Sasha Berliner at Ronnie Scott's

Berliner presents Fantome, a salient statement that cries to take the music for what it is and to leave the brute force of categorizing jazz music behind.

“Fantome is about creating moods, making new interpretations of familiar songs or phrases, and presenting instrumental configurations that have rarely been done or explored before,” Berliner explains. “It's about not arguing what should or shouldn't be but just accepting what is, without attempting to categorize it or figure it out every step of the way.”

The music is an appeal to audiences and musicians to listen and to create...

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Berliner presents Fantome, a salient statement that cries to take the music for what it is and to leave the brute force of categorizing jazz music behind.

“Fantome is about creating moods, making new interpretations of familiar songs or phrases, and presenting instrumental configurations that have rarely been done or explored before,” Berliner explains. “It's about not arguing what should or shouldn't be but just accepting what is, without attempting to categorize it or figure it out every step of the way.”

The music is an appeal to audiences and musicians to listen and to create. “The boxing in of the music is phantom– it doesn't exist, and it doesn't need to in order to give the music validity,” Berliner says.

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