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BUY OYLAM

Judith Berkson: voice, piano, Wurlitzer and Rhodes pianos, Hammond organ.
Audio sample: Der Leiermann

Arresting and highly original ECM solo debut for New York-based singer Judith Berkson, in a programme that features her own idiosyncratic songs and instrumentals, plus jazz standards (Cole Porter’s “All Of You”, George & Ira Gershwin’s “They Can’t Take That Away From Me”), “Der Leiermann” from Schuberts “Winterreise”, Jewish cantorial music, and Yiddish folk song.

BUY LU-LU

Lu-Lu (Peacock Recordings 2008).
Audio sample: Lu-Lu

"It’s just voice and keyboards on “Lu-Lu,” the first album by the intriguing young singer-pianist Judith Berkson, but there’s nothing lacking. She’s creating an atmosphere one long reverie, and she stamps her own disposition on the broad range of songs she chooses to cover, which include the jazz standards “Darn That Dream” and “Out of Nowhere,” Schubert's “Raven” (“Die Krähe”) and “You Are Special,” the guileless, chin-up anthem written by Fred Rogers."

- New York Times