{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Incidentals | type = Album | artist = Tim Berne's Snakeoil | cover = Incidentals.jpg | alt = | released = August 25, 2017 | recorded = December 2014 | venue = | studio = The Clubhouse<br>Rhinebeck, New York | genre = Jazz | length = 64:06 | label = ECM<br>ECM 2579 | producer = David Torn | chronology = Tim Berne | prev_title = You've Been Watching Me | prev_year = 2015 | next_title = | next_year = }}
'''''Incidentals''''' is an album by Tim Berne's Snakeoil recorded in December 2014 and released on ECM August 25, 2017—the band's fourth album for the label.<ref name="ECM Catalogue">[https://www.ecmrecords.com/catalogue/1496998967/incidentals-tim-bernes-snakeoil ECM Catalogue] accessed December 19, 2017</ref><ref>[https://ecmreviews.com/2017/08/29/tim-bernes-snakeoil-incidentals-ecm-2579/ Between Sound and Space] accessed December 19, 2017</ref>
==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> | rev2 = The Guardian | rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="TheGuardian"/> | rev3 = All About Jazz | rev3Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=AAJ1/> | rev4 = All About Jazz | rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=AAJ2/> }} The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "this five-track set offers what is by now an unmistakable sound, with Berne's constantly interweaving scripted melodies, modes, and dialogues seamlessly wedded to group improvisation. When combined, they create not only a musical signature, but a shared language."<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Thom |last=Jurek |class=album |id=mw0003085759 |title= Tim Berne's Snakeoil: ''Incidentals'' – Review |accessdate=December 19, 2017}}</ref>
Writing in The Guardian, John Fordham commented "This fourth Snakeoil album for ECM is one of the most viscerally direct and exciting chapters in a consistently creative story."<ref name="TheGuardian">Fordham, J. [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/aug/24/tim-bernes-snakeoil-incidentals-review-creative-and-visceral-live-set The Guardian Review], August 25, 2017</ref>
The All About Jazz review by Karl Ackermann said that "Long ago surpassing his mentor Julius Hemphill, Berne has been furthering the late saxophonist's technique and taking his own compositional skills to progressively higher levels. In Snakeoil he has found a perfect formation, where traditional solos are minimized and group dynamics dictate the sound. Just as could be said with each preceding Snakeoil release, ''Incidentals'' is the group's best release to date" while Mark Sullivan stated "The integration of composition and improvisation typical of Berne's work is especially pronounced in this program."<ref name=AAJ1>Ackermann, K. [https://www.allaboutjazz.com/incidentals-tim-berne-ecm-records-review-by-karl-ackermann.php All About Jazz Review 1], August 29, 2017</ref><ref name=AAJ2>Sullivan, M. [https://www.allaboutjazz.com/incidentals-tim-berne-ecm-records-review-by-mark-sullivan.php All About Jazz Review 2], September 18, 2017 </ref>
The ''JazzTimes'' review by Lloyd Sachs observed "Among its many rewards, Incidentals documents the growth of the exciting partnership between Berne and Mitchell. ... he relates to the leader through the heady way he embroiders open spaces, enhances the album’s pervasive classical imprint, intensifies the architecture of certain tunes and subtly colors the aural landscape with electronic touches."<ref>Sachs, L. [https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/tim-berne-snakeoil-incidentals/ Jazz Times Review], November 18, 2017</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = Tim Berne, except as noted. | title1 = Hora feliz | length1 = 10:26 | title2 = Stingray Shuffle | length2 = 7:36 | title3 = Sideshow | length3 = 26:01 | title4 = Incidentals Contact | length4 = 10:47 | title5 = Prelude One / Sequel Too | length5 = 9:17 | writer5 = Matt Mitchell, Berne / Berne }}
==Personnel==
=== Snakeoil === *Tim Berne – alto saxophone *Ryan Ferreira – electric guitar *Oscar Noriega – clarinet, bass clarinet *Matt Mitchell – piano, electronics *Ches Smith – drums, vibraphone, percussion, timpani
=== Guest musician === *David Torn – guitar (tracks 1 [Intro] and 3 [Outro])
==References== {{reflist}} {{Tim Berne}} {{Authority control}}
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