Shelly Berg - Blackbird CD


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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."

Blackbird Music

List Price	$11.98 (You save $0.79)
Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, Jazz Instrument, Enhanced CD
Label	Concord Jazz
Orig Year	2005
All Time Product Rank	94,588
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
Recording Time	74 minutes
Personnel	Chuck Berghofer - drum Gregg Field - bass instrument Shelly Berg - piano

Shelly Berg - Blackbird Songs

Trk	Song	Time	Price
1	All My Tomorrows (with Trio)	5:51	$0.99
2	Estate (with Trio)	6:41	$0.99
3	Blackbird (with Trio)	8:14
4	I Hear a Rhapsody (with Trio)	5:23	$0.99
5	Question and Answer (with Trio)	8:11
6	Flower Is a Lovesome Thing (with Trio)	7:36
7	All the Things You Are (with Trio)	7:07
8	Hot It Up (with Trio)	4:59	$0.99
9	Blame It On the Sun (with Trio)	6:48	$0.99
10	She's Always a Woman (with Trio)	4:03	$0.99
11	If I Should Lose You (with Trio)	5:13	$0.99
12	Julia (with Trio)	4:41	$0.99

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