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Shelton Berg |
Born: August 18, 1955
Shelly is an accomplished jazz pianist, composer, orchestrator and educator. He is a concord recording artist, and has released solo CD’s on the CARS and DMP labels. A finalist in the 1988 Great American Jazz Piano Competition (PBS television), he is the pianist and arranger for trombonist Bill Watrous, and has appeared and/or recorded with a wide range of jazz legends.
Shelly composing for network television series includes HBO’s “Dennis Miller Live,” ABC’s “Fudge” and CBS’s “A League Of Their Own”. His film orchestration credits include the Warner Bros. release “Almost Heroes,” and “Three To Tango,” as well as the Fix film “Men Of Honor.” He has orchestrated for rock superstars Chicago, KISS, Joe Cocker and Richard Marx, and has written for the Royal Philharmonic and American Symphony, as well as orchestras in Los Angeles, Houston, Boston, Chicago and Atlanta. Shelly composed the official theme song for the 1986 U.S. Olympic Festival; noted film composer Johnny Mandell called his orchestrations “magnificent…incredible.”
Past President of the International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE) and professor of Jazz Studies at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. He has appeared as lecturer, performer and clinician throughout the United States as well as in Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Japan. He has published numerous compositions for jazz ensemble, and is the author of Kendor’s text, “Jazz Improvisation: The Goal-Note Method”, as well as the “Chop Monster” improvisation series and “Essentials Of Jazz Theory”.
Email: sheltberg@mac.com