Since moving to New York in 1985, David Berkman has been an important part of the jazz community. He is an award-winning composer/bandleader (2000 Doris Duke/Chamber Music America New Works Creation and Presentation Grant), a recording artist whose 4 Palmetto recordings have appeared on numerous best records of the year critic's lists (the New York Times, the Village Voice, Downbeat, JazzIz, Jazz Times and others) and an award-winning jazz clinician who has performed and taught at numerous jazz camps, universities and conservatories around the United States, South America and Europe. He has played in countless
bands including those of Cecil McBee, Tom Harrell and the Vanguard Orchestra and has performed with and/or recorded and/or arranged for numerous jazz luminaries, including: Sonny Stitt,, Brian Blade, Joe Lovano, Dave Douglas, Ray Drummond, Billy Hart, Dick Oatts, Tony Malaby, Chris Potter, Scott Wendholt, Lenny White, Scott Colley, Craig Handy, Steven Bernstein, Bill Stewart, Dave Stryker, Fathead Newman, Hank Crawford, and Jane Monheit. Now appearing more and more often as a
bandleader, David Berkman has performed solo and with his quartet, quintet and sextet at festivals and clubs in the United States, Europe and Japan, most recently at the North Sea Festival, the Edinburgh festival, the Belfast festival and the Cork Festival. Recent tours include: clubs and concert performances in Switzerland, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Sao Paulo, Japan and around the United States. Recent projects include piano/trumpet duo performances with Dave Douglas (2005 International Trumpet Guild Convention in Bangkok) and Tom Harrell (around Italy).
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thanks for accepting the request. my friend Andrea Vocaturo tells me he's in your harmony class at queens college and is lovin it. I'm from Australia as well, hoping to study post-grad over in NYC from mid-next year. Hope to meet you along the way, cheers!
heya dave! uuuuuuugh, i'll be in NY on those dates, doing a meditation retreat in middletown NY!! really looking forward to it...but i'll be missing you! i hope you guys have a great time here. i'm pretty sure james will be around, though, so i'll let him know!! hope all is well.....
AND i will totally come up with names for your bands, just gimme a 30 second clip of what you think represents the band, and i'm totally on it. ;) jk, come on you know YOU are the only one who can do it. just think of something totally off the wall. you're good at that!! :)
Hey.. check out: kindofbloop.com for my latest project.. right now I'm on psychiatric hold recovering from the album. Let my dad know if you're interested in visiting.
The sound is generally pretty good (definitely better than the video), every once in awhile there is some weirdness, but definitely the exception. I just think of how I woulda killed for a resource like this (you mean I can hear cats in NYC WHILE they're playing!?!?!) when I was a sprout down in Augusta GA....
Ciao,David ,Thank you for the add and the friendship. you are very good, I like your stupendous music a lot, compliment to your singer;-) you are fantastic ..really. you are one of my prefeitis talk to you soon, and all of my best wishes to always listen to your good music. all the best.. from italy neal
Tks so much for the add! I did't know your song, and I found it in Matt Wilson's mysapace! And I loved! Great songs, great jobs. I hope so you comming soon to Brasil. Best regards
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