Berliner Jazz

05/27/2018

I'm excited to be playing out at Irregardless Cafe in Raleigh, Saturday June 9th. I'll be with the Doug Largent trio. Hope to see you there. Here's an interview with Doug for my new music blog.

I first heard Doug Largent's trio play at a Carrboro Music Festival gig a few years back at the Open Eye coffeehouse. It was a thrill to hear that Hammond organ sound up-close in this setting. They...

01/28/2018

a blue song for a kinda gray day

Doug Largent, organ; Michael Berliner, vocal

12/18/2017

LITTLE-KNOWN VERSE
The sun is shining, the grass is green
The orange and palm trees sway

There's never been such a day
In Beverly Hills, L. A.

But it's December the 24th
And I'm longing to be up north ....

VERY FAMOUS CHORUS
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know.
Where the treetops glisten,
And children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow.

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write.
May your days be merry and bright.
And may all your Christmases be white.

12/08/2017

This is a good song for a Friday...

by Bob Dorough and Fran Landesman. Recorded at Squeaky Door Studios, Carrboro, NC. Doug Largent, organ. Michael Berliner, vocal.

12/05/2017

A little swoony, croony tune... for a Tuesday afternoon. Enjoy y'all.

Music and lyrics by Harry Connick, Jr. Performed by Michael Berliner, vocals, with the Doug Largent Trio: Casey Overton, guitar, Donavan Cheatham, drums, and Doug…

11/21/2017

As cold temps creep in, it's nice to think back to summer. I have lots of warm feelings when I think of the UNC Summer Jazz Workshop (thanks Stephen Anderson, Kobie Watkins, Kate McGarry, Ed Paolantonio for a great week!) One serendipitous thing that happened was in vocal workshop with Kate:
Kate: What are you singing this week in your combo?
Me: It Could Happen to You.
Kate: Cool! Great song.... Would you be interested in learning Chet Baker's vocal s**t solo?
Me: Really? Wow. Yeah!
(Kate reaches into her bag and hands me a transcription of it)
Serendipity... Thankful...

Classic swing tune by Jimmy van Heusen and Johnny Burke. Michael Berliner vocals with the Doug Largent Trio: Doug Largent, organ, Donovan Cheatham, drums, Casey…

11/08/2017

Great fun to be singing with the Doug Largent Trio!

04/24/2017

"The Way You Look Tonight" by Jerome Kern, with the wonderful Alison Weiner on piano. For other tunes, check out the Videos tab

Covering this classic American standard by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields; at Studio Mahalo with Alison Weiner, piano

04/24/2017

"Some Other Time" - a favorite of mine by Leonard Bernstein. With Alison Weiner, Rick Keena, David Shore, and Rochelle Frederick. To hear other tunes check out the Videos tab.

From the Broadway musical "On The Town" (mus: Leonard Bernstein, lyr: Betty Comden and Adolph Green). Alison Weiner piano. Rick Keena bass. David Shore drums...

02/06/2016

I'm putting up some VO work and singing on SoundCloud. Please enjoy this demo of animation work!

My demo of voices for animation projects. Listen to more and get in touch: www.berlinervoices.com.

01/29/2016

"On Broadway" Actually, a few miles south, in Durham... with the rest of Swing Low Jazz (Pete Goldberg, Spence Foscue, Eric Meyer)

At the West End Wine Bar of Durham, Swing Low Jazz did a set of tunes from the movies. This is a favorite, as featured in Bob Fosse's All That Jazz. Michael ...

01/26/2016

At West End Wine Bar of Durham

Swing Low Jazz presents EE O Eleven, by Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen from the movie Ocean's Eleven (original version starring Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, ...