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Josh Berman

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Josh Berman is a cornetist, improviser, composer, and music presenter. An essential contributor to Chicago’s active free jazz and improvised music scene, his work encompasses performing in a variety of highly collaborative formats, while also creating performance opportunities for musicians, having produced hundreds of shows in Chicago over the past 25 years. He has participated in over 40 recordings, with his own projects, Old Idea, Josh Berman and his Gang, and Josh Berman Trio receiving critical acclaim in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, DownBeat and many other publications. His recordings can be found on Chicago’s legendary Delmark Records, Austin’s Astral Spirits Records and most recently on Corbett Vs Dempsey.

3-On-3: Patricia Nguyen | Jake Wark | Matt Carroll

Wednesday | 12 October 2016
Constellation - 7:00pm

3-On-3 is a monthly meeting space for audience members and practitioners interested in actively engaging with the inner-workings of improvised performance in the broadest sense.


Each month 3 different artists are invited to present a mini set of a mixed line up of improvisers. Lineups can be as small as a trio or as large as a sextet, with a focus on dance, live electronics and/or acoustic music.

3-On-3’s programming model promotes a zero approach: No solo, duo or regular groups. No pre-set rehearsals. No comfort zone.

Patricia Nguyen

Abundance is the name of this improvised performance piece. I chose the selected improvisers based on their experience in movement-based practices with ritual, community, and healing. Jennifer Ligaya is a great sound and movement artist who focuses on indigenous healing practices and rituals. Xris Copal is an amazing musician with the Participatory Music Coalition, bringing community together through music, spirituality, and ceremony. Haydée Souffrant is a healer and movement artist that focuses on empowering communities of color through healing justice. During a time of extreme violence in Chicago, the U.S., and the world at large in the form of war, police brutality, and violence against black bodies and racialized communities of color, this performance seeks to embody ritual practices that call upon abundance to strengthen our collective and individual spirits, psyches, and bodies.

Jake Wark



Matt Carroll

Josh Berman – cornet
Keefe Jackson – reeds
Jim Baker – piano
Matt Carroll – drums