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DENNY BERTHIAUME: Pianist, grew up outside Washington D.C. and Chicago.
He has performed with Bobby McFerrin, Diane Schuur, and Ed Thigpen. He
recorded 4 albums as co-leader of the successful fusion group Solar Plexus. He
has appeared at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Russian River Jazz Festival, and San
Miguel de Allende International Jazz Festival. He is emeritus professor in
literature and music at Foothill College, and a published playwright.
AWARDS
Top 10 List of San Francisco Bay Area Pianists, FOCUS MAGAZINE (July 1990)
Professional Recognition Award, Foothill College (1985,1990,1994,1998)
Teacher Excellence Award, Foothill College (1977)
Performance of "You've Never Left This Place"(Best One-Acts, ATHE
Conference, Chicago 2001)
PUBLICATIONS
YOU'VE NEVER LEFT THIS PLACE in ONE ACT PLAYS FOR ACTORS, Vol.
3 ( Lubbock , TX )
YOU’VE NEVER THIS PLACE : A one act play, THE FORUM (1998)
“Elbow Room,"INSIDE ENGLISH, 24 (September 1996)
“How to Improvise," CONTEMPORARY KEYBOARD, 10 (August 1984)
CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL STYLES: ROCK, POP AND JAZZ: A
Textbook&Cassette Course, Kendall-Hunt,1983.
“The Influence of French Surrealism on Nathanael West," unpublished MA. Thesis,
San Diego State University (1969)
RECORDINGS
Solar Plexus #5 (Flying Rabbit 2011)
Jazz Kidzz (Flying Rabbit 2011)
Fascinating Rhythms (Open Path 2010)
In Your Living Room--Jass Mind Records (2010)
If You And I Awakening—Open Path Music (2008)
America—Flying Rabbit (2008)
Prayer For Peace—Flying Rabbit (2007)
Love Ya, Mean It—Flying Rabbit (2007)
Prayer For Peace—Flying Rabbit (2007)
One For The Road—Flying Rabbit (2007)
Summer Wishes Winter Dreams—Flying Rabbit (2007)
Love On Track (With Susan Berthiaume, Flying Rabbit, 2005)
Twelve Songs (With Departure, Open Path 5001-4, 2003)
Never Let Me Go (With Maye Cavallaro, Redhead, 1998)
You&Me (With Terry Summa, Independent, 1996)
Sentimental Journey (Sugo, Sf 9672, 1996)
Bud & Denny’s Christmas Tape (Independent, 1984)
Earth Songs (Inner City, Ic 1087, 1980)
Solar Plexus (Inner City, Ic 1067, 1979)
Voices (Evidence Music, 1976)
Solar Plexus (Evidence Music, 1975)
He has performed with Bobby McFerrin, Diane Schuur, and Ed Thigpen. He
recorded 4 albums as co-leader of the successful fusion group Solar Plexus. He
has appeared at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Russian River Jazz Festival, and San
Miguel de Allende International Jazz Festival. He is emeritus professor in
literature and music at Foothill College, and a published playwright.
AWARDS
Top 10 List of San Francisco Bay Area Pianists, FOCUS MAGAZINE (July 1990)
Professional Recognition Award, Foothill College (1985,1990,1994,1998)
Teacher Excellence Award, Foothill College (1977)
Performance of "You've Never Left This Place"(Best One-Acts, ATHE
Conference, Chicago 2001)
PUBLICATIONS
YOU'VE NEVER LEFT THIS PLACE in ONE ACT PLAYS FOR ACTORS, Vol.
3 ( Lubbock , TX )
YOU’VE NEVER THIS PLACE : A one act play, THE FORUM (1998)
“Elbow Room,"INSIDE ENGLISH, 24 (September 1996)
“How to Improvise," CONTEMPORARY KEYBOARD, 10 (August 1984)
CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL STYLES: ROCK, POP AND JAZZ: A
Textbook&Cassette Course, Kendall-Hunt,1983.
“The Influence of French Surrealism on Nathanael West," unpublished MA. Thesis,
San Diego State University (1969)
RECORDINGS
Solar Plexus #5 (Flying Rabbit 2011)
Jazz Kidzz (Flying Rabbit 2011)
Fascinating Rhythms (Open Path 2010)
In Your Living Room--Jass Mind Records (2010)
If You And I Awakening—Open Path Music (2008)
America—Flying Rabbit (2008)
Prayer For Peace—Flying Rabbit (2007)
Love Ya, Mean It—Flying Rabbit (2007)
Prayer For Peace—Flying Rabbit (2007)
One For The Road—Flying Rabbit (2007)
Summer Wishes Winter Dreams—Flying Rabbit (2007)
Love On Track (With Susan Berthiaume, Flying Rabbit, 2005)
Twelve Songs (With Departure, Open Path 5001-4, 2003)
Never Let Me Go (With Maye Cavallaro, Redhead, 1998)
You&Me (With Terry Summa, Independent, 1996)
Sentimental Journey (Sugo, Sf 9672, 1996)
Bud & Denny’s Christmas Tape (Independent, 1984)
Earth Songs (Inner City, Ic 1087, 1980)
Solar Plexus (Inner City, Ic 1067, 1979)
Voices (Evidence Music, 1976)
Solar Plexus (Evidence Music, 1975)
