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Diminutive Mysteries (Mostly Hemphill) is an album by saxophonist Tim Berne which was recorded in 1992 and released on the JMT label. The album is a tribute to Berne's mentor Julius Hemphill. Alongside Berne's regular band is featured guest David Sanborn, in an outlier among his more mainstream R&B work.
May 14, 2024 · The same year that Sanborn made upfront, he also took part in a Tim Berne album for JMT called Diminutive Mysteries (Mostly Hemphill). As that title suggests, it’s a tribute to Julius Hemphill , perhaps the only obvious point of convergence for Sanborn and Berne.
Avant-gardist Tim Berne (heard here on alto and baritone) and the popular R&B star Sanborn (mostly leaving his trademark alto behind to play sopranino) share a great respect for altoist Julius Hemphill and the St. Louis free jazz movement.
Feb 10, 2007 · Joey Baron plays some beautiful drums (as usual), Marc Ducret's gutar work is nice, Hank Roberts holds up his end on Cello and the biggest surprise is David Sanborn's playing. I was a David Sanborne fan back when I was cutting my jazz teeth (and basically knew nothing).
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View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1993 CD release of "Diminutive Mysteries (Mostly Hemphill)" on Discogs.
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Diminutive Mysteries refuses to fall neatly in to any single genre, twisting and turning through all moods and styles in a manner so bold and striking that even the most innovative records in jazz same tame and uninspired by comparison.
The compositions on Diminutive Mysteries, to paraphrase Hemphill, speak for themselves: five brief "creative episodes" (the title suite), a longer piece by Berne (upon which the quinted is joined by Mark Dresser on bass and Herb Robertson on trumpet), and two older works from Hemphill´s files.
