Shelly Berg

Who is Shelly Berg?

Shelton Glen Berg is a jazz pianist from Cleveland, Ohio. His father was trumpet player Jay Berg. At the age of six Shelly Berg entered the Cleveland Institute of Music studying classical piano. Berg earned Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the University of Houston School of Music.

He has mostly devoted himself to being a music educator, but has also recorded critically acclaimed albums. In 2006, he arranged most of the songs on the album entitled Ray Sings, Basie Swings. Shelly Berg was previously the McCoy/Sample Professor of Jazz Studies at the USC Thornton School of Music. In April 2007, he was named Dean of the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami.