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Jon O'Bergh

Known as the "Jedi of Cool," keyboardist Jon O'Bergh refuses to be pigeonholed in one genre of music. He is adept in a variety of styles including rock, jazz, funk, electronica, lounge - the list goes on. Jon has released over one dozen albums, including two Christmas albums and his latest piano album, "Autumn Harvest."

Jon's first release Millennial Landscapes reached #2 on the NAV Chart, and his follow-up release Carta reached #1. He performed for several years with the band Gemini Soul. Their fourth album, "The Nefertiti Xperience," reached #37 on the Amazon "Bestselling Hot New & Future Music Releases" chart, and their fifth album "Dark Skin Babies The Movement" reached #15.

His 2014 jazz album "Skin Deep" reached #3 on ReverbNation. "Skin Deep" represented a return to Jon O'Bergh's Gemini Soul roots, capturing that jazz/funk/fusion vibe. It's influenced by such artists as Esperanza Spalding, Herbie Hancock, Ramsey Lewis, Dave Brubeck and Joe Sample. Jon also covers Beyonce's "Love On Top" taken from her "4" album.

Of all the pianist to emerge, Jon O'Bergh has risen as a true jazz contender in this day and age of auto-tuned, rump shaker music!

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Roland Fantom X8


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Take Five With Jon O'Bergh

Read "Take Five With Jon O'Bergh" reviewed by Jon Carl O'Bergh


Meet Jon O'Bergh: Jon Carl O'Bergh, known as the “Jedi Of Cool," has released nine albums, including his new smooth jazz/funk/fusion album Skin Deep (Pearl Jazz, 2014). Skin Deep marks O'Bergh's first solo jazz album on the Pearl Jazz recording label. O'Bergh's first release, Millenial Landscapes (Self Produced, 2000) reached no. 2 on the NAV Chart, where his follow-up release Carta (Timescape, 2000) reached no. 1, and his fourth album, Meditations From a Lost World (Timescape, 2002) peaked at ...

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Take Five With Jon O'Bergh

Read "Take Five With Jon O'Bergh" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Jon O'Bergh: Known as the “Jedi of Cool," keyboardist Jon O'Bergh refuses to be pigeonholed in one genre of music. He is adept in a variety of styles including rock, jazz, funk, electronic lounge, ambient--the list goes on. During the past five years, Jon has performed and recorded with the nu-jazz/funk/fusion band Gemini Soul. His experience with Gemini Soul led him to fuse his various influences into a new style. The result is Specters of Twilight, his debut album ...

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Holiday Music Reimagined: Jon O'Bergh's New Album "10 Shades Of Christmas"

Holiday Music Reimagined: Jon O'Bergh's New Album "10 Shades Of Christmas"

Source: Ajamu Akinyele

Pianist Jon O’Bergh has released a new holiday album, 10 Shades of Christmas, that offers compelling interpretations of some of the world’s favorite Christmas carols, including “The Twelve Days of Christmas," “Deck The Halls," “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," and “The First Noel." Jon’s usual cyber jazz sound glides between traditional and contemporary styles reminiscent of pianists Dave Brubeck, Vince Guaraldi, and Tori Amos, to name a few. Although his signature sound that fans have come to love remains throughout ...

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Skin Deep The New Smooth Jazz-Funk-fusion Album From Pianist Jon O'Bergh Available on February 4th

Skin Deep The New Smooth Jazz-Funk-fusion Album From Pianist Jon O'Bergh Available on February 4th

Source: Ajamu Akinyele

Skin Deep the new smooth jazz/funk/fusion album is pianist and keyboardist Jon O'Bergh's ninth studio album featuring ten tracks influenced by such artists as Esperanza Spalding, Herbie Hancock, Ramsey Lewis, Dave Brubeck and Joe Sample. Skin Deep also features a cover of Beyonce's “Love On Top" taken from her “4" album. Skin Deep, produced by Andre Ajamu Akinyele (Gemini Soul), is a return to Jon O’Bergh’s Gemini Soul roots, capturing that jazz/funk/fusion vibe. Fans of Jon O'Bergh and Gemini Soul ...

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Jon O'Bergh - Releases "Specters of Twilight" (Experimental/Jazz/Avant-Garde)

Jon O'Bergh - Releases "Specters of Twilight" (Experimental/Jazz/Avant-Garde)

Source: Michael Ricci

Artist: Jon O'Bergh Title: Specters of Twilight Label: Pearl Jazz Recording Label Release No.: PJRL-092209 Distribution: Cdbaby/Pearl Jazz Recording Label Style: Experimental/Jazz/Soundtrack/TV-Film Score/Ambient/Sound Effects Release Date: September 22, 2009 Availability: Cdbaby, Amazon & iTunes Artist Website: www.obergh.net

Jon O'Bergh released his Pearl Jazz Recording Label debut album, SPECTERS OF TWILIGHT, on September 22, 2009.

SPECTERS OF TWILIGHT was produced by Jon O'Bergh and features ...

Bruce Hornsby
piano and vocals

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Autumn Harvest

Timescape
2019

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Skin Deep

Pearl Jazz Recording Label
2014

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10 Shades of Christmas

Orange River Records
2014

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Specters of Twilight...

Pearl Jazz Recording Label
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Skin Deep

From: Skin Deep
By Jon O'Bergh

Threnody (Remix)

From: Specters of Twilight (Remixed)
By Jon O'Bergh

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