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Jay Berliner

January 08, 2023

Jay Berliner (born May 24, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American guitarist who has worked with Harry Belafonte, Ron Carter, Charles Mingus, and Van Morrison, among others.

Jay Berliner performs with Van Morrison in Las Vegas on January 26, 2019.

Career

Berliner had his first television experience at age seven with his sister Eve on The Children's Hour on NBC. He was the guitarist for Harry Belafonte in the early to mid-1960s, appearing on many of Belafonte's recordings and playing in venues around the world. At the Metropolitan Opera house in Manhattan he was house guitarist and mandolinist, toured Japan as a banjo soloist, performed at The White House, and at the Metropolitan Opera with Barbara Cook, Audra McDonald, Josh Groban, and Elaine Stritch, which was recorded live for DRG Records. His solo albums include Bananas Are Not Created Equal, Romantic Guitars, Erotic Guitars, three classical albums for Nippon-Columbia, and three classical albums for Spanish Music Center Records. He can be heard on Romantic Sea of Tranquility under the pseudonym "Chris Valentino."

Berliner began playing as a studio musician in the early 1960s. Since then he has made more than 13,000 recording sessions for records, commercials and films. He has played on albums by Charles Mingus (including The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady) and Ron Carter, George Benson's White Rabbit, Stephane Grappeli's Uptown Dance, Deodato's Also Sprach Zarathustra, and Milt Jackson's Sunflower. He recorded with singers Andrea Bocelli, Debby Boone, Kristin Chenoweth, Perry Como, Harry Connick Jr., Sammy Davis Jr., Blossom Dearie, Sergio Franchi, Astrud Gilberto, Rupert Holmes, Bernadette Peters, Frank Sinatra, Jerry Vale, Frankie Valli, and Russell Watson.[1]

He played on Van Morrison's 1968 album Astral Weeks. In November 2008 he joined Morrison to play Astral Weeks in its entirety at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California. A vinyl LP and CD from these concerts entitled Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl were released in February 2009.[2]

Berliner is an original member of Rob Fisher's Coffee Club Orchestra on Garrison Keillor's American Radio Company and later at City Center's Encores series. He is also an original member of the Guys All-Star Shoe Band on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion. He has performed in concert with William Warfield and Earl Wild at the Lewisohn Stadium, at Town Hall with Andrea Velis, and with Charles Bressler, playing the American premier performance of songs for tenor and guitar by William Walton and Benjamin Britten. In 2009, he played banjo, mandolin, and baritone ukulele onstage in the Broadway show Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre.

Awards

Berliner has won seven NARAS Most Valuable Player awards as well as the NARAS MVP Virtuoso Award in 1986.

Discography

As leader

  • Bananas Are Not Created Equal (Mainstream, 1972)
  • The Guitar Session with Gene Bertoncini (Philips, 1977)
  • Erotic Guitars (Jonella, 1984)
  • Romantic Guitars (Special Music Company, 1987)

As sideman

With Harry Belafonte

With Ron Carter

With Cynthia Crane

  • Smoky Bar Songs for the No Smoking Section (Lookoutjazz, 1994)
  • Blue Rendezvous (Lookoutjazz, 1995)
  • Cynthia's in Love (Lookoutjazz, 1997)

With Blossom Dearie

  • My New Celebrity Is You (Daffodil, 1976)
  • Positively (Daffodil, 1983)
  • Songs of Chelsea (Daffodil, 1987)
  • Christmas Spice So Very Nice (Daffodil, 1991)
  • Tweedledum and Tweedledee (Daffodil, 1991)

With Nellie McKay

  • Get Away from Me (Columbia, 2004)
  • Pretty Little Head (Hungry Mouse, 2006)
  • Normal as Blueberry Pie (Verve, 2009)

With Charles Mingus

With Van Morrison

With others

References

  1. ^ "Jay Berliner | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Van Morrison Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl". vanmorrison.com. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
  • Van Morrison Royal Albert Hall London The Guardian by Robin Denselow, Monday 20 April 2009
  • Up on Cypress Avenue again with Van the Man The Observer by Kevin Mitchell, Sunday 26 April 2009
  • Distinctive Voices Display the Vigor of the Cabarets The New York Times, John S. Wilson, December 11, 1983, Retrieved on April 28, 2009

External links

  • AllMusic
  • Discogs.com
  • Tim Page, "Van Morrison, Re-Exploring the Mystery of His Astral Vision", The Washington Post, Nov. 10, 2008, p. C01

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Japan as a banjo soloist performed at The White House and at the Metropolitan Opera with Barbara Cook Audra McDonald Josh Groban and Elaine Stritch which was recorded live for DRG Records His solo albums include Bananas Are Not Created Equal Romantic Guitars Erotic Guitars three classical albums for Nippon Columbia and three classical albums for Spanish Music Center Records He can be heard on Romantic Sea of Tranquility under the pseudonym Chris Valentino Berliner began playing as a studio musician in the early 1960s Since then he has made more than 13 000 recording sessions for records commercials and films He has played on albums by Charles Mingus including The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady and Ron Carter George Benson s White Rabbit Stephane Grappeli s Uptown Dance Deodato s Also Sprach Zarathustra and Milt Jackson s Sunflower He recorded with singers Andrea Bocelli Debby Boone Kristin Chenoweth Perry Como Harry Connick Jr Sammy Davis Jr Blossom Dearie Sergio Franchi Astrud Gilberto Rupert Holmes Bernadette Peters Frank Sinatra Jerry Vale Frankie Valli and Russell Watson 1 He played on Van Morrison s 1968 album Astral Weeks In November 2008 he joined Morrison to play Astral Weeks in its entirety at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles California A vinyl LP and CD from these concerts entitled Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl were released in February 2009 2 Berliner is an original member of Rob Fisher s Coffee Club Orchestra on Garrison Keillor s American Radio Company and later at City Center s Encores series He is also an original member of the Guys All Star Shoe Band on Garrison Keillor s A Prairie Home Companion He has performed in concert with William Warfield and Earl Wild at the Lewisohn Stadium at Town Hall with Andrea Velis and with Charles Bressler playing the American premier performance of songs for tenor and guitar by William Walton and Benjamin Britten In 2009 he played banjo mandolin and baritone ukulele onstage in the Broadway show Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre Awards EditBerliner has won seven NARAS Most Valuable Player awards as well as the NARAS MVP Virtuoso Award in 1986 Discography EditAs leader Edit Bananas Are Not Created Equal Mainstream 1972 The Guitar Session with Gene Bertoncini Philips 1977 Erotic Guitars Jonella 1984 Romantic Guitars Special Music Company 1987 As sideman Edit With Harry Belafonte The Many Moods of Belafonte RCA Victor 1962 Streets I Have Walked RCA Victor 1963 Belafonte at The Greek Theatre RCA Victor 1963 Ballads Blues and Boasters RCA Victor 1964 An Evening with Belafonte Makeba RCA Victor 1965 An Evening with Belafonte Mouskouri RCA Victor 1966 Play Me RCA 1973 Loving You Is Where I Belong CBS 1981 With Ron Carter Spanish Blue CTI 1975 Peg Leg Milestone 1978 A Song for You Milestone 1978 New York Slick Milestone 1979 Empire Jazz RSO 1980 With Cynthia Crane Smoky Bar Songs for the No Smoking Section Lookoutjazz 1994 Blue Rendezvous Lookoutjazz 1995 Cynthia s in Love Lookoutjazz 1997 With Blossom Dearie My New Celebrity Is You Daffodil 1976 Positively Daffodil 1983 Songs of Chelsea Daffodil 1987 Christmas Spice So Very Nice Daffodil 1991 Tweedledum and Tweedledee Daffodil 1991 With Nellie McKay Get Away from Me Columbia 2004 Pretty Little Head Hungry Mouse 2006 Normal as Blueberry Pie Verve 2009 With Charles Mingus The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Impulse 1963 Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Impulse 1964 With Van Morrison Astral Weeks Warner Bros 1968 Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl Listen to the Lion 2009 Versatile Exile Caroline 2017 Three Chords amp the Truth Exile Caroline 2019 With others Harry Allen I Can See Forever BMG 2002 Harry Allen If Ever You Were Mine BMG 2003 The Arbors Featuring I Can t Quit Her Date 1969 Burt Bacharach Futures A amp M 1977 George Benson White Rabbit CTI 1972 Leon Bibb Cherries amp Plums Liberty 1964 Robert Bonfiglio Romances High Harmony 1991 Robert Bonfiglio Live at the Grand Canyon High Harmony 1994 Don Byron Don Byron Plays the Music of Mickey Katz Elektra Nonesuch 1993 Barbara Carroll From the Beginning United Artists 1977 James Carter Chasin the Gypsy Atlantic 2000 Jimmy Castor Maximum Stimulation Atlantic 1977 Kristin Chenoweth Let Yourself Go Sony 2001 Judy Collins Bread and Roses Elektra 1976 Judy Collins Classic Broadway Platinum 1999 Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen Elektra 2004 Harry Connick Jr When Harry Met Sally Columbia 1989 Billy Crawford Billy Crawford V2 1998 Cryer amp Ford Cryer amp Ford RCA Victor 1975 Eumir Deodato Prelude CBS 1973 Paul Desmond Summertime A amp M 1968 Trudy Desmond Make Me Rainbows Koch 1995 Lou Donaldson Sophisticated Lou Blue Note 1973 Charles Earland Coming to You Live Columbia 1980 Billy Eckstine I Am a Singer Kimbo 1984 Fania All Stars Spanish Fever Columbia 1978 Joe Farrell La Catedral y El Toro Warner Bros 1977 Sergio Franchi Wine and Song RCA Victor 1968 James Galway The Wind Beneath My Wings RCA Victor Astrud Gilberto That Girl from Ipanema Image 1977 Stephane Grappelli Uptown Dance Columbia 1978 Urbie Green 21 Trombones Rock Blues Jazz Volume Two Project 3 Total Sound 1969 David Hess Sunshine Path Diggler 2005 Rupert Holmes Widescreen Epic 1974 Dick Hyman Moog Command 1969 Solomon Ilori African High Life Blue Note 1963 Jackie and Roy Time amp Love CTI 1972 Milt Jackson Sunflower CTI 1973 Grace Jones Bulletproof Heart Capitol 1989 Yuki Kajiura Fiction Victor 2003 John Kander Fred Ebb Chicago the Musical RCA Victor 1997 Steve Karmen Reconnecting Struttin 1979 Morgana King New Beginnings Paramount 1973 Ithamara Koorax Serenade in Blue Milestone 2000 Ithamara Koorax All Around the World Jazz Vision 2014 Ute Lemper Punishing Kiss Decca 2000 Jay Leonhart Two Lane Highways Kado 1992 Enoch Light Enoch Light and the Glittering Guitars Project 3 Total Sound 1969 Enoch Light Big Hits of the Seventies Vol 2 Project 3 Total Sound 1975 Herbie Mann Glory of Love A amp M 1967 Helen Merrill amp Gil Evans Collaboration EmArcy 1988 Bette Midler Bathhouse Betty Warner Bros 1998 Airto Moreira Free CTI 1972 Tony Mottola Tony Mottola s Guitar Factory Project Alphonse Mouzon Leave That Boy Alone Vanguard 1980 Laura Nyro More Than a New Discovery Verve Folkways 1966 John Pizzarelli Let s Share Christmas RCA 1996 Robert Palmer Ridin High EMI 1992 Bernard Purdie Soul Is Pretty Purdie Flying Dutchman 1972 Kevin Rowland The Wanderer Mercury 1988 Warren Schatz Warren Schatz Columbia 1971 Marlena Shaw Marlena Blue Note 1972 Bobby Short You re the Top Telarc 1999 Carly Simon Torch Warner Bros 1981 Carly Simon Have You Seen Me Lately Arista 1990 Luis Spinetta Only Love Can Sustain Columbia 1980 Grady Tate Feeling Life Skye 1969 Grady Tate Body amp Soul Milestone 1993 Nino Tempo Tenor Saxophone Atlantic 1990 Buddy Terry Lean on Him Mainstream 1972 Tom Tom Club Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom Fontana 1988 Mary Travers Morning Glory Warner Bros 1972 Twinn Connexion Twinn Connexion Decca 1968 Stanley Turrentine Inflation Elektra 1980 Frankie Valli Lady Put the Light Out Private Stock 1977 Grover Washington Jr Soul Box Kudu 1973 Russell Watson Encore Decca 2001 References Edit Jay Berliner Credits AllMusic Retrieved 25 May 2019 Van Morrison Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl vanmorrison com Retrieved 2008 10 02 Van Morrison Royal Albert Hall London The Guardian by Robin Denselow Monday 20 April 2009 Up on Cypress Avenue again with Van the Man The Observer by Kevin Mitchell Sunday 26 April 2009 Distinctive Voices Display the Vigor of the Cabarets The New York Times John S Wilson December 11 1983 Retrieved on April 28 2009External links EditAllMusic Discogs com Tim Page Van Morrison Re Exploring the Mystery of His Astral Vision The Washington Post Nov 10 2008 p C01 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jay Berliner amp oldid 1112823761, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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