★★★★★
Shelly Berg is best known outside Los Angeles as an accompanist, composer, arranger, film scorer and educator. His reputation as a jazz pianist gets a boost with this CD, his first on a label with wide distribution. His performance warrants the greater exposure. Joined by two other studio stalwarts with sturdy jazz chops, bassist Chuck Berghofer and drummer Gregg Field, Berg plays a program balanced among standards, originals and pieces drawn from pop songwriters...
- www.jazztimes.com
2010-02-19
★★★★★
Pianist Shelly Berg's first outing for this record label adds a dab of credence to his longstanding tenure as a music educator at the University of Southern California. Simply put, he knows his business. Berg and his trio lock in rather snugly via a nicely assembled program of original comps and standards, including the title track culled from The Beatles' songbook...
- www.jazzreview.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Shelly Berg has always been a musician's musician, not to mention a superb jazz educator. Many of the practicing jazz musicians, particularly those in the Los Angeles area or those who join Berg on S.S. Norway jazz cruises, know about his superb technical facility on the piano, especially when he pays tribute during performance to one of his inspirations, Oscar Peterson...
- www.jazzreview.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
For those new to the piano magic of Shelly Berg, the sounds of BLACKBIRD will capture your attention and imagination! Shelly Berg is in topform on BLACKBIRD and this is a CD you will enjoy listening to often. This trio works, and everything about it is excellent, from solo to group harmony. The performances are the kind you dream of hearing, and the trio shines! There are twelve songs in the collection...
- www.jazzreview.com
2009-06-08
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