Inference (album) explained

Inference
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Marilyn Crispell and Tim Berne
Cover:	Inference (album).jpg
Released:	1995
Recorded:	June 25, 1992
Venue:	Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival, Canada
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	54:29
Label:	Music & Arts CD-851
Producer:	Serge Sloimovits
Chronology:	Tim Berne
Prev Year:	1995
Next Title:	Unwound
Next Year:	1996

Inference is a live album by pianist Marilyn Crispell and saxophonist Tim Berne which was recorded during the Toronto Jazz Festival in 1992 and released on the Music & Arts label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow said "This set has plenty of stimulating and unpredictable interplay by the two giants (both of whom sound as if they have large ears). Music & Arts deserves thanks from the jazz world for making these noncommercial sounds available"^[3]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz notes that "This is not a great astonishment, not is it as good as it might be. Berne's curious bluester often overpowers what otherwise seems impressively vivid and reciprocal music-making."^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Marilyn Crispell except as indicated

1. "For Alto and Piano II" - 9:43
2. "Ho' Time" (Tim Berne) - 10:39
3. "Inference" (Berne) - 10:51
4. "Sorrow" - 9:31
5. "Bass Voodoo" (Berne) - 8:22
6. "Only Paradise" - 5:03

Personnel

• Tim Berne - alto saxophone
• Marilyn Crispell - piano

Notes and References

1. https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20170523173551/http://nyds-discographies.com/berne.htm Tim Berne discography
2. http://www.bb10k.com/CRISPELL.disc.html#92.06.25-1 Marilyn Crispell sessionography
3. Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed October 14, 2014
4. Book: Cook, Richard. Richard Cook (journalist). Brian Morton . Brian Morton (Scottish writer) . The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. 6th. The Penguin Guide to Jazz. 2002. Penguin. London. 0140515216. 349.