Bengt Berger
Bengt Berger ( pronunciation : [ ˌbɛŋːt ˈbæɹːʝəɹ ], born August 31, 1942 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish drummer , composer and producer of world jazz .
Live and act
Berger studied Indian classical music (from North and South India) with Taranath Rama Rao and Vidwan PS Devarajan during the 1960s ; there he learned the percussion instruments tabla and mridangam . In the 1970s he dealt extensively with African musical traditions, especially the West African xylophone playing and the percussion of the Ewe Brong-Ahafu and Lo-Birifor traditions in Ghana .
Bengt Berger first played with the band Arbete & Fritid , with whom he released an album on the Sonet label in 1970 , and with Rena Rama , which he founded with Bobo Stenson and Palle Danielsson , who later joined Lennart Åberg and Leroy Lowe . He was also a member of Don Cherry's band and was involved in his albums Organic Music Society (1972) and Eternal Now (1973) and then belonged to the group Spjärnsvallet . At the beginning of the 1980s he founded the band Bitter Funeral Beer ; with her and Don Cherry he recorded the album of the same name in 1982 for the jazz label ECM ; in the same year he performed with this band at the German Jazz Festival in Frankfurt. He later played in Chapter 7 , with Lena Willemark in enteli , in Old School , currently (2008) in Grand Slam and BENT .
Over the course of his career, Berger has been involved in the recording of many artists, such as Don Cherry, Palle Danielsson, Nisse Sandström , Bernt Rosengren , Jan Wallgren , Torkel Rasmussen , Per Tjernberg , Jonas Knutsson . With Berger-Knutsson-Spering and Neneh and Eagle Eye Cherry he recorded the tribute album “See You in a Minute” with music from Don Cherry.
Berger also worked as a producer for the record label Country & Eastern , on which numerous albums with African folk music, classical Indian music as well as jazz, folk and improvised music appeared. He also wrote music for theater and dance productions.
literature
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
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| SURNAME | Berger, Bengt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish jazz drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |