Jay Berliner (born May 24, 1940 in

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) is an American

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who has worked with

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Charles Mingus Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, pianist, composer, bandleader, and author. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered to be one of the greatest jazz musicians an ...

, and

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, among others. Jay Berliner

Career

Berliner had his first television experience at age seven with his sister Eve on ''The Children's Hour'' on NBC. He was the guitarist for

in the early to mid-1960s, appearing on many of Belafonte's recordings and playing in venues around the world. At the

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house in Manhattan he was house guitarist and mandolinist, toured Japan as a banjo soloist, performed at

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, and at the Metropolitan Opera with

Barbara Cook Barbara Cook (October 25, 1927 – August 8, 2017) was an American actress and singer who first came to prominence in the 1950s as the lead in the original Broadway musicals '' Plain and Fancy'' (1955), ''Candide'' (1956) and ''The Music Man'' ( ...

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, and

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, which was recorded live for DRG Records. His solo albums include ''Bananas Are Not Created Equal'', ''Romantic Guitars'', ''Erotic Guitars'', three classical albums for Nippon-Columbia, and three classical albums for Spanish Music Center Records. He can be heard on ''Romantic Sea of Tranquility'' under the pseudonym "Chris Valentino." Berliner began playing as a studio musician in the early 1960s. Since then he has made more than 13,000 recording sessions for records, commercials and films. He has played on albums by

(including ''

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'') and

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's ''White Rabbit,'' Stephane Grappeli's ''Uptown Dance,'' Deodato's ''Also Sprach Zarathustra'', and

Milt Jackson Milton Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999), nicknamed "Bags", was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging so ...

's ''Sunflower''. He recorded with singers

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Debby Boone Deborah Anne Boone (born September 22, 1956) is an American singer, author, and actress. She is best known for her 1977 hit, " You Light Up My Life", which spent ten weeks at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and led to her winning the ...

Kristin Chenoweth Kristin Dawn Chenoweth (; born Kristi Dawn Chenoweth; July 24, 1968)Kristin Cheno ...

Perry Como Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (; May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an Italian-American singer, actor and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century, he recorded exclusively for RCA Victor for 44 years, after signin ...

, Harry Connick Jr., Sammy Davis Jr.,

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, Sergio Franchi,

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, Rupert Holmes, Bernadette Peters,

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Jerry Vale Jerry Vale (born Gennaro Louis Vitaliano; July 8, 1930 – May 18, 2014) was an American singer, songwriter and actor. During the 1950s and 1960s, he reached the top of the pop charts with his interpretations of romantic ballads, including a cover ...

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, and Russell Watson. He played on

's 1968 album ''

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''. In November 2008 he joined Morrison to play ''Astral Weeks'' in its entirety at the

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in Los Angeles, California. A vinyl LP and CD from these concerts entitled ''

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'' were released in February 2009. Berliner is an original member of Rob Fisher's Coffee Club Orchestra on

Garrison Keillor Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor (; born August 7, 1942) is an American author, singer, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He created the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) show ''A Prairie Home Companion'' (called ''Garrison Keillor's Radi ...

's ''American Radio Company'' and later at City Center's Encores series. He is also an original member of the Guys All-Star Shoe Band on Garrison Keillor's ''A Prairie Home Companion''. He has performed in concert with William Warfield and Earl Wild at the Lewisohn Stadium, at Town Hall with Andrea Velis, and with Charles Bressler, playing the American premier performance of songs for

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and

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and

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. In 2009, he played

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, and baritone

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onstage in the Broadway show ''

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'' at the Ambassador Theatre.

Awards

Berliner has won seven

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Most Valuable Player awards as well as the NARAS MVP Virtuoso Award in 1986.

Discography

As leader

* ''Bananas Are Not Created Equal'' (Mainstream, 1972) * ''The Guitar Session'' with Gene Bertoncini (Philips, 1977) * ''Erotic Guitars'' (Jonella, 1984) * ''Romantic Guitars'' (Special Music Company, 1987)

As sideman

With

* ''

The Many Moods of Belafonte ''The Many Moods of Belafonte'' is an album by Harry Belafonte, released by RCA Victor (LSP-2574) in 1962. The album features performances by South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela and vocalist Miriam Makeba. Track listing #"Tongue Tie Baby" (Will ...

'' (RCA Victor, 1962) * ''

Streets I Have Walked ''Streets I Have Walked'' is an album by Harry Belafonte, released in 1963. Allmusic entry for ''Streets I Have Walked''Retrieved October 2009. The album contains songs from around the world as well as gospel songs. It reached #30 on the Billboar ...

'' (RCA Victor, 1963) * ''

Belafonte at The Greek Theatre ''Belafonte at The Greek Theatre'' is a live double album by Harry Belafonte, released by RCA Victor in 1963. Allmusic entry for ''Belafonte at The Greek Theatre''Retrieved October 2009. It was his last album to appear in ''Billboard's'' Top 40. ...

'' (RCA Victor, 1963) * '' Ballads, Blues and Boasters'' (RCA Victor 1964) * '' An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba'' (RCA Victor, 1965) * '' An Evening with Belafonte/Mouskouri'' (RCA Victor, 1966) * ''

Play Me "Play Me" is a 1972 song by Neil Diamond from his album '' Moods''. The song, the first single from ''Moods'', was recorded in February 1972 in Los Angeles. It was released as a single in May 1972 and peaked at #11 in the United States in Septemb ...

'' (RCA, 1973) * ''

Loving You Is Where I Belong ''Loving You is Where I Belong'' is an album by Harry Belafonte, released in 1981. Allmusic entry for ''Loving You is Where I Belong''Retrieved November 2009. Track listing # "Something to Hold Onto" (Gene Pistilli, Walter Murphy) – 3:55 # "Mar ...

'' (CBS, 1981) With

* ''

Spanish Blue Spanish Blue is the second single released by Australian rock group, The Triffids in 1982. The single was produced by Les Karski ( The Nauts, Ray Arnott, Midnight Oil) for the White Label Records imprint of Mushroom Records, owned by Michael Gudi ...

'' (CTI, 1975) * '' Peg Leg'' (Milestone, 1978) * ''

A Song for You "A Song for You" is a song written and originally recorded by rock singer and pianist Leon Russell for his first solo album '' Leon Russell'', which was released in 1970 on Shelter Records. A slow, pained plea for forgiveness and understand ...

'' (Milestone, 1978) * '' New York Slick'' (Milestone, 1979) * '' Empire Jazz'' (RSO, 1980) With

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* ''Smoky Bar Songs for the No Smoking Section'' (Lookoutjazz, 1994) * ''Blue Rendezvous'' (Lookoutjazz, 1995) * ''Cynthia's in Love'' (Lookoutjazz, 1997) With

* ''My New Celebrity Is You'' (Daffodil, 1976) * ''Positively'' (Daffodil, 1983) * '' Songs of Chelsea'' (Daffodil, 1987) * ''Christmas Spice So Very Nice'' (Daffodil, 1991) * ''Tweedledum and Tweedledee'' (Daffodil, 1991) With Nellie McKay * ''Get Away from Me'' (Columbia, 2004) * ''Pretty Little Head'' (Hungry Mouse, 2006) * ''Normal as Blueberry Pie'' (Verve, 2009) With

* ''

'' (Impulse!, 1963) * '' Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus'' (Impulse!, 1964) With

* ''

'' (Warner Bros., 1968) * ''

'' (Listen to the Lion, 2009) * ''Versatile'' (Exile/Caroline 2017) * ''Three Chords & the Truth'' (Exile/Caroline 2019) With others * Harry Allen, ''I Can See Forever'' (BMG, 2002) * Harry Allen, ''If Ever You Were Mine'' (BMG, 2003) * The Arbors, ''Featuring: I Can't Quit Her'' (Date 1969) *

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, ''Futures'' (A&M, 1977) *

, ''

White Rabbit The White Rabbit is a fictional and anthropomorphic character in Lewis Carroll's 1865 book ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. He appears at the very beginning of the book, in chapter one, wearing a waistcoat, and muttering "Oh dear! Oh dear! ...

'' (CTI, 1972) *

Leon Bibb Leon Bibb (born October 5, 1944 in Butler, Alabama) is an American news anchor and commentator for WKYC in Cleveland, Ohio, and was a member of the BGSU Board of Trustees. Leon Bibb was the first African American primetime news anchor in Ohio. ...

, ''Cherries & Plums'' (Liberty, 1964) * Robert Bonfiglio, ''Romances'' (High Harmony, 1991) * Robert Bonfiglio, ''Live at the Grand Canyon'' (High Harmony, 1994) *

Don Byron Donald Byron (born November 8, 1958) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. He primarily plays clarinet but has also played bass clarinet and saxophone in a variety of genres that includes free jazz and klezmer. Biography His mother w ...

, '' Don Byron Plays the Music of Mickey Katz'' (Elektra Nonesuch, 1993) * Barbara Carroll, ''From the Beginning'' (United Artists, 1977) * James Carter, ''

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'' (Atlantic, 2000) *

Jimmy Castor James Walter Castor (January 23, 1940 – January 16, 2012) was an American funk, R&B, and soul musician. He is credited with vocals, saxophone and composition. He is best known for songs such as "It's Just Begun", " The Bertha Butt Boogie", an ...

, ''Maximum Stimulation'' (Atlantic, 1977) *

Kristin Chenoweth Kristin Dawn Chenoweth (; born Kristi Dawn Chenoweth; July 24, 1968)Kristin Cheno ...

, ''Let Yourself Go'' (Sony, 2001) *

Judy Collins Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter and musician with a career spanning seven decades. An Academy Award-nominated documentary director and a Grammy Award-winning recording artist, she is known for her ec ...

, ''

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'' (Elektra, 1976) * Judy Collins, ''Classic Broadway'' (Platinum 1999) * Judy Collins, ''Sings Leonard Cohen'' (Elektra, 2004) * Harry Connick Jr., ''When Harry Met Sally'' (Columbia, 1989) * Billy Crawford, ''Billy Crawford'' (V2, 1998) * Cryer & Ford, ''Cryer & Ford'' (RCA Victor, 1975) *

Eumir Deodato Eumir Deodato de Almeida (; born 22 June 1942) is a Brazilian pianist, composer, arranger and record producer, primarily in jazz but who has been known for his eclectic melding of genres, such as pop, rock, disco, rhythm and blues, classical, ...

, '' Prelude'' (CBS, 1973) *

Paul Desmond Paul Desmond (born Paul Emil Breitenfeld; November 25, 1924 – May 30, 1977) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer, best known for his work with the Dave Brubeck Quartet and for composing that group's biggest hit, " Take Five". He ...

, '' Summertime'' (A&M, 1968) *

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, ''Make Me Rainbows'' (Koch, 1995) * Lou Donaldson, '' Sophisticated Lou'' (Blue Note, 1973) *

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, ''Coming to You Live'' (Columbia, 1980) *

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, ''I Am a Singer'' (Kimbo, 1984) *

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, ''Spanish Fever'' (Columbia, 1978) * Joe Farrell, ''La Catedral y El Toro'' (Warner Bros., 1977) * Sergio Franchi, ''Wine and Song'' (RCA Victor, 1968) *

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, ''The Wind Beneath My Wings'' (RCA Victor,) *

, ''That Girl from Ipanema'' (Image, 1977) *

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, ''Uptown Dance'' (Columbia, 1978) * Urbie Green, ''21 Trombones Rock/Blues/Jazz Volume Two'' (Project 3 Total Sound, 1969) * David Hess, ''Sunshine Path'' (Diggler, 2005) * Rupert Holmes, ''Widescreen'' (Epic, 1974) *

Dick Hyman Richard Hyman (born March 8, 1927) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Over a 70-year career, he has worked as a pianist, organist, arranger, music director, electronic musician, and composer. He was named a National Endowment for the Ar ...

, ''Moog'' (Command, 1969) *

Solomon Ilori Solomon Gbadegesin Ilori (born c. 1934) is a Nigerian drummer and percussionist who moved to New York City in 1958 and collaborated with jazz artists such as Art Blakey and Harry Belafonte before recording his debut album for Blue Note Records in ...

, '' African High Life'' (Blue Note, 1963) *

Jackie and Roy Jackie and Roy was an American jazz vocal team consisting of husband and wife singer Jackie Cain (1928-2014) and singer/pianist Roy Kral (1921-2002). They sang together for 56 years and made almost 40 albums. Kral's 2002 obituary in ''The New ...

, ''

Time & Love ''Time & Love'' is an album by American vocalists Jackie Cain and Roy Kral featuring performances recorded in 1972 and released on the CTI label.

'' (CTI, 1972) *

, ''

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'' (CTI, 1973) *

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, ''

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'' (Capitol, 1989) * Yuki Kajiura, ''Fiction'' (Victor, 2003) * John Kander,

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, ''Chicago the Musical'' (RCA Victor, 1997) *

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, ''Reconnecting'' (Struttin, 1979) * Morgana King, ''New Beginnings'' (Paramount, 1973) * Ithamara Koorax, ''Serenade in Blue'' (Milestone, 2000) * Ithamara Koorax, ''All Around the World'' (Jazz Vision, 2014) *

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, ''Punishing Kiss'' (Decca, 2000) * Jay Leonhart, ''Two Lane Highways'' (Kado, 1992) *

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, ''Enoch Light and the Glittering Guitars'' (Project 3 Total Sound, 1969) * Enoch Light, ''Big Hits of the Seventies Vol. 2'' (Project 3 Total Sound, 1975) *

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, ''

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'' (A&M, 1967) *

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, ''

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'' (EmArcy, 1988) *

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, '' Bathhouse Betty'' (Warner Bros., 1998) *

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, '' Free'' (CTI, 1972) *

Tony Mottola Anthony C. Mottola (April 18, 1918 – August 9, 2004) was an American jazz guitarist who released dozens of solo albums. Mottola was born in Kearny, New Jersey and died in Denville. Career Like many of his contemporaries, Mottola began ...

, ''Tony Mottola's Guitar Factory'' (Project) *

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, ''Leave That Boy Alone!'' (Vanguard, 1980) *

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, '' More Than a New Discovery'' (Verve Folkways, 1966) *

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, ''Let's Share Christmas'' (RCA, 1996) * Robert Palmer, '' Ridin' High'' (EMI, 1992) *

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, '' Soul Is... Pretty Purdie'' (Flying Dutchman, 1972) *

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, ''The Wanderer'' (Mercury, 1988) * Warren Schatz, ''Warren Schatz'' (Columbia, 1971) *

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, '' Marlena'' (Blue Note, 1972) * Bobby Short, ''You're the Top'' (Telarc, 1999) *

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, ''

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'' (Warner Bros., 1981) * Carly Simon, '' Have You Seen Me Lately'' (Arista, 1990) * Luis Spinetta, ''Only Love Can Sustain'' (Columbia, 1980) *

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, ''Feeling Life'' (Skye, 1969) * Grady Tate, ''Body & Soul'' (Milestone, 1993) * Nino Tempo, ''Tenor Saxophone'' (Atlantic, 1990) * Buddy Terry, '' Lean on Him'' (Mainstream, 1972) *

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, ''Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom'' (Fontana, 1988) * Mary Travers, ''Morning Glory'' (Warner Bros., 1972) * Twinn Connexion, ''Twinn Connexion'' (Decca, 1968) *

Stanley Turrentine Stanley William Turrentine (April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He began his career playing R&B for Earl Bostic and later soul jazz recording for the Blue Note label from 1960, touched on jazz fusion ...

, ''Inflation'' (Elektra, 1980) *

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Lady Put the Light Out ''Lady Put the Light Out'' is an album by Frankie Valli, released in November 1977 on the Private Stock label. Background, composition and recording Frankie Valli assembled some New York City session players for the album ''Lady Put the Light O ...

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Grover Washington Jr. Grover Washington Jr. (December 12, 1943 – December 17, 1999) was an American jazz-funk and soul-jazz saxophonist. Along with Wes Montgomery and George Benson, he is considered by many to be one of the founders of the smooth jazz genre. He w ...

, ''Soul Box'' (Kudu, 1973) * Russell Watson, ''

Encore An encore is an additional performance given by performers after the planned show has ended, usually in response to extended applause from the audience.Lalange Cochrane, in ''Oxford Companion to Music'', Alison Latham, ed., Oxford University Pre ...

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References

Van Morrison Royal Albert Hall London
The Guardian by Robin Denselow, Monday 20 April 2009
Up on Cypress Avenue again with Van the Man
The Observer by Kevin Mitchell, Sunday 26 April 2009

''The New York Times'', John S. Wilson, December 11, 1983, Retrieved on April 28, 2009

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