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Edwin Berg (Oss, 11 december 1972) is een Nederlands jazz-pianist en componist. 
Hij begon op zijn negende met piano spelen en won als solist in 1991 de 1e prijs van het Yamaha Clavinova. 
Het Edwin Berg Trio bestaat uit hemzelf aan de piano, Eric Surménian op bas en Fred Jeanne op slagwerk. 

With Perpetuum, Dutch pianist Edwin Berg and his band mates enter an increasingly crowded field: 
to wit, piano trios that seem, consciously or otherwise, to worship at the shrine of Brad Mehldau. 
Any number of new-ish pianists on the scene have released records ranging in quality from good to excellent. 
Not too populist, without being too studious either; compelling originals but including an ironic mix of covers 
spanning both the Great American and Great Rock Songbooks.

The Berg trio is offering here a mix of strong compositions by trio members (particularly, "Tuna in Pink", "Libellule des sables"); 
a golden oldie (a somewhat awkward "All The Things You Are"); and a real oldie, in the form of a Bach prelude. 
(Berg's passion for the Bach material matches Keith Jarrett's, though he is less rigorous and more swinging.)

Most of all, Perpetuum is marked, as piano-trio records must be, by the pianist's playing; 
in this case, hard-working, intelligent, a little showy in the youthful way, and not afraid to swing.
Fred Jeanne's drumming is loose, playful and informal; on the loping "Amadeus First Dance",
he sounds just like the percussive content of Ali Farka Toure's "Chérie", from his Red (Nonesuch, 2005). 
Bassist Eric Surménian provides solid accompaniment and is well-recorded: a highlight is his solo on "Remembering You".
(Review: Jeff Dayton-Johnson, October 2 2009, allaboutjazz.com)


Personnel: 
Edwin Berg - piano
Eric Surménian - double-bass
Fred Jeanne - drums

foobar2000 1.3.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2017-08-23 13:50:55
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Analyzed: Edwin Berg / Perpetuum
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR13       0.00 dB   -17.55 dB      7:17 01-Perpetuum Prairie
DR11       0.00 dB   -14.30 dB      4:55 02-Libellule Des Sables
DR10       0.00 dB   -14.25 dB      6:49 03-Prelude Bwv 847
DR12       0.00 dB   -15.47 dB      5:50 04-Jaana
DR14      -0.09 dB   -19.65 dB      3:08 05-Herinnering
DR11      -0.10 dB   -15.19 dB      3:39 06-Amadeus First Dance
DR13      -1.82 dB   -19.22 dB      4:37 07-Parisian Thoroughfare
DR12       0.00 dB   -15.51 dB      8:01 08-All The Things You Are
DR12       0.00 dB   -15.47 dB      7:00 09-Ben
DR12       0.00 dB   -14.66 dB      4:29 10-Tuna In Pink
DR14       0.00 dB   -19.31 dB      3:23 11-Voices
DR15      -0.47 dB   -18.48 dB      5:47 12-Remembering You
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Official DR value: DR12

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