Jeff Berlin

A flexible and powerful electric powered bassist, Jeff Berlin was among the main fusion bassist to emerge through the mid-’70s. His dad sang opera and his mom performed piano. Berlin got nine many years of violin lessons beginning with when he was five and was regarded a kid prodigy, showing up with orchestras in NEW YORK. Nevertheless, when he was 14 he turned directions and started playing electrical bass; Jack port Bruce was an early on hero. Berlin went to the Berklee University of Music for a while and then shifted back to NY. For a brief period he was within a trio with Allan Holdsworth and Tony Williams. In 1975 he documented in European countries with Yes keyboardist Patrick Moraz and in NY he became quite active with studio function, club schedules, and record periods. Berlin used many top music artists including Pat Martino, Gil Evans, Toots Thielemans, Al DiMeola, George Benson, Earl Klugh, Larry Coryell, Bob Adam, Dave Liebman, Herbie Mann, Ray Barretto, the Brecker Brothers among others. Berlin was also a normal member of Costs Bruford’s music group (including guitarist Holdsworth and keyboardist Dave Stewart) for any couple years beginning in 1977; four recordings resulted. Berlin consequently moved to LA, worked in night clubs with Scott Henderson and Frank Gambale, became an educator (assisting to discovered the Bass Institute of Technology), performed rock and roll (including with Frank Zappa), and rejected a chance to sign up for Vehicle Halen. During 1985-1986 Berlin documented two fusion/rock and roll times for the soon-defunct Passport label. He relocated to Florida in 1990 and toured with Yes, John McLaughlin, Billy Cobham, Kazumi Watanabe, along with other music artists from a multitude of innovative genres. Furthermore, he started teaching in the Players College. His third arranged as a innovator, 1997’s Taking Records for Denon, was Berlin’s most jazz-oriented arranged up to now. He continued liberating several albums in to the 21st hundred years, including Lumpy Jazz (2004) along with his primary trio offering pianist Richard Drexler and drummer Danny Gottlieb; the respectable In Harmony’s Method (2004) with visitor looks by saxophonist David Liebman, vibraphonist Gary Burton, and guitarist Mike Stern; Ace of Bass/Aneurythms (2006); as well as the piano trio-oriented Large Standards (2010), once again offering Drexler and Gottlieb as well as the session innovator.