Chris Bergson and Neal Miner at 55 Bar

Chris Bergson - acoustic and electric guitar, vocals
Neal Miner - bass

"Chris Bergson plays the kind of guitar you can build a house on - it's B.B. meets Steve Cropper meets John Scofield."
- Ross Rice, ROLL Magazine

"Miner's uncontrived projection of this lexicon's spirit raises the music appreciably above the generic."
- Bill Shoemaker, Downbeat

“A superb disc… Chris and Neal choose naturalness over artifice — so that the disc has the sound and heft of two brilliantly relaxed friends making music for themselves or, at most, a few friends — the site someone’s living room....

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Chris Bergson - acoustic and electric guitar, vocals
Neal Miner - bass

"Chris Bergson plays the kind of guitar you can build a house on - it's B.B. meets Steve Cropper meets John Scofield."
- Ross Rice, ROLL Magazine

"Miner's uncontrived projection of this lexicon's spirit raises the music appreciably above the generic."
- Bill Shoemaker, Downbeat

“A superb disc… Chris and Neal choose naturalness over artifice — so that the disc has the sound and heft of two brilliantly relaxed friends making music for themselves or, at most, a few friends — the site someone’s living room.
And the music is wonderfully varied — from Monk, Rodgers, Van Heusen, Berlin, Schertzinger, Schwartz — to Ray Charles and a few originals."
- Michael Steinman, Jazz Lives

Acclaimed jazz and blues guitarist/singer Chris Bergson and premier NY bassist Neal Miner (Jane Monheit) have been playing together for over 15 years including backing singers Annie Ross and Norah Jones. Tonight, they will be performing music from their recently released duo CD, Play Date on Gut String Records. Click here to watch a video about the making of the album: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxcSolXfgcY&feature=youtu.be

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