Chris Bergson - East River Blues | RECORD RELEASE SHOW
Ft. Chris Bergson (guitar, vocals), Jay Collins (sax, vocals), Dan Loomis (bass), Tony Mason (drums)
The Chris Bergson Band returns to The Falcon to celebrate the release of their new album, East River Blues.
“Bergson's songs always have a bluesy Americana foundation, a hefty dose of soul, and some jazzy leanings in their guitar work (Bergson used to be a student of Jim Hall, after all). But it turns out he is just as proficient at a Southern rock song like ‘Think About It Twice’ or a Booker T. & The M.G.'s-esque instrumental like ‘Moses Supposes.’”— Kevin Passman, Gitarist (Netherlands)
East River Blues, the forthcoming CRS release from internationally acclaimed guitarist/singer Chris Bergson, is a reflection on 30 years of playing music in New York and pays tribute to some of Bergson's biggest blues and jazz influences including Muddy Waters, Ray Charles, as well as heroes from the classic ’60s Blue Note era like Grant Green, Lou Donaldson, and Herbie Hancock.
The album features Bergson in trio with premier bassist Larry Grenadier (John Scofield), master drummer Herlin Riley (Dr. Lonnie Smith), and on three selections, in quartet with longtime bandmate saxophonist Jay Collins (Gregg Allman). East River Blues was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Scott Petito at NRS Recording in Catskill, NY, with album photos and video by Ahron Foster.
Chris Bergson is an internationally acclaimed guitarist, singer, and songwriter. “Chris Bergson plays the kind of guitar you can build a house on – it’s B.B. meets Steve Cropper meets John Scofield.” (ROLL Magazine) Hailed as “the New York street poet with a blues soul” (MOJO) and “one of the most inventive songwriters in modern blues music” (All Music Guide), Bergson is best known as the leader of the Chris Bergson Band. Elmore Magazine calls the Chris Bergson Band “one of the most talented bands playing today...From blazing rock to funk to soul to Delta blues and all that's in between.”
Bergson is also an accomplished sideman who has performed with luminaries across a wide range of genres including Norah Jones, Levon Helm, Hubert Sumlin, The Blues Project, Bernard “Pretty” Purdie, Larry Grenadier, and Al Foster.
The Chris Bergson Band’s 2007 album Fall Changes, recorded at The Band drummer Levon Helm’s studio in Woodstock, New York, was named MOJO Magazine’s Number One Blues Album of the Year in 2008. Bergson was inducted into the New York Blues Hall of Fame as a Master Blues Artist in 2015.
Bergson is also an Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music where he teaches guitar and songwriting. Bergson is a D'Addario Artist and plays McCurdy Guitars.