Poisoned Minds: The Paris Concert

Poisoned Minds: The Paris Concert
Live album by Tim Berne's Bloodcount
Released	1995
Recorded	September 22-25, 1994 Instants Chavirés, Montreuil, Paris, France
Genre	Jazz
Length	69:03
Label	JMT JMT 514 020
Producer	Stefan F. Winter
Tim Berne chronology
Lowlife: The Paris Concert (1995) Poisoned Minds: The Paris Concert (1995) Memory Select: The Paris Concert (1995)

Poisoned Minds: The Paris Concert is a live album by saxophonist Tim Berne's Bloodcount and second volume of the series which was recorded in 1994 and released on the JMT label.^[1][2] It was the last album to be released on the label and was subsequently re-release on Winter & Winter Records.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Dave Lynch said "Poisoned Minds is for serious listeners without attenuated attention spans, a somewhat radical concept in itself. Yet aside from the lengths of the pieces, many elements of the music are not particularly radical despite Berne's avant-garde rep -- melody, rhythm, and theme are all important to the saxophonist, and the innovation comes from the way he manipulates structure, fitting the pieces of the puzzle together in unpredictable ways".^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Tim Berne

1. "The Other" - 27:35
2. "What Are the Odds? Speed/J.B.'s Stove/A Slight Discrepancy in the Figures" - 41:28

Personnel

• Tim Berne - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
• Chris Speed - tenor saxophone, clarinet
• Marc Ducret - electric guitar
• Michael Formanek - contrabass
• Jim Black - drums

References

1. Tim Berne discography, accessed October 13, 2014
2. Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed October 13, 2014
3. Lynch, D., Allmusic Review accessed October 10, 2014