Saul Berson Quartet

Posted on | November 22, 2007 | No Comments

by Brian Nation

Intricacy
Moco Loco Productions ML-0607

1 Ko Ko (Duke Ellington)
2 What The…? (Saul Berson)
3 Fragile Reality (Saul Berson)
4 Just Do It (Saul Berson)
5 Middle Class Dance (Kim Darwin)
6 Allure (Saul Berson)
7 Just Friends (Klenner)
8 Corner of Cairo & Main (Saul Berson)
9 Well Here’s One (Saul Berson)

Saul Berson – alto sax
Kim Darwin – accordion, piano
Tony Wilson – guitar
Paul Blaney – bass

The Vancouver based Saul Berson Quartet creates an eclectic mix of music incorporating Middle-Eastern overtones with a pinch of Piazzolla thrown in for good measure. It is music that “creates an intense set of Arabian rhythms and…is a delirious mess of tango and Klezmer.

Saul Berson has been exploring an extensive array of stylistic ground for the past 25 years. In addition to leading his own groups, he is a member of the Hard Rubber, NOW and Dal Richards Orchestras as well as the Sephardi-Klezmer band, Tzimmes.

A native of Vancouver, Canada, Saul has recorded and toured North America, Europe and the Middle East with a variety of musicians, including Jaki Byard, Steve Grossman, George Lewis and Barry Guy. He has been described as having a “perfect, burnished saxophone tone that carves new paths through territory we had thought fully mapped.” (Alexander Varty, Georgia Straight).

The Saul Berson Quartet’s first two CD’s, “From Here to Beyond”, and
“Not Here, Not Now” continue to receive critical acclaim as well as radio airplay around the country. “Intricacy” is their latest release.

Recorded April 18, 2006, May 25, 2007, Beatty Lane Studios, Vancouver and Bowen Island BC

Audio samples and ordering information at:

http://cdbaby.com/cd/saulberson

Official CD Release Event
November 22, 2007 at The Cellar, Vancouver BC