Publications of Paul Berliner    :chronological  alphabetical  by type  bibtex listing:

1. Berliner, PF. "photograph of mbira performance techique." appears in Christine Lucia’s book, Music notation: A South African Guide Unisa Press 2010.
2. Berliner, PF. "“Art Farmer on Jazz Learning and Improvisation”." Jazzforschung / Jazz Research Volume 39 (December, 2007).
3. Berliner, PF. Playing it forward. January, 2007 . (Interview by Jacob Dagger) [html]
4. Berliner, PF. "Afropop Worldwide Interview [Improvisation in Jazz and Zimbabwean Music]."   (2007). [Ethnomusicologist]
5. Berliner, PF. The Heart that Remembers: A Tale of Zimbabwe’s Musicians in a Time of War. 2007 . (in progress)
6. Berliner, PF. Victory and Sorrow: The Life and Music of Jazz Prodigy Booker T. Little. 2007 . (in progress)
7. Berliner, PF. The Art of Mbira: A Biography of Musical Knowledge Featuring the Repertory and Artistic Practices of Mbira Master Cosmas Magaya. 2007 . (in progress)
8. Berliner, PF. "Grasping Shona Artworks: A Case Study of Zimbabwean Mbira Music." Art from Start to Finish: Jazz, Painting, Writing and Other Improvisations. Edited by Becker, H; Faulkner, R; Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, B. The University of Chicago Press 2006: 126-134.
9. Berliner, PF. Sound the trumpet. 2005 . [ht]  [author's comments]
10. Berliner, P. Zimbabwe: In time and tines. May, 2004 . (A visiting scholar at Duke discovers the mbira and the people who embody its spirit. BY ROBERT ZIMMERMAN) [Content]
11. Berliner, PF. Music and Civil War in Zimbabwe. 2003 . [html]  [author's comments]
12. Berliner, PF. "Las Vicisitudes del Solista/Les Viciissittudes du Doliste." Doce/Notas Preliminares, Special Issue: "Improvisación crear en el momento/ L'improvisation, créer au moment même vol. 10 2002: 91-108. Anthologized chapter
13. Berliner, PF. "Thinking in Jazz: Improvisation as Composition." Challenges in Norwegian Jazz Research Trondheim, Norway: Institututt for Musikk, NTNU 2002: 65-73. Anthologized chapter
14. Berliner, PF. Zimbabwe: The Soul of Mbira and Zimbabwe: Shona Mbira Music.  Berliner ethnographic recordings re-released as CDs for worldwide distribution2002 .
15. Berliner, PF. "The Collective Aspects of Jazz Improvisation." Creativity in Performance. Edited by Sawyer, K., Ablex Creativity Research series, Robert Albert, general editor 1996.
16. P. Berliner. White doctor, black music: what Goldberg’s mbira taught me - reflection on racism and African culture. June, 1994 . (Article stimulated by early Berliner performance for ZPF in Boston, 1976.by Sondlo Leonard Mhlaba) [ai_15405370]
17. Berliner, PF. Thinking In Jazz: The Infinite Art of Improvisation.  The University of Chicago Press, 1994 .
18. Berliner, PF. "Composing in the moment." Jazz Educators Journal 26.4 (1994): 28-36.
19. Berliner, PF. "Thinking in Jazz." Jazz Changes 1.2 (1994): 16-27.
20. Berliner, PF. "The Relationship Between the Mbira and the Mbira Player." Art in Small Scale Societies: Contemporary Readings. Edited by Field, KL; Anderson, RL. New Jersey: Prentice Hall 1993. Anthologized chapter from "The Soul of Mbira," with author’s retrospective comments
21. Berliner, PF. The Soul of Mbira: Music and Traditions of the Shona People of Zimbabwe.  The University of Chicago Press, 1993 . (Reprinted paperback edition)
22. Berliner, PF. Earth: Voices of A Planet (The Paul Winter Consort).  Living Music LD0019, 1989 . (The album was nominated for a NARAS Grammy Award)
23. Berliner, PF. "Crips, Licks and Jamming: The Implications of Traditional Jazz Learning for the University." Fanfare Magazine  (Spring, 1982): 6-10.
24. Berliner, PF. The Soul of Mbira: Music and Traditions of the Shona People of Zimbabwe.  University of California Press, 1981 . (Revised for paperback with additional chapter on building and learning to play the karimba)
25. Berliner, PF. "The Artistry of John Kunaka, Master Mbira Maker." African Arts 14.1 (November, 1980): 61-67. Translated into Japanese and Czech on websites [and%20www.terrasoft.hu/kultura/kaboca/kunaka/kunaka]
26. Berliner, PF. Claudia Schmidt.  Flying Fish Records FF 066, 1979 .
27. Berliner, PF; KUDU,. The Sun Rises Late Here.  Flying Fish Records FF092, 1979 . (The album was nominated for a NARAS Grammy Award)
28. Berliner, PF. Common Ground (The Paul Winter Consort).  A & M Records SP 4698, 1978 .
29. Berliner, PF. The Soul of Mbira: Music and Traditions of the Shona People of Zimbabwe.  The University of Chicago Press, 1978 . (Hardbound Edition)
30. Berliner, PF. "Political Sentiment in Shona Song and Oral Literature." Essays in Arts and Science 6.3 (March, 1977): 1-29.
31. Berliner, PF. Shona Mbira Music.  Nonesuch Records World Explorer Series H-720771977 .
32. Berliner, PF. "The Poetic Song Texts Accompanying The Mbira Dza Vadzimu." Ethnomusicology 20.3 (September, 1976): 451-481.
33. Berliner, PF. "Vocal Styles Accompanying the Mbira Dza Vadzimu." Zambezia  (Spring, 1975): 103-104.
34. Berliner, PF. "Music and Spirit Possession At a Shona Bira." African Music 5.4 (1975): 130-139.
35. Berliner, PF. "Soda Bottles, Whale Bones, Sitars and Shells--A World Music Perspective." Music Educators Journal 59.7 (March, 1973): 50-52, 105-106, 109.
36. Berliner, PF. The Soul of Mbira.  Nonesuch Records World Explorer Series H-720541973 . (The album was nominated for a NARAS Grammy Award (special issue released as a CD in Japan, 1994))