since 1982 with various ensembles including Caos Totale,Fractured Fairy Tales,Bloodcount and Snakeoil among others. He has made over 50 recordings as a leader for labels such as Soul Note,Sony,JMT, ECM and Intakt records. Tim started his own label Screwgun records in 1996 and most recently released is Angel Dusk with Matt Mitchell. He has taught extensively since the late 90’s giving workshops in South America,Europe and America.
Recent awards and residencies include:
New York State Council on the Arts
New York State Foundation for the Arts
Readers Digest/Meet the Composer (for the Kronos Quartet and the Rova
Saxophone Quartet)
McDowell Colony
Djerassi Foundation
Civitella Ranieri
He is currently active with his Snakeoil group and Sun of Goldfinger.
Jersey City Jazz Festival's presentation of Tim Berne 4 is supported through a Chamber Music America Presenter Consortium for Jazz grant in collaboration with Riverview Jazz & Pet Shop.
A component of the Doris Duke Jazz Ensembles Project, Presenter Consortium for Jazz is funded by the Doris Duke Foundation.
Saturday May 30 • RWJBarnabas Plaza Stage @ 2pm
I have had amazing experiences performing the past 2 years at the Jersey City Jazz festival.