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.
Tim Daisy/Josh Berman Duo + Bowlcut
Friday | 23 March 2018
Constellation - 8:30pm
Bowlcut
Jake Wark, Matt Murphy, and Bill Harris began collaborating as Bowlcut in 2015 and have since developed their own rapport that emphasizes the group over the self. Ethereal synthesizer and modified electronics supplement their approach to the saxophone/guitar/drum format. Alternately atmospheric, driving, and brutal, Bowlcut’s upcoming release on Amalgam finds the trio working its way through a set of collective improvisations and variable structures.
Tim Daisy/Josh Berman Duo
Tim Daisy – percussion
Josh Berman – cornet
