The Jazzberry Patch CD features the original music from their 1977 LP which has become a cult music classic around the world. The Lp fetches prices over $200 per copy on Ebay and is very hard to come by today.

What they said..

SoulStrut.com

The meaty DJ/HipHop site said: "The highlight is the 20+ minute title number that weaves, bobs, and scorches with a sound that has been described as "Headhunters on mushrooms", full-on with the overblown flute and organ."

Soulgeneration

Greg Belson's Top Ten Hogwash Pieces of Filth Playlist: "Jazzberry Patch' Planed Off...a Rare Hammond groover that sounds like the Dee Felice Trio on steroids."

NY's CD101.9 Radio Show Groove Boutique

New York's sexy jazz radio show,"Rafe Gomez and the Groove Boutique features Jazzberry Patch on the playlist.

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Jazzberry Patch

Jazzberry Patch

The mid-1970s was a wonderful time in Ft. Lauderdale. One of the underground attractions was a tiny and hip little jazz club in the middle of town called Bogart's. People fell in love with the cozy pub and packed the house frequently. The music and persona of this undiscovered yet widely accepted band delivered a raw and instinctive sound that they could not resist.

Jazzberry Patch

South Florida is a melting pot of culture and music. Unbeknown to many people, this area has produced an impressive number of jazz musicians who have risen to international stature. Among them Cannonball Adderly, Blue Mitchell, Jaco Pastorius, and Mike Longo and a multitude of others. Another group of very talented musicians appeared and persisted from the mid-'70s well into the late 80s as Jazzberry Patch. This driving, pulsing, throbbing, and delighting group managed to squeeze every note it touched into musical gold. Ben Champion is clearly a major talent and stylist on sax and flute unlike anyone you have heard before. Ken Burkhart conjures up a swirling mist of burning, smoking, clinging, funk on B3 organ and keyboards. And Danny Burger transports the whole group into a mammoth pulse of exciting delight with his superb skill and vision of rhythm. People who listened to Jazzberry Patch in the mid 1970s still talk about them today. Although the trio has not been officially together for years, Jazzberry Patch reunions still occur periodically in South Florida and attract many fans.