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Dialogues

by Dan Berkson

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1.
Unity 09:37 video
2.
Momentum 05:41
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Remember Me 06:10
6.
Sketches 05:48
7.
The Court 06:02

about

It was inevitable that Dan Berkson (formerly of electronic dance duo Berkson & What) would make a jazz album like Dialogues: joyful, danceable, entertaining, driven by the pleasure principle, and filled with virtuosity. It represents Berkson's experiences in London, where jazz is a living, breathing, dancing scene. It's his love letter to the city, bristling with British talent such as bassist Andrea di Biase and drummer Jon Scott and recorded in his final days in the city before relocating to California.

All his groove-based influences, from blues and ragtime through funk to house can be heard, as can his love of the studio as an instrument and mixdowns that suit a club soundsystem. Detroit dons Theo Parrish and Moodymann are every bit as important to this record as Charlie Haden, Carla Bley, Keith Jarrett, Ornette Coleman, Jimmy Giuffre, and Herbie Hancock. There's 50s and 60s cool modernism (the elegant ripples of "Sketches"), there's 70s funk fusion ("Unity" kicks things off with a spring in its step), and there's the pumping blues heart of "Live Bait". Above all else, though, it's a personal document: a life of music and collaboration crystalised in a magical, transitional moment.
- Joe Muggs

credits

released September 17, 2021

A1: Unity
A2: Momentum
A3: Maggie's Last Day
B1: Live Bait (For Dave Wickins)
B2: Remember Me
B3: Sketches
B4: The Court

Dan Berkson - Piano and Electric Piano
Andrea Di Biase - Acoustic Bass
Jon Scott - Drums

Magnus Pickering - Trumpet and Flugelhorn on Track 1 and 3
Alam Nathoo - Tenor Sax on Track 1
Daniel Sadownick - Percussion on Track 1

All compositions written by Dan Berkson

Produced by Dan Berkson
Tracks 2-7 Mixed by Rick Kwan
Track 1 Mixed by Craig Welsch

Recorded at Livingston Studios, London on November 20 - 21st by Tom Archer
Mastered by Pete Norman at Finyl Tweek

2021, Freestyle Records Ltd

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Dan Berkson Oakland, California

Dan Berkson is a California-based jazz pianist, composer, and electronic music producer originally hailing from Chicago, a long-time resident of London, and Trinity Laban Conservatoire alum.

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