Josh Berman: THERE NOW

[ghost of miles]

Anybody heard this yet? My order just came in at Luna and I'm hoping to pick it up tonight.

[Larry Kart]

VERY good. I'll admit to never having been knocked out by several in-person performances by this band, but did they ever get it together in the studio.

[clifford_thornton]

Looking forward to getting my late summer/fall review package from Delmark. Talked to Shevitz about this particular disc and he was very glad that the work is "out there."

[Joe]

Good stuff; very smart, but not smart-aleck-y.

[johnlitweiler]

It's an outstanding album. They gave a concert at the start of Chicago Jazz Fest week that I thought was even better. Jason Stein played like Lester Young on bass clarinet, for one thing.

If you like Berman's cornet playing, the new Fast Citizens CD has Berman at just about his liveliest, most colorful.

[jlhoots]

Excellent album!!

[mjazzg]

had this fr a while and I'm definitely another satisfied listener. Marvellous record, great playing and an interesting 'concept' melding very effectively some appraently different musical styles without artifice

there's so much good music coming out of that Chicago scene it appears to me

[Head Man]

If you like Berman's cornet playing, the new Fast Citizens CD has Berman at just about his liveliest, most colorful.

If you mean "Gather" then I agree. An outstanding album.

Thanks for letting me know about the new Josh Berman, Ghost of Miles, I've just put my order in.

Edited September 12, 2012 by Head Man

[xybert]

Bump.

After finally getting in to Jason Adasiewicz's leader dates recently i've been getting back in to the contemporary Chicago sound (which i'd previously felt a bit burnt out on). Picked up this album, it's very good! Anyway, not much else to add, but it was nice to find this thread and find that other's here have dug it.

[colinmce]

Berman is awesome. I hope he has a new one out soon. Another solid date is Chicago-Luzern Exchange: Several Lights with Keefe Jackson, Frank Rosaly, and Mark Unternahrer.

And a plug for my buddy Jonathan Crawford who does photography and design for Berman & Adasiewicz's Delmark stuff, as well as all of the Aerophonics titles and other Chicago things here and there. Very handsome packages if I do say so.

[Utevsky]

It's an outstanding album. They gave a concert at the start of Chicago Jazz Fest week that I thought was even better. Jason Stein played like Lester Young on bass clarinet, for one thing.

If you like Berman's cornet playing, the new Fast Citizens CD has Berman at just about his liveliest, most colorful.

Wow, I never realized that Lester Young played bass clarinet.