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David Berger & The Sultans of Swing: Hindustan
by Elliott Simon
Recording a band in the studio during the peak of a tour can yield a session that reflects the synergy gained from repeated nights on the road. Hindustan is just such an occasion, capturing the breadth of this large, swinging aggregation on a varied program of standards and new music written especially for these players.
David Berger & the Sultans of Swing: Hindustan
by Jack Bowers
David Berger not only leads a terrific band, he also has a wicked sense of humor. Hindustan, the fourth album by his intrepid Sultans of Swing, comes complete with a cover photo of camels being led by turbaned Bedouins across blazing desert sands as the sun sinks slowly in the west. So where was it recorded? ...
Marlowe
By David Berger
Label: Such Sweet Thunder
Released: 2004
Track listing: Windows on the World -- Windows on the World; Jihad: The Price of Oil; Wanted DOA: Osama, Yo Mama; Heroes; Prayer for Peace. Marlowe, Part 1 -- The Bait; On the Scent; Too Much Information; Stakeout in the Rain; El Barrio; Back on the Scent. Marlowe, Part 2 -- Where Am I?; Molasses in January; I Got It; Central Avenue Processional; I Ain't Got It; The Big Push (61:52).
David Berger and the Sultans of Swing: Marlowe
by Jack Bowers
David Berger, an avowed admirer of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, writes, as Ellington and Strayhorn often did, music with a purpose, evocative themes that paint graphic sound pictures designed to summon a visceral response from his audience. And so it is with Berger's latest album, Marlowe, which consists of two suites--"Windows on the World," solemnizing ...
Doin' the Do!
By David Berger
Label: Such Sweet Thunder
Released: 2002
Track listing: Are You Fer It; Makin? Whoopee; Doin? the Do; My Heart Belongs to Daddy; Exacty Like You; Miss Thing; Good Queen Bess; How to Get You Out of My Heart; Do Nothin? Till You Hear from Me; Ya Gotta Live It; Oops, My Bad!; Busy Woman Blues; Birthday Jam (Happy Birthday, Stompy Jones) (58:54).
The Harlem Nutcracker
By David Berger
Label: Such Sweet Thunder
Released: 2002
Track listing: Overture; Attack of the Ghouls; Midnight Stroll; Snowflake Joys; Saturday Night Dance Party; Xmas Be de Place / Sing Out; You Take My Breath Away; Punch Bowl Espa?ol; Marquis Shuffle; Dance of the Floreadores; Peanut Brittle Brigade; Sugar Rum Cherry; Volga Vouty; Swingin' at Club Sweets (56:16).
David Berger and the Sultans of Swing: Doin' the Do!
by Jack Bowers
A generous helping of well-cooked nouveau swing by David Berger's undeniably talented Sultans of Swing that's easy to swallow but doesn't sharpen one's craving for more of the same.Berger arranged everything except the album's bonus track, Duke Ellington / Mildred Hill's “Birthday Jam," which he transcribed. While the charts are admirable, the music itself ...
David Berger and the Sultans of Swing: The Harlem Nutcracker
by Jack Bowers
Hearing The Harlem Nutcracker for the first time is akin to opening a Christmas present, expecting another drab necktie, and finding instead a silver-plated Swiss watch or 24-carat diamond bracelet.Composer / arranger / conductor David Berger has deftly assimilated and amplified Duke Ellington / Billy Strayhorn's luminous Nutcracker Suite, transposing Tchaikovsky's balletic themes into ...
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