 David Berkman As part of the New Millennium / New Music series the Dave Berkman Quartet will perform on Monday, April 30, 7 pm the Chicago Cultural Center, Cassidy Theater - 77 E. Randolph St., Chicago - adminssion is free! You can also hear the David Berkman Quartet at the Green Mill jazz club on Friday, April 27 starting at 9 pm on Saturday, April 28th starting at 8 pm. Each evening the cover charge is $12.
Since moving to New York in 1985, David Berkman has been an important part of the jazz community. He is an award-winning composer/bandleader (2000 Doris Duke/Chamber Music America New Works Creation and Presentation Grant), a recording artist whose 4 Palmetto recordings have appeared on numerous best records of the year critic's lists (the New York Times, the Village Voice, Downbeat, JazzIz, Jazz Times and others) and an award-winning jazz clinician who has performed and taught at numerous jazz camps, universities and conservatories around the United States, South America and Europe. Berkman has played in countless bands including those of Cecil McBee, Tom Harrell and the Vanguard Orchestra and has performed with and/or recorded and/or arranged for numerous jazz luminaries, including: Sonny Stitt,, Brian Blade, Joe Lovano, Dave Douglas, Ray Drummond, Billy Hart, Dick Oatts, Tony Malaby, Chris Potter, Scott Wendholt, Lenny White, Scott Colley, Craig Handy, Steven Bernstein, Bill Stewart, Dave Stryker, Fathead Newman, Hank Crawford, and Jane Monheit.
 David Berkman
Now appearing more and more often as a bandleader, David Berkman has performed solo and with his quartet, quintet and sextet at festivals and clubs in the United States, Europe and Japan, most recently at the North Sea Festival, the Edinburgh festival, the Belfast festival and the Cork Festival. Recent tours include: clubs and concert performances in Switzerland, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Sao Paulo, Japan and around the United States. Recent projects include piano/trumpet duo performances with Dave Douglas (2005 International Trumpet Guild Convention in Bangkok) and Tom Harrell (around Italy).
As a Jazz Clinician, David Berkman offers workshops and master classes in a variety of subjects including: jazz composition, improvisation, small group dynamics and improvisation for large ensembles emphasizing ways to utilize open (free) improvisational techniques to explore, develop and improve student's playing skills (for any style). Berkman is a member of the faculty of the North Netherlands Conservatory in Groningen, Holland. As a solo artist, or leading groups of musician/clinicians ranging in size from duo to quintet, David Berkman has appeared as an artist-in-residence at many colleges, universities and festivals.
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Ted Poor graduated from the Eastman School of Music in 2003 where he earned his BM in Jazz Performance and taught on the faculty of the Community Education Division. While at Eastman, Ted studied drum set Rich Thompson and percussion with John Beck. Now a resident of New York City, Ted performs and records a variety of music with many different ensembles. For the past 2 years he has worked with guitarist Ben Monder's Quartet and played on Monder's most recent CD to be released later in 2005 (featuring Kermit Driscoll, Skuli Sverrison and Theo Bleckman). Ted is also a member of trumpeter Cuong Vu's trio (with bassist Stomu Takeishi), with whom Ted tours Europe and the US. Recently, the trio joined with guitarist Bill Frissell to make a record of Vu's music entitled It's Nostly Residual, which was released in the fall of 2005.
 Ted Poor
The David Berkman Quartet will perform at the Green Mill jazz club on Friday, April 27th starting at 9 pm on Saturday, April 28th starting at 8 pm. Each evening the cover charge is $12. The Green Mill is located at 4802 N. Broadway Ave in Chicago. Call 773-878-5552 or visit www.greenmilljazz.com for more information.
The Dave Berkman Quartet will perform on Monday, April 30th, 7 pm at the Chicago Cultural Center, Cassidy Theater - 77 E. Randolph St., Chicago as part of the New Millennium / New Music series adminssion is free! The New Millennium / New Music series featuring avant-garde and improvised music and showcases touring artists and local musicians with one primary concert each month, and additional presentations around music festivals and other special events. The project uses the experience and resources of Chicago’s most knowledgeable “new music” promoters to offer appearances by artists from out of town or from out of the country. For more information call the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs: 312-744-6630 or visit their website.
David Berkman Quartet in Chicago
| April 28th- 9 pm
| The Green Mill | 4802 N. Broadway Ave in Chicago. | $12
| April 29th - 8 pm
| The Green Mill | 4802 N. Broadway Ave in Chicago. | $12
| April 30th - 7 pm
| Chicago Cultural Center, Cassidy Theater | 77 E. Randolph St., Chicago | Free
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