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Normally soft-spoken, Shelly Berg can be a real powerhouse when he plays piano. In the past he has shown that he could keep up with Oscar Peterson in his prime, swinging just as hard and with comparable technique while displaying his own musical personality. "Blackbird" generally has slower tempoes (with a couple exceptions) but it is just as impressive. Teamed with bassist Chuck Berghofer and drummer Gregg Field, Berg performs jazz standards plus the Beatles "Blackbird" (which in this version starts in seven/four time before becoming a blues), a particularly inventive rendition of Pat Metheny's "Question and Answer," Stevie Wonder's "Blame It on the Sun," Billy Joel's "She's Always a Woman" (which with this treatment really sounds like a jazz piece) and two of his originals. Berg turns all of the material into swinging jazz and sounds relaxed at every tempo. Because he is based in Los Angeles and spends much of his time as an educator, Berg tends to be underrated or overlooked. Blackbird shows that he is well worth discovering for Shelly Berg is one of the finest pianists around in the early 21st century playing modern mainstream jazz. ~ Scott Yanow

W/Chuck Berghofer & Gregg Field

Shelly Berg: Shelly Berg (piano); Gregg Field (bass instrument); Chuck Berghofer (drum).JazzTimes (p.102) - "Berg, Berghofer and Field operate together with empathy. There's a lot of listening going on. This is not just another recording of a pianist with accompaniment, but a unified trio."
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List Price $10.98 (You save $0.59)
Category Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, Jazz Instrument, Enhanced CD
Label Concord Jazz
Orig Year 2005
All Time Sales Rank   45125  
CD Universe Part number 6810593
Catalog number 2216
Discs 1
Release Date Jan 25, 2005
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Shelly Berg; Chuck Berghofer; Gregg Field
Engineer Les Williams
Personnel Gregg Field - bass instrument
Chuck Berghofer - drum
Shelly Berg - piano
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Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio Media1.All My Tomorrows
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio Media2.Estate
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio Media3.Blackbird
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio Media4.I Hear a Rhapsody
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio Media5.Question and Answer
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio Media6.Flower Is a Lovesome Thing, A
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio Media7.All the Things You Are
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio Media8.Hot It Up
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio Media9.Blame It on the Sun
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio Media10.She's Always a Woman
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio Media11.If I Should Lose You
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio Media12.Julia

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