Tim Berne, the abundantly creative and visceral alto saxophonist, has released a new recording featuring his expert trio Hard Cell in their most compelling and organic setting; LIVE. Berne plays alto with his usual blistering intensity while pianist Craig Taborn and drummer Tom Rainey add more complexity and depth than most sidemen dream of to the avant-jazz stew. Their latest release on Berne's Screwgun records documents the band in all their compositional and improvisational brilliance in a sonic marathon that the group will bring to the Shedd. Echoes of Berne's work with John Zorn, Drew Gress, and Jim Black are heard, but the character of this group is a new, beautiful, indescribable monster.