Jeff Berlin is a legend of the electric bass.
Simply put, he is considered by many to be the finest electric bass soloist in the world.
Alongside of Jaco Pastorius, Stanley Clarke, Jeff is known as a major innovator through his incisive playing through recordings and performances for the last twenty years.
Jeff has performed with performers as diverse as Billy Cobham, John McLaughlin, Jermaine Jackson, Issac Hayes, Bill Bruford, Yes, Allan Holdsworth, Toots Thielemans, Larry Coryell, David Liebman, Arturo Sandoval, Michael and Randy Brecker, Mike Stern and Bill Frisell.
He has jammed with the super-stars of jazz and rock, from Pat Metheny, Van Halen, Rush, pianist Bill Evans, Jaco Pastorius, Stanley Clarke, and was even asked to do a television show with pop singer Donnie Osmond. He has performed throughout the world at all the major jazz festivals.
The founder of The Players School of Music in Clearwater, Florida, Jeff has been at the front of music education for two decades. He has appeared at clinics throughout the world, and has been featured in Bass Player Magazine, Downbeat, Musician, International, Modern Drummer, Chitarre, and a host of others.
His numerous recording credits include albums with Bill Bruford, Yes, Allan Holdsworth, Kazumi Watanabe, George Benson, Patty Austin, plus a host of different style record dates.
He has put out two highly acclaimed records, “Champion, Pump It!” and the amazing “Taking Notes.”
Some of his tunes are part of the necessary litterature fo any good level bass student, we just remind here the great “Joe Frazier”
His group with Allan Holdsworth and Bill Bruford is a legend of the jazz fusion and in the last years Jeff has created his trio with drummer Danny Gottlieb and Pianist Richard Drexler, considerated by himself as the main project of his carrier.
Simply put, Jeff Berlin is a master.
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