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.
Berman/Reed
Thursday | 06 June 2019
Elastic - 9:00pm
$10
Brazilian saxophonist Vinicius Mendes had assembled a group of Chicago’s finest journeyman improvisers to accompany him on his first visit to our fair city, but the United States denied him an entry visa, so he won’t be making the trip. The band he had assembled for the occasion will continue with the proceedings however.
BERMAN/REED
Josh Berman – cornet
Mike Reed – drums
9 PM / 2 sets
