Bern Nix
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Bern Nix is a jazz
guitar
ist. He has recorded and performed with Ornette Coleman
, notably playing alongside fellow guitarist Charlie Ellerbee in Coleman's Prime Time group on their key recordings from Dancing in Your Head in the mid-1970 to In All Languages in 1987.
He has released CDs including "Alarms And Excursions" (September 1, 1993). First teaching guitar after arrival in New York City, he is: originally a native of Ohio, resident of New York City, graduate of the Berklee College of Music
.
Nix also performed with James Chance and the Contortions
and appears on their 1981 Live in New York recording.
Nix has a solo recording entitled Low Barometer (Tompkins Square Records) which will be available on line September 2006.
Another recent composition, "Les is More", appears on "Art and Money", an album released by 1687, Inc. in 2006.
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
ist. He has recorded and performed with Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman is an American saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s....
, notably playing alongside fellow guitarist Charlie Ellerbee in Coleman's Prime Time group on their key recordings from Dancing in Your Head in the mid-1970 to In All Languages in 1987.
He has released CDs including "Alarms And Excursions" (September 1, 1993). First teaching guitar after arrival in New York City, he is: originally a native of Ohio, resident of New York City, graduate of the Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known primarily as a school for jazz, rock and popular music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including hip...
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Nix also performed with James Chance and the Contortions
James Chance and the Contortions
James Chance and the Contortions, led by saxophonist and vocalist James Chance, were one of the original punk jazz groups of the New York No Wave music scene. Their first recording, credited solely as Contortions, was on the 1978 compilation, No New York, produced by Brain Eno...
and appears on their 1981 Live in New York recording.
Nix has a solo recording entitled Low Barometer (Tompkins Square Records) which will be available on line September 2006.
Another recent composition, "Les is More", appears on "Art and Money", an album released by 1687, Inc. in 2006.