The Ancestors

The Ancestors is an album by Tim Berne and which was released on the Italian-based Soul Note label in 1983. It features three lengthy tracks which, typical of Berne, are structured in suite-like sections. The music is performed by the Tim Berne Sextet which consisted of Berne, trumpeter Herb Robertson, trombonist Ray Anderson, saxophonist Mack Goldsbury, bassist Ed Schuller and drummer Paul Motian.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz said "The Ancestors was a first sign that Berne was willing to slow down, look about him and take stock. ...it's a measured authoritative set, rhythmically coherent ".^[1]

Track listing

"Sirius B" (Berne) - 10:46
"Shirley's Song - Part 1" (Berne) - 12:46
"Shirley's Song - Part 2 / San Antonio / The Ancestors" (Berne) - 21:05

Personnel

Tim Berne: alto saxophone
Herb Robertson: trumpet, cornet & flugelhorn
Ray Anderson: trombone & tuba
Mack Goldsbury: tenor & soprano saxophone
Ed Schuller: acoustic bass
Paul Motian: drums & percussion

Notes

Recorded live on February 19, 1983, at the School of Visual Arts, NYC.
Recording Engineer: Kazunori Sugiyama
Produced by Empire Productions & Giovanni Bonandrini
Cover painting by Betsy Berne

Releases

1983 - Soul Note (Italy), SN 1061 (LP)^[3]
1991 - Soul Note (Italy), 121061-1 (LP)^[3]
1991 - Soul Note (Italy), 121061-2 (CD)^[3]
1991 - Soul Note (Italy), 121061-4 (CT)^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 114. ISBN 978-0141023274.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 23. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d [1] ^{[dead link]}

Other source

"Tim Berne Discography". Patrice Roussel. 1999. Retrieved 2009-03-13.

External links

All-Music album review

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Songs and Rituals in Real Time (1982) The Ancestors (1983) Theoretically (with Bill Frisell, 1984) Miniature (with Joey Baron and Hank Roberts, 1988) Tim Berne's Fractured Fairy Tales (1989) Pace Yourself (1990) I Can't Put My Finger on It (with Joey Baron and Hank Roberts, 1991) Diminutive Mysteries (Mostly Hemphill) (1992) Nice View (1993) Open, Coma (with Herb Robertson and Marc Ducret, 2000) The Shell Game (2001) Science Friction (2001) Snakeoil (2011) Shadow Man (2013) You've Been Watching Me (2014) Incidentals (2014)
Live albums	Inference (with Marilyn Crispell, 1992) Lowlife: The Paris Concert (1994) Poisoned Minds: The Paris Concert (1994) Memory Select: The Paris Concert (1994) Big Satan (with Marc Ducret and Tom Rainey, 1996) Unwound (1996) Visitation Rites (1996) Discretion (1997) Saturation Point (1997) Seconds (1997) Please Advise (1998) The Sublime And (2003) Electric and Acoustic Hard Cell Live (2004) Feign (2005) Pre-Emptive Denial (2005) Livein Cognito (as Big Satan, 2006) The Veil (with Jim Black and Nels Cline, 2009)
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Albums	Conception Vessel (1972) Tribute (1974) Dance (1977) Le Voyage (1979) Psalm (1981) The Story of Maryam (1983) It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago (1984) Jack of Clubs (1984) Misterioso (1986) One Time Out (1987) Monk in Motian (1988) On Broadway Volume 1 (1988) On Broadway Volume 2 (1989) Bill Evans (1990) Motian in Tokyo (1991) On Broadway Volume 3 (1991) Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band (1992) Trioism (1993) Reincarnation of a Love Bird (1994) At the Village Vanguard (1995) Sound of Love (1995) Flight of the Blue Jay (1996) Trio 2000 + One (1997) Play Monk and Powell (1998) Europe (2000) Holiday for Strings (2001) Garden of Eden (2004) I Have the Room Above Her (2004) On Broadway Vol. 4 or The Paradox of Continuity (2005) Live at the Village Vanguard (2006) Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. II (2006) Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. III (2006) Time and Time Again (2006) On Broadway Volume 5 (2008) Lost in a Dream (2009) The Windmills of Your Mind (2010)
Tethered Moon	(Masabumi Kikuchi, Paul Motian and Gary Peacock) First Meeting (1990–91) Tethered Moon Play Kurt Weill (1994) Chansons d'Édith Piaf (1999) Experiencing Tosca (2002)
Trio	(Geri Allen, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian) Etudes (1987) In the Year of the Dragon (1989) Segments (1989) The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Haden, 1989) Live at the Village Vanguard (1990)
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