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Esther Phillips's final Kudu album is a full CTI-era studio production with Jeff Berlin on four tracks, Creed Taylor producing, David Matthews arranging most of the record, and Rudy Van Gelder mixing and mastering.
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Patti Austin's CTI debut is a writer-heavy 1976 studio album with Jeff Berlin on three tracks, Creed Taylor producing, Bob James conducting, and Rudy Van Gelder handling part of the engineering chain.
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A 1976 Kudu/CTI jazz-funk record where David Matthews turns Motown and pop material into big-band crossover tracks, with Jeff Berlin inside a room full of Breckers, Steve Khan, Don Grolnick, and Patti Austin.
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Patrick Moraz's 1976 solo debut is a 14-part concept album recorded between Switzerland and Rio, with Jeff Berlin, Alphonse Mouzon, Ray Gomez, and a deep Brazilian percussion frame.
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A 1977 Ray Barretto Atlantic album that pushes Latin jazz into jazz-funk and fusion, with Jeff Berlin on three tracks and a split-session cast that includes Joe Sample, Wilton Felder, Steve Ferrone, and Terry Bozzio.
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Pee Wee Ellis's first solo album is a deep New York jazz-funk session, and Jeff Berlin is on most of it alongside Idris Muhammad, Bernard Purdie, Roland Hanna, Eric Gale, George Benson, and Dave Liebman.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on David Liebman's 1977 release Light'n Up, Please!.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Gil Goldstein's 1977 release Pure As Rain.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Ernie Krivda & Friends's 1977 release Satanic.
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The album that put Jeff Berlin into a serious fusion spotlight: Bruford, Holdsworth, Dave Stewart, Kenny Wheeler, and Berlin in one volatile debut statement.
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Al Foster's 1978 leader date is a tight electric-jazz record produced by Teo Macero, with Jeff Berlin on the opening two tracks and a cast that includes Michael Brecker, Bob Mintzer, Masabumi Kikuchi, and T.M. Stevens.
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A live 1977 Montreux document with Don Pullen, Jeff Berlin, Steve Jordan, and added percussion on the second side, produced by Herbie Mann and Ilhan Mimaroglu for Atlantic.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Jolis & Simone's 1979 release Jolis & Simone.
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David Sancious's first solo album after the Tone years shifts toward fusion, with Jeff Berlin and T.M. Stevens splitting bass duties around Sancious and Ernest Carter.
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A sharper, more defined Bruford statement, with Jeff Berlin credited as writer on 'Five G' and the whole band sounding leaner and more dangerous.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Roberto Alejandro's 1979 release Roberto Alejandro.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Karl Ratzer's 1979 release Street Talk.
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A radio-broadcast live Bruford album from Roslyn, New York, with Jeff Berlin, Dave Stewart, Bill Bruford, and John Clark stepping into Allan Holdsworth's former chair.
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The Bruford record where Jeff Berlin doesn't just play bass. He also sings, writes, and helps push the band closer to progressive rock without losing the technical heat.
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A New York disco-session record driven by Alphonse Mouzon's writing and production, with Jeff Berlin credited on Fender bass but explicitly sharing bass duties with John Lee on two side-B cuts.
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A hybrid live Passport album stitched together from German concert dates, Montreux sets, and a pair of guest-heavy tracks with Jeff Berlin, Richard Tee, Steve Jordan, and David 'Fathead' Newman.
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A true guitar-bass-drums trio date: Joe Diorio, Jeff Berlin, and Vin Colaiuta across seven standards-and-originals performances produced in 1981.
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A post-Atlantic-era Herbie Mann release assembled from late-1970s sessions, with Jeff Berlin appearing on the long live reading of 'Memphis Underground.'
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An Icelandic-LA fusion crossover date led by Jakob Magnússon, featuring Jeff Berlin in a dual-bassist lineup with Steve Anderson plus Vinnie Colaiuta and Michael Landau.
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A compact Holdsworth release with Jeff Berlin on bass, Chad Wackerman on drums, Jack Bruce on vocals, and a Grammy nomination behind it.
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Jeff Berlin's first solo statement arrives with serious firepower: Vox Humana, Scott Henderson, Steve Smith, and guest spots from Neil Peart.
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A 1985 Clare Fischer & Salsa Picante date recorded at Excalibur Studio, with Jeff Berlin in the rhythm section of an eight-track Latin-jazz program.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Ted Schumate - Dann Reno Jazz Quintet's 1985 release Hurricane.
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1986 EG compilation of Bill Bruford's 1978–85 studio work. The fifteen-track Europe CD program credits Jeff Berlin on bass for tracks 1–9 and 13–15, with Patrick Moraz on grand piano for the Moraz/Bruford selections in between, and Jeff on lead vocals for 'Gothic 17.'
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The follow-up is tighter, flashier, and more direct, with 'Joe Frazier (Round 2)' and Jeff's arrangement-heavy fusion writing pushed right to the front.
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T Lavitz's 1986 Passport Jazz release rotates multiple rhythm sections track by track, with Jeff Berlin appearing on two cuts alongside Steve Smith.
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Jakob Magnússon's 1986 fusion LP on Optimism pairs a heavyweight LA rhythm section—Jeff Berlin and Steve Anderson on shared bass, Vinnie Colaiuta on drums—with Landau, Tavaglione, and a dual percussion chair.
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The 1987 Players album on Passport Jazz is essentially a working-band fusion record: T Lavitz, Scott Henderson, Steve Smith, and Jeff Berlin, with Jeff co-writing the shuffle feature and the closer that Discogs catalogs as '20.000 Players.'
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Kazumi Watanabe's 1987 London-session fusion set teams him with Bill Bruford on electronic drums and acoustic percussion and Jeff Berlin on bass, recorded at Swanyard Studios with Stuart Bruce at the recording/mix desk.
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Japanese concert video of the Kazumi Watanabe trio with Bill Bruford on electronic drums and Jeff Berlin on bass and synthesizer, issued first in 1987 on Pioneer laserdisc and VHS and later reissued on laserdisc (1990) and Geneon DVD (2004).
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John Warren's 1988 Japanese mini-album on H.I.T. Avenue / Fun House splits bass duties: Jeff Berlin on the title track and closer, Bill Bodine on the middle cuts, with Sunset Sound and Ocean Way named as recording locations.
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1988 follow-up to The Spice Of Life: Kazumi Watanabe with Bill Bruford on Simmons SDX electronic drums, Jeff Berlin on bass, and Peter Vettese on keyboards, tracked at Great Linford Manor with Adam Moseley recording and mixing.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Tamplin And Friends's 1990 release An Axe To Grind.
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Pete Levin's 1991 Gramavision fusion set pairs his keyboards and production with Cliff Almond on drums, Manolo Badrena on percussion, and Jeff Berlin on bass for five of the ten titles—while other tracks use a guitar-led trio layout without Jeff in the bass chair.
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Lanny Cordola's 1991 Intense Records set is a stylistic maze of electric shred, acoustic detours, and quoted standards. Jeff Berlin appears on a single indexed track: Kern/Hammerstein's 'All The Things You Are,' alongside Joe Diorio on guitar and Ken Mary on drums.
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1991 MGI guest-guitarist fusion set: Jeff Richman leads a program featuring Al Di Meola, Steve Lukather, Frank Gambale, and John Abercrombie, with Jeff Berlin on three tracks, Gary Willis on four, Domenic Genova on one, and Vinnie Colaiuta on drums throughout.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Blue X's 1992 release Know Now No.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Walfredo Reyes Jr., Casey Scheuerell, Maria Martinez's 1992 release No Borders.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on k.d. lang's 1993 release Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack Even Cowgirls Get The Blues.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe's 1994 release An Evening Of Yes Music Plus.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Nathan Cavaleri Band's 1994 release Mixed Tracks.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Nathan Cavaleri Band's 1994 release Nathan.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Klaus Doldinger's 1995 release Doldinger's Best.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Michael Zentner's 1995 release Playtime.
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A prog-centered various-artists collection with Jeff Berlin credited on the release.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Richie Kotzen's 1995 release The Inner Galactic Fusion Experience.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on T Lavitz's 1996 release Gossip.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Kat Marco's 1996 release Maiden Voyage.
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A late-1990s Jeff Berlin record that feels like a reset: cleaner production, sharper framing, and a title that says exactly what kind of musician he is.
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A Jeff Berlin solo title that sits between the late-1990s return and the later independent records.
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A bass-focused compilation issue carrying a Jeff Berlin track appearance.
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A 2001 Jeff Berlin record with a title that points straight at harmony and line construction, exactly the terrain he has spent decades defending as a player and teacher.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Jeff Berlin, Bryan Lopes Trio, Michael Ross Quartet's 2001 release JazzSouth Program #38.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Various's 2002 release Bass-Talk 7 - Lords Of The Bass.
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An official soundtrack box set with Jeff Berlin represented in the game's curated music world.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Various's 2002 release Jazz Magazine Vol. 4.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Various's 2003 release Jazz Live In Samois (Tribute To Django Reinhardt 1988-1999 - 50th Anniversary).
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Richard Drexler's 2003 release Señor Juan Brahms.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Carl Hupp Project's 2004 release Hyper Statue.
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One of Jeff Berlin's best album titles and one of his clearest signals that jazz doesn't need to be polished smooth to be musical.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Twinemen's 2004 release Twinemen.
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A 2005 Jeff Berlin solo album later linked by MusicBrainz to the Aneurythms release group, making it one of the most interesting entries in the catalog to compare across editions.
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A supergroup-style fusion record that puts Jeff Berlin in a headline ensemble with Dennis Chambers, David Fiuczynski, and T. Lavitz.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Massimo Colombo feat. Jeff Berlin & Billy Cobham's 2005 release Caravaggio.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Various's 2005 release One Five Zero.
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The U.S. release of the Ace of Bass material, reframed under a different title and pushed deeper into Jeff Berlin's mid-2000s solo identity.
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An official instructional release in Jeff Berlin's public discography, not just the listening catalog.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Billy Cobham's 2006 release Drum 'N' Voice 2 (due).
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Billy Cobham's 2006 release Drum 'N' Voice Vol. 1 + 2 (All That Groove).
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Richie Kotzen's 2006 release Instrumental Collection-The Shrapnel Years.
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A later live Bruford release that keeps Jeff Berlin's association with the band visible long after the original run.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Novecento's 2007 release Novecento Featuring ....
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Various's 2007 release World BASS Heroes ～電気低音王special!～.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Bill Bruford's 2009 release The Winterfold Collection 1978-1986.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Various Featured Guitarists: Bill Connors, Larry Coryell, Dave Fiuczynski, Frank Gambale, Brett Garsed & TJ Helmerich, Scott Henderson, Jimmy Herring, Greg Howe, Eric Johnson, Chris Poland, Mike Stern's 2009 release Tone Center Presents • This Is Fusion Guitar.
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Jeff turns toward standards repertoire without softening his identity, making the title read as both genre marker and quality threshold.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Various's 2010 release Jazziz On Disc - Fall 2010 - Night & Day: Autumn.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Janis Ian's 2010 release Night Rains ... Plus + Restless Eyes + Uncle Wonderful.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Gil Evans's 2010 release Tokyo Concert.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Billy Cobham's 2011 release Drum 'N' Voice Vol.1-2-3 The Collection.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on The Bean Pickers Union's 2012 release Better The Devil.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on The Weisstronauts's 2012 release Control Is In Your Command: The Best Of The Weisstronauts 1998-2012.
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A heavyweight trio record with Scott Henderson, Jeff Berlin, and Dennis Chambers sharing headline billing.
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A multi-guest Dennis Chambers record that includes Jeff Berlin among a strong cast of featured players.
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The title flips the earlier standards concept into something wryer and tougher, showing Jeff Berlin still playing with framing as much as repertoire.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Various's 2013 release Sentieri Notturni.
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Another major late-period fusion credit pairing Jeff Berlin with Kazumi Watanabe and Virgil Donati.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Novecento's 2013 release Through The Years (From 1984 To 2012) The Definitve Collection.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Crvena Jabuka's 2015 release 100 Originalnih Hitova.
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A later ensemble credit with Jeff Berlin inside a lineup full of serious fusion and jazz players.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on David Sancious, David Sancious And Tone's 2016 release True Stories / Just As I Thought.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Billy Cobham's 2017 release Drum 'N' Voice Vol.1-2-3-4 The Complete Series.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Allan Holdsworth's 2017 release Eidolon (The Allan Holdsworth Collection).
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Bruford's 2017 release Seems Like A Lifetime Ago 1977-1980.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Allan Holdsworth's 2017 release The Allan Holdsworth Solo Album Collection.
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A later Jeff Berlin solo release that extends the running Joe Frazier thread in his catalog.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Mister Stormy's 2019 release Mister Stormy's Monday Selection Vol.2.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Mister Stormy's 2019 release Mister Stormy's Monday Selection Vol.3.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Various's 2020 release Jazz Magazine Vol. 70.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Bruford's 2020 release Live At The Venue & 4th Album Rehearsal Sessions.
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A late-career Jeff Berlin release built around Jack Bruce material, tying one of his lasting musical heroes back into his own catalog.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Derek Sherinian's 2022 release Vortex.
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Jeff Berlin is credited on Dial And DeRosa's 2024 release Keep Swingin': The Music Of Charlie Banacos.
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