Efw Presents: Chourmo ( David Torn / Tim Berne / Tom Rainey ) at VBI Theatre at Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center

“If some music stares into the void, David Torn’s seems as if it’s just been released from it...In Mr. Torn’s playing there were elements of Hendrix’s snaky, blues-based improvisations, and elsewhere, the thickness and wide-open power of doom metal. Whether he was evading darkness or running straight into it, this music had levels of history built in, and a mind of its own.”
— Giovanni Russonello, New York Times

“Tim Berne is a saxophonist and composer of granite conviction...Few musicians working in or around jazz over the last 30 years have developed an idiomatic signature more distinctive than Tim Berne.”...

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“If some music stares into the void, David Torn’s seems as if it’s just been released from it...In Mr. Torn’s playing there were elements of Hendrix’s snaky, blues-based improvisations, and elsewhere, the thickness and wide-open power of doom metal. Whether he was evading darkness or running straight into it, this music had levels of history built in, and a mind of its own.”
— Giovanni Russonello, New York Times

“Tim Berne is a saxophonist and composer of granite conviction...Few musicians working in or around jazz over the last 30 years have developed an idiomatic signature more distinctive than Tim Berne.”
— New York Times

“Drummer and bandleader Tom Rainey isn’t stuck. He’s not jaded and doesn’t come across like he’s taking himself too seriously. But what’s striking about his trio is how free and enthusiastic the ensemble sounds.”
— Jordannah Elizabeth, DownBeat Magazine

For our next next concert, Elysium Furnace Works is proud to present Chourmo. A cataclysmic trio of leaders — guitarist David Torn, alto saxophonist Tim Berne and drummer Tom Rainey — Chourmo is certain to ignite fire, intricate abstraction and passionate forward-motion.

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