Performers

David Berkman / Piano
Sean Conly / Bass
Billy Mintz / Drums

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 anaward-winning jazz clinician (Homer Osborne Award from the Wichita Jazz Society) who has performed and taught at numerous jazz camps, universities and conservatories around the United States, South America and Europe. He published his first book with Sher Music Publishing earlier this year, The Jazz Musician’s Guide to Creative Practice.