BERRY TRIO, OVERTON
Homebase: Seattle, WA.
Stats: (b. 1936- d. 2020)
SEE ALSO:
1.) BERRY ENSEMBLE, The OVERTON
"OVERTON BERRY,"
by Peter Blecha [Courtesy & copyright, 2013, HistoryLink.org]
Overton Berry, a kindly pianist who has lived in Seattle since 1945, has seen and done it all. From podunk lounge gigs to major jazz festivals, from one-nighters to years-long extended engagements, from taverns to opera houses, from department stores to city parks; and from solo shows to leading trios, quartets, and even bigger ensembles. In the 1950s Berry initially joined Seattle's segregated "Negro Musicians Union," the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Local 493, but after integration came in 1958 he joined the suddenly inclusive AFM Local 76. Berry nurtured scores of local players (including guitarist Larry Coryell [b. 1943] and jazz vocal diva Diane Schuur [b. 1953]) and jammed with plenty of national jazz heavyweights. The pianist did USO tours (including in Vietnam in 1968), was one of the few Seattle musicians who found employment on the fairgrounds in 1962 during Seattle's Century 21 World's Fair, held down a fabled gig at the Doubletree Inn (1969-1974), played Festival '71 (the precursor to Seattle's Bumbershoot Arts Festival), has been spotlighted on numerous TV shows, and has cut albums that have become treasures to hip-hop DJs and producers. The father of four, Berry once taught reading to deprived Seattle kids and today provides private lessons to students, and operates TOBE Productions. In 2012, the Northwest piano legend was inducted into the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame. [READ MORE...]
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SIZE:7"
SPEED: 45 rpm
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A-SIDE COMPOSER: J. Lennon - P. McCartney
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B-SIDE COMPOSER: Overton Berry
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Title: "At Seattle's Doubletree Inn" appears only on record jacket.
Side 1
1. Feeling Good (Siantiago A. Gonzales III)
2. And I Love Her (John Lennon & Paul McCartney)
3. MB Blues (Overton Berry)
4. Waterboy (Unknown)
5. Hey Jude (John Lennon & Paul McCartney)
Side 2
1. Oden (Overton Berry)
2. Here There and Everywhere (John Lennon & Paul McCartney)
3. Guacamolian Shuffle (Overton Berry)
4. Aquarius (Jerome Ragni, James Rado & Galt MacDermot)
LOCATION:Tukwilla, WA
RECORDING PERSONNEL: Overton Berry [piano); (Bill Kotick [drums]; Chuck Metcalf [bass]
RECORDING STUDIO: 1/18/70 Recorded Live At The Doubletree Inn
RECORDING ENGINEER: Johnny Lewis
FORMAT: disc
SIZE: 12"
SPEED: 33 1/3 rpm
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Artist name on disce = THE OVERTON BERRY TRIO
A-SIDE MATRIX: JA 13570 - 1
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B-SIDE MATRIX: JA 13570 - 2
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LOCATION: Tukwilla, WA
RECORDING PERSONNEL:Overton Berry [piano]; Bob Kotick [drums]; Chuck Metcalf [bass]
RECORDING STUDIO: 1/18/70 Recorded Live at the Doubletree Inn
RECORDING ENGINEER:(Direction By) Johnny Lewis
FORMAT: disc
SIZE: 12"
SPEED: 33 1/3 rpm
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Side A, Track #5 on compilation vinyl lp Wheedle's Groove: Seattle's Finest In FunK and Soul 1965 - 75. Also, track #5 on cd with same name and number.
Previously released only as Side A, Track #5 on lp The Overton Berry Trio Live At Seattle's Doubletree Inn. 1970 JARO 13570)
COMPOSER: J. Lennon - P. McCartney
PUBLISHER: EMI Blackwood Music (ASCAP)