Tim Berne’s Snakeoil at Bohemian Caverns

Tim Berne’s Snakeoil (Sunday, February 19th)
Tim Berne – reeds
Oscar Noriega - reeds
Matt Mitchell – piano
Ches Smith – drums, percussion

Tim Berne's Snakeoil is a lush, organic blend of saxophones and clarinets layered with electronic and acoustic keyboards and an ever-changing tapestry of percussion. The group’s hypnotic rhythms and long, seductive melodies blend and collide with jagged dissonances and surprising textural shifts. The voices of Berne (reeds), Oscar Noriega (woodwinds), Matt Mitchell (keyboards) and Ches Smith (percussion) are a potent blend of new voices and new ideas that bring fresh sounds and vibrant energy...

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Tim Berne’s Snakeoil (Sunday, February 19th)
Tim Berne – reeds
Oscar Noriega - reeds
Matt Mitchell – piano
Ches Smith – drums, percussion

Tim Berne's Snakeoil is a lush, organic blend of saxophones and clarinets layered with electronic and acoustic keyboards and an ever-changing tapestry of percussion. The group’s hypnotic rhythms and long, seductive melodies blend and collide with jagged dissonances and surprising textural shifts. The voices of Berne (reeds), Oscar Noriega (woodwinds), Matt Mitchell (keyboards) and Ches Smith (percussion) are a potent blend of new voices and new ideas that bring fresh sounds and vibrant energy. They will be featuring works from the group-titled recording to released in February on ECM.

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