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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.

Jason Roebke, Josh Berman, Ben Lamar Gay

Saturday | 24 November 2018
Constellation - 8:30pm

Josh Berman – cornet
Ben Lamar Gay – cornet
Jason Roebke – double bass

Jason Roebke debuts a new trio in a program of compositions. Roebke is a Chicago bassist and composer. In addition to being a bassist in the city’s jazz and freely improvised music scenes, he has composed music for his own Octet and small groups. His playing is intensely physical, audacious, and sparse. The Chicago Reader described his work as “a carefully orchestrated rummage through a hardware store.” His collaborators this evening are cornetists Ben Lamar Gay and Josh Berman. Gay, a composer, cornetist, vocalist, and producer, moves components of sound, color, and space through folkloric filters to produce brilliant electro-acoustic collages. Berman’s work as an improvisor, composer, and conceptualist have made him one of Chicago’s most original musical voices.