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''Fulton Street Maul'' was produced by ], a childhood friend who helped Berne get his Columbia deal.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Keepnews |first1=Peter |title=Blue Notes |magazine=Billboard |date=December 6, 1986 |volume=98 |issue=49 |page=63}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Shteamer |first1=Hank |title=Let Him Play with Friends in a Bar |work=The New York Times |date=October 16, 2024 |page=C1}}</ref> It was only the second time Berne had recorded an album using multiple tracks.<ref name=JZ/> Berne was backed by celloist ], percussionist ], and guitarist ].<ref name=CS/> "Federico" is an homage to ].<ref name=NY/> The album cover art was created by Steve Byram, who went on to design several other Berne album covers.<ref name=JZ>{{cite magazine |last1=Tesser |first1=Neil |title=Any Way the Wind Blows |magazine=Jazziz |date=Fall 2017 |pages=64–71}}</ref>
==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
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Fulton Street Maul is an album by the American saxophonist Tim Berne, released in 1987. It was his first album for a major label; he was working at Tower Records when Columbia Records decided to sign him. He supported the album with a North American tour. The album was reissued in 1996.
Production
Fulton Street Maul was produced by Gary Lucas, a childhood friend who helped Berne get his Columbia deal. It was only the second time Berne had recorded an album using multiple tracks. Berne was backed by celloist Hank Roberts, percussionist Alex Cline, and guitarist Bill Frisell. "Federico" is an homage to Federico Fellini. The album cover art was created by Steve Byram, who went on to design several other Berne album covers.
The New York Times called "Betsy" "a character study involves eerie floating sounds; an elegiac tune; a static, echoic section using high overtones like Stockhausen's Stimmung, and a vaguely Arabian-sounding modal tune, wending its way into the distance"; the paper later included Fulton Street Maul on its list of the 10 best albums of 1987. The Chicago Sun-Times said that the album alternates "between shard-like soloing and seductive electronics, irreverent wit and genuinely gripping emotion". The Sun Sentinel labeled Fulton Street Maul "an imaginative album that is rarely subtle, generally overpowering and often strange." The Washington Post concluded that "Berne often extends blues and bop themes and writes in a manner that strongly suggests the influence of Ornette Coleman... his compositions are coherent and thought-out."
Track listing
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Unknown Disaster"
2.
"Icicles Revisited"
3.
"Miniature"
4.
"Federico"
5.
"Betsy"
References
Santoro, Gene (1994). Dancing in Your Head: Jazz, Blues, Rock, and Beyond. Oxford University Press. p. 271.
Johnson, Martin (November 21, 1986). "Two Jazz Sounds Beyond Avant-Garde". Weekend. Newsday. p. 17.
"Rare Treasures". The Buffalo News. April 14, 2000. p. G2.
Habich, John (April 3, 1987). "Sooner or later, Berne's talent is recognized". Minneapolis Star and Tribune. p. 3C.
Macnie, Jim (July 27, 1996). "High-Vis Artists". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 30. p. 36.
Keepnews, Peter (December 6, 1986). "Blue Notes". Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 49. p. 63.
Shteamer, Hank (October 16, 2024). "Let Him Play with Friends in a Bar". The New York Times. p. C1.
^ Tesser, Neil (Fall 2017). "Any Way the Wind Blows". Jazziz. pp. 64–71.
^ Sachs, Lloyd (February 26, 1987). "An ear-grabbing LP...". Chicago Sun-Times. p. 2.70.
^ Pareles, Jon (February 18, 1987). "The Pop Life". The New York Times. p. C21.
