Blog: MidwestRecord.com

ARBORS JAZZ SHELLY BERG/The Nearness of You: Sometimes, you're just a mook. You can be in an out of the way hotel, and there's a cat playing piano at the bar. You pay attention. Eventually, you wander over to the piano and enthuse over how good he is and ask why is he playing this gig. Then it turns out that you're talking to a cat like Dave Frishberg, Wallace Burton or (not anymore) Dave McKenna. However, you're too dumb to know how stupid you are so you just keep enjoying the show, kicking back the cocktails. Berg is [...]