"ONE OF THE TEN BEST AND MOST IMPORTANT RELEASES OF 2010" - Philip Booth, JAZZ TIMES.

Pianist and composer Ken Berman has drawn comparisons with an array of jazz piano greats, including Bill Evans, Ramsey Lewis, Keith Jarrett, Joe Sample, Richie Beirach, Vijay Iyer and Aaron Parks. Born in NY, and originally classically trained, Ken studied piano and composition at the University of Michigan and Berklee College of Music, and later with legendary jazz mentors Barry Harris and Charlie Banacos. He has appeared on the famed stages of Carnegie Hall, Yoshi’s, The Fox Theater in Detroit, The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and The Sunside in Paris: he has performed and recorded with Bob Moses, Akira Tana, Kai Eckhardt, John Lockwood, Yoron Israel, Bob Gullotti, Jaleel Shaw, Marc Van Wagenigen, Remi Vignolo, Sarah Manning and others.

The SF Examiner.Com called Ken Berman "a fiercely imaginative pianist" and The East Bay Express praised his album "Looking Forward" as "daring," "original," and "straddling genres," and compared his playing to Vijay Iyer and Aaron Parks. Le Monde praised Ken as "precise and inventive," "fluid and erudite" and hailed him as a performer whose "complex improvisations are imbued with delicate sensuality and brilliance."
Berman's latest album, "Looking Forward," features a kinetic trio with bass virtuoso Kai Eckhardt and the legendary Akira Tana on drums. Jazz critic Scott Yanow writes, "when listening to Ken Berman's trio it is easy to think of Keith Jarrett and Bill Evans, for Berman's chord voicings and his close interplay with his sidemen recall the work of his two predecessors. The difference is that Berman wrote all selections, he never copies Evans or Jarrett, and at times he sounds more advanced than either of them." His albums "Looking Forward" (2010) and "In Mind" (2006) were placed on the rotations at over 50 NPR and Jazz stations nationwide