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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.








Jackson/Berman/Strøm/østvang
Southern Sun


Keefe jackson – tenor saxophone and bass clarinet
Josh Berman – cornet
Jon Rune Strøm – double bass
Tollef østvang – drums

A killer quartet session that matches a pair of the finest, most adventurous players from the post-millennium Chicago jazz scene with equally excellent counterparts from Norway! The players are Keefe Jackson on tenor sax and bass clarinet, Josh Berman on coronet, Jon Rune Strom on double bass and Tollef Ostvang on drums – and the set is a real knockout – balancing looseness and tension with cohesion and melody in a really impeccable way. Each player gets plenty of space to shine individually, and each gets a writing credit, which makes perfect sense. We're committed fans of the players, and this session shines as brightly as any other contemporaneous work of theirs we can think of! Includes "Blues", "Southern Sun", "Your Uncle", "What Lies Ahead", "Symbol Reform", "Cold Snap" and "Blowing In From".  © 1996-2021, Dusty Groove, Inc.