by Gloria Estefan, Gloria Estefan: The Standards, 2014 Grammy Award nomination, Best Arrangement Instrumental and Vocals, "Be My Muse" by Lorraine Feather, Flirting with Disaster, 2015 Grammy Award nomination, "There's a Boat that's Leaving Soon for New York/I Loves You Porgy" by Clint Holmes, Rendezvous, 2017 Educators for the Millennium, The Los Angeles Times, 1999 Berk Leadership Award, International Association of Jazz Educators, 2002 Jazz Educator of the Year, Los Angeles Jazz Society, 2003 Number one jazz album, Blackbird, at JazzWeek, 2005 Proclamation Honoring Leadership in the Arts, City of Miami, 2009 Oro Valley Legend of Jazz Award, South Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance, 2010 Inside Out Award, University of Miami Alumni Association, 2011 Jazz Education Achievement Award, DownBeat magazine, 2011 Knight Arts Champion, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, 2017 12 Good Men 2017 Honoree, Ronald McDonald House Charities, 2017 Champion of the Arts Award, Citizens Interested in the Arts, 2017 Discography As leader The Joy (DMP, 1996) The Will (CARS, 1997) First Takes (Azica, 2005) Blackbird (Concord Jazz, 2005) Meeting of Minds with Dick Hyman (Victoria, 2008) The Nearness of You (Arbors, 2009) The Deep (Chesky, 2017) Gershwin Reimagined (Decca, 2018) As sideman With Lorraine Feather Ages (Jazzed Media, 2010) Attachments (Jazzed Media, 2013) Dooji Wooji (Sanctuary, 2005) Flirting with Disaster (Jazzed Media, 2015) Language (Jazzed Media, 2008) Math Camp (Relarion, 2018) Such Sweet Thunder (Sanctuary, 2003) Tales of the Unusual (Jazzed Media, 2012) With Bill Watrous Bone-ified (GNP Crescendo, 1992) A Time for Love (GNP Crescendo, 1993) Space Available (Double-Time, 1997) With others Patti Austin, Sound Advice (Shanachie, 2011) Carmen Bradford, Home with You (Azica, 2004) Ray Charles & Count Basie, Ray Sings Basie Swings (Hear Music/Concord, 2006) Bruce Eskovitz, Regions (Backstage, 2003) Renee Fleming, Christmas in New York (Decca, 2014) Keb Mo, Moonlight, Mistletoe & You (Concord, 2019) Kiss, Psycho Circus (Mercury, 1998) Monica Mancini, Ultimate Mancini (Concord, 2004) Rich Matteson, Pardon Our Dust We're Making Changes (Four Leaf Clover, 1990) Arturo Sandoval, A Time for Love (Concord Jazz, 2010) Arturo Sandoval, Dear Diz (Concord Jazz, 2012) Livingston Taylor, Safe Home (Chesky, 2017) Film, television, video, podcast, and radio As composer / arranger / orchestrator / performer / musical director References External links Official site Shelly Berg Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2019) 1955 births Living people Jazz musicians from Ohio Musicians from Cleveland 20th-century American male musicians 20th-century American pianists 21st-century American male musicians