Three distinguished proponents of the jazz-based avant-garde, or new music, scene converge for a somewhat frenetic encounter of musical minds on The River Of Sounds. Pianist Borah Bergman's Cecil Taylor-like excursions are enhanced and personalized by his acute sense of rhythm, inquisitive statements, intervallic leaps, and gargantuan block chords. On the sixteen-minute opener titled “Jim," the ...

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The River Of Sounds

By Borah Bergman

Label: Tzadik
Released: 2001

Album

"A New Organization" Live at the Knitting Factory

By Borah Bergman

Label: Soul Note
Released: 1999

Album

A New Organization

By Borah Bergman

Label: Tzadik
Released: 1999

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Borah Bergman/Oliver Lake: A New Organization

by Robert Spencer
May 1, 1999

Borah Bergman plies his unique off-kilter lyricism here in the company of Oliver Lake, who shares his ability to deflect melodic progressions into unexpected areas. This particular duo combination can set off as many sparks as one might expect: many of the tracks contain a good deal of pedal-to-the-floor intensity, but there is more than just ...

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Borah Bergman & Oliver Lake: "A New Organization" Live at the Knitting Factory

by Glenn Astarita
April 1, 1999

New York based modern jazz pianist Borah Bergman and alto-soprano saxophonist Oliver Lake go at it in a series of highly interactive duets recorded “Live at the Knitting Factory”. On “A New Organization” the duo provide plenty of expressive dialogue and seemingly intuitive improvisations while Oliver Lake, a long-standing member of the World Saxophone Quartet revisits ...