Read what they're saying about Jeff's latest: "High Standards"...
- This platter literally sizzles with their creative interplay and the improvisation is second to none. First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin! One of the all time monsters of the electric bass, ever! READ MORE...
- High Standards adds up to one of the most engaging examples of mainstream, modern jazz in recent memory. READ MORE...
- Jeff is doing what he arguably does better than anyone on the planet, navigating slippery changes so superbly you feel he's transcended the technical limitations of the 4 string electric bass. READ MORE...
- Jeff Berlin is undoubtedly one of the greatest bass players in the game. (High Standards) is a collection of jazz standards performed at a level one could only hope to reach with varying styles of cool and classic jazz. Proof is definitely in the listening, as Mr. Berlin plays the bass guitar like it’s an extension of his being. READ MORE...
- Berlin’s fingerboard work remains amazingly fluid and fast, his ideas ceaselessly bubbling up. But the creativity of his soloing and the undeniably grooving swing of his walking lines ought to once and for all put to rest any lingering biases about the viability of the electric bass as a lead instrument in straightahead jazz. READ MORE...
- Many bassists think like bassists when they solo; Berlin thinks music and plays flowing legato lines and builds solos that excite and build through their own musical logic. He is able to speak the language of his influences: Sonny Rollins, Dave Liebman, Keith Jarrett, Garry Burton, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley , Sonny Stitt and Wayne Shorter. READ MORE...
- (Berlin) has a horn-like intensity as he launches headlong into strings of Charlie Parker influenced lines with astounding virtuosity and slick phrasing that has to be heard to be believed. READ MORE...
- The bass savant reads the textbook of jazz in his own style and in an impressive company. The four-string virtuoso swings through the time-tested classics, so the record's title is a testament to both the musicianship and the content. READ MORE...
- Geddy Lee has called Jeff Berlin "the best bassist on the planet." Carlos Santana has echoed those sentiments calling him "the best bassist in the world." Jaco Pastorius regarded Berlin as a better soloist than himself. Believe me when I tell you this high praise is warranted as demonstrated by his new CD High Standards. READ MORE...
- Fortunately High Standards is truth in advertising: he chooses great classic songs to play, and executes them with brilliant form and performances. READ MORE...
- Few bassists have the ability to act as a lead voice, yet this album is not a forum for Berlin to simply flaunt his monstrous technique. Consequently, it’s a seamless blend of fire and ice, complemented by acutely-placed dynamics and nuance. READ MORE...
- High Standards has to rate as one of Jeff Berlin's finest leader albums to date. READ MORE...