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1988 studio album by Joey Baron, Tim Berne & Hank Roberts

Miniature

Studio album by Joey Baron, Tim Berne & Hank Roberts

Released

1988

Recorded

March 1988

Studio

RPM Sound Studios, New York City

Genre

Jazz

Length

53:47

Label

JMT
JMT 834 423

Producer

Stefan F. Winter, Miniature

Tim Berne chronology

Sanctified Dreams
(1988)

Miniature
(1988)

Tim Berne's Fractured Fairy Tales
(1990)

Hank Roberts chronology

Black Pastels
(1987)

Miniature
(1988)

Arcado
(1989)

Miniature is an album by drummer Joey Baron, saxophonist Tim Berne and cellist Hank Roberts, who would become known as Miniature, which was recorded in 1988 and released on the JMT label.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz

The Penguin Guide to Jazz said "Baron's drumming and occasional electronic flourishes provide its most pleasures though Berne and the tricksterish Roberts play their parts as well".

Track listing

All compositions by Tim Berne except as indicated

"Ethiopian Boxer" (Hank Roberts) - 7:18
"Circular Prairie Song (For Bill Frisell)" 2:35
"Hong Kong Sad Song" - 8:44
"Lonely Mood" (Joey Baron) - 8:03
"'Narlin'" - 6:09
"Peanut" (Baron) - 6:28
"Abeetah (For Jake and Mary)" (Roberts) - 4:46
"Sanctuary" - 9:17

Personnel

Tim Berne - alto saxophone
Hank Roberts - cello, voice
Joey Baron - drums, synthesizer

References

Tim Berne discography, accessed October 14, 2014
Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed October 14, 2014
Hank Roberts discography Archived 2014-10-11 at the Wayback Machine, accessed October 14, 2014
^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 84. ISBN 0141023279.

v t e Tim Berne
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)
Related articles	Screwgun Records Big Satan

v t e Joey Baron
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Miniature (with Hank Roberts and Tim Berne, 1988) I Can't Put My Finger on It (with Hank Roberts and Tim Berne, 1991) Tongue in Groove (1991) Crackshot (1995) Down Home (1997) We'll Soon Find Out (1999)
Live albums	Just Listen (2008) Live! (with Irène Schweizer, 2015)
Related articles	Naked City Masada

v t e Hank Roberts
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums	Black Pastels (1987) Miniature (with Joey Baron and Tim Berne, 1988) Birds of Prey (1990) I Can't Put My Finger on It (with Joey Baron and Tim Berne, 1991) Little Motor People (1992) Green (2007)
with Arcado String Trio	Arcado (1989) Behind the Myth (1990) For Three Strings and Orchestra (1991)

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