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Shelly Berg
The LA Times calls Concord recording artist, Shelly Berg “a powerhouse jazz pianist who always swings hard”. Shelly’s new CD, “Blackbird” has reached the top five in US jazz radio. His previous CD, “The Will” spent eight weeks in the Top Ten.
A finalist in the 1988 Great American Jazz Piano Competition (PBS Television), he is the long-time pianist and arranger for trombonist, Bill Watrous, and the musical director for vocalists, Patti Austin and Lorraine Feather. Shelly and Carmen have a new CD, “Home With You”, on Azika Records.
Shelly maintains a busy, worldwide schedule of jazz festival and club performances. He has performed and/or recorded with a “Who’s Who” of jazz legends, including Ray Brown, Louie Bellson, Eddie Daniels, Woody Herman, Clark Terry, and Sonny Stitt to name a few. Other recent projects include two CD’s with vocalist, Lorraine Feather on Sanctuary Records (EMI), and a CD collaboration with drummer Peter Erskine and bassist, John Fremgen (Viewpoint Records).
Shelly’s composing and orchestrating for television includes ABC’s Fudge, CBS’s A League of Their Own, and HBO’s Dennis Miller Live. He has orchestrated for Kiss, Chicago, Carole King, Richard Marx, Joe Cocker, Kurt Elling and Lou Rawls. Film orchestration work includes Warner Bros. Almost Heroes and Three To Tango, Fox’s Men of Honor (Robert DeNiro, Cuba Gooding, Jr.), and the NBC Mini-series The 60’s. He has written for the Royal Philharmonic, the American Symphony, and orchestras worldwide. Shelly composed the theme song to the 1986 U.S. Olympic Festival, and orchestrated Japan Concerto, for the 10th anniversary of the Emperor’s coronation. His orchestrations are called “magnificent. . . incredible” by Johnny Mandel.
Shelly is the Dean of Music at the Frost School of Music at The University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.
Downloads
> Biography (pdf)
> Quotes (pdf)
> Concert Review LA Times (pdf)
> Concord Records Release "Blackbird" (pdf)
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Pictures
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Audio Samples
 "All My Tomorrows" from The Shelly Berg Trio's "Blackbird" (Concord Records) (mp3)
 "Blackbird" from The Shelly Berg Trio's "Blackbird" (Concord Records) (mp3)
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