Chris Bergson Band with Horns at Jazz Standard

The Chris Bergson Band brings their "gut-busting, horn-bedecked NY blues" (MOJO) to Jazz Standard on Tuesday, July 10th. With MOJO Magazine's #1 Blues Album of 2008, Fall Changes, and #2 Blues Album of 2011, Imitate the Sun, New York guitarist/singer Chris Bergson has established himself as "one of the most inventive songwriters in modern blues music." (Richard Skelly, All Music Guide), creating his own blend of blues, roots and soul. Chris Bergson has performed and/or shared the stage with Hubert Sumlin, Levon Helm, John Hammond, Little Sammy Davis, Etta James, Bettye LaVette, Annie Ross, Norah Jones, Al Foster, and Matt Wilson, to name just a few. MOJO's Tony Russell calls Bergson "a powerful spirit with flavours of Ray Charles and Tom Waits..." and writes of the band that "These guys could strip down the engine of a soulbluesmobile and put it back together blindfold." ...

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The Chris Bergson Band brings their "gut-busting, horn-bedecked NY blues" (MOJO) to Jazz Standard on Tuesday, July 10th. With MOJO Magazine's #1 Blues Album of 2008, Fall Changes, and #2 Blues Album of 2011, Imitate the Sun, New York guitarist/singer Chris Bergson has established himself as "one of the most inventive songwriters in modern blues music." (Richard Skelly, All Music Guide), creating his own blend of blues, roots and soul. Chris Bergson has performed and/or shared the stage with Hubert Sumlin, Levon Helm, John Hammond, Little Sammy Davis, Etta James, Bettye LaVette, Annie Ross, Norah Jones, Al Foster, and Matt Wilson, to name just a few. MOJO's Tony Russell calls Bergson "a powerful spirit with flavours of Ray Charles and Tom Waits..." and writes of the band that "These guys could strip down the engine of a soulbluesmobile and put it back together blindfold."

The Chris Bergson Band with Horns features Steven Bernstein on trumpet and Erik Lawrence on tenor sax (Levon Helm Band), Chris Karlick on baritone sax (Aretha Franklin), organist/pianist Bruce Katz (Gregg Allman), bassist Matt Lindsey (Swamp Cabbage) and drummer Tony Leone (Ollabelle).

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