Jazz Articles about Berkana

Berkana: Berkana

by Walter Kolosky
July 3, 2005

Berkana is an electric fusion trio comprised of guitarist Nat Janoff, keyboard player Rave Tesar, and drummer Ray Levier. I have favorably reviewed two albums by Janoff in the past. His most recent CD, Looking Through, was quite impressive and set a very high bar for subsequent efforts. Tesar and Levier are heard for the first time on Berkana's self-titled debut.

The disc starts out with a bang with the Levier-penned “Whack, which comes at you the way the word ...