BERN BRODY & RODACH TRIO

The "cult hit" of the 2003 Berlin Jazz Festival, Bern, Brody & Rodach brings together the unlikely combination of accordion/piano, trumpet and guitar to create surreal and evocative soundscapes of great beauty and playfulness.Haunting the intersection of film music, ambient jazz, New Jewish Music and free improvisation, all three players are acclaimed composers and bandleaders with their own individual voices. On the band’s first CD, "Triophilia" (Jazzwerkstatt), Bern, Brody & Rodach play all original compositions that invite listeners to dream, dance, and join them in their "love of the trio." Composer/pianist/accordionist Alan Bern is a Bloomington, Indiana native living in Berlin for more than 20 years. He is founder and leader of many projects, including Brave Old World, Diaspora Redux, The Other Europeans, Yiddish Summer Weimar and the Other Music Academy. A pioneer performer and teacher of new Yiddish music, in 2009 he received the Ruth Lifetime Achievement award. He has read more...