Born in NY, and originally classically trained, jazz composer and pianist Ken Berman studied at the University of Michigan and Berklee College of Music, and later with legendary jazz mentors Barry Harris and Charlie Banacos. Ken Berman has appeared on the famed stages of Carnegie Hall in New York, Detroit's Fox Theater, The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and The Sunside in Paris. He has performed and recorded with Bob Moses, Akira Tana, Kai Eckhardt, John Lockwood, Yoron Israel, Bob Gullotti, Jaleel Shaw, Take Toriyama, Marc Van Wagenigen, Remi Vignolo, Sarah Manning and others: he’s also been the recipient of several artist grants and awards for his ongoing work in jazz education. Mr. Berman's piano skills have drawn comparisons with an array of jazz piano greats, including Bill Evans, Ramsey Lewis, Keith Jarrett, Joe Sample, Richie Beirach, Vijay Iyer and Aaron Parks.

In the January 2011 issue of JazzTimes magazine, critic Philip Booth chose Ken Berman's CD "Looking Forward" as "one of the ten best and most important releases of 2010." "Looking Forward" features a kinetic trio with bass virtuoso Kai Eckhardt and the legendary Akira Tana on drums performing breathtaking and inspired improvisatory jazz in the mold of Keith Jarrett, Brad Mehldau, and Pat Metheny but at the same time sounding unassumingly unique and original. The SF Examiner.Com called Ken Berman "a fiercely imaginative pianist" and The East Bay Express praised his album "Looking Forward" as "daring," "original," and "straddling genres," and compared his playing to Vijay Iyer and Aaron Parks. Le Monde praised Ken Berman as "precise and inventive," "fluid and erudite" and hailed him as a performer whose "complex improvisations are imbued with delicate sensuality and brilliance."
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