Josh Berman is an internationally recognized cornetist and composer. He has led the acclaimed Old Idea, Josh Berman and his Gang, and his own trio. In addition to being an indispensable contributor to Chicago’s jazz and improvised music scene, Berman has been a concert presenter with fellow Chicagoan Mike Reed, producing hundreds of shows over the past 20 years. Berman’s work has been critically acclaimed in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, JazzTimes, and DownBeat, among others. His recordings can be found on the Chicago’s legendary Delmark Records and more recently on Austin’s Astral Spirits Records
Monday | 25 March 2019
OPTION: Lisa Mezzacappa
ESS | 7:30pm
OPTION: Lisa Mezzacappa
Monday | 25 March 2019
ESS - 7:30pm
Doors at 7:00pm | Music at 7:30 pm
San Francisco Bay Area bassist and composer Lisa Mezzacappa presents a program that showcases different aspects of her far-ranging musical personality—combining improvisation, original compositions, graphic scores, and music for experimental film. She performs solo and in duos with with longtime collaborator, Bay Area drummer Jason Levis, plus some duo and quartet pieces joined by Joshua Berman (cornet) and Jason Stein (bass clarinet).
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