Ed Berger

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Edward "Ed" Berger (born March 5, 1949 in Manhattan ; † January 22, 2017 in Princeton , New Jersey ) was an American university professor , jazz writer, record producer and photographer .

Live and act

Ed Berger's father Morroe Berger († 1981) taught sociology at Princeton University and was also active as a jazz researcher and author; Ed was initially the road manager of the band leader Benny Carter , on whose biography Benny Carter: A Life in American Music he participated. He also produced some of his later albums, such as In the Mood for Swing . From August 1976 Berger worked as a part-time curator at the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University , from 1977 as deputy director and from 1987 until his retirement in 2013 as associate director (co-director). He wrote the Joe Wilder biography Softly, With Feeling: Joe Wilder and the Breaking of Barriers in American Music (2014). He also worked as the author of numerous liner notes and as a photographer for productions a. a. by Randy Sandke , Loren Schoenberg , Dick Sudhalter and Warren Vaché . Berger died at the age of 67.

Publications (selection)

  • Bassically Speaking: An Oral History of George Duvivier . New Jersey, Rutgers, 1993
  • Edward Berger, David Cayer, Dan Morgenstern , Lewis Porter (ed.): Annual Review of Jazz Studies 6: 1993 . Rutgers, 1993
  • Morroe Berger, Edward Berger, James S. Patrick: Benny Carter: A Life in American Music. Scarecrow Press, 2002
  • Softly, With Feeling: Joe Wilder and the Breaking Of Barriers in American Music . Temple University Press, 2014

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary for Phil Schaap on his Facebook page (accessed on January 26, 2017)
  2. ^ Obituary , accessed January 21, 2018
  3. ↑ Morroe Berger at Find a Grave
  4. ↑ When Lights Are Low: A Conversation with Benny Carter Biographer Ed Berger at riverwalkjazz.stanford.edu
  5. ^ Benny Carter: An Appreciation on artsjournal.com
  6. ↑ Highlights of the History of the Institute of Jazz Studies ( Memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on newarkwww.rutgers.edu
  7. ^ Author Edward Berger to Present Program on Joe Wilder ( Memento January 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on jazztimes.com
  8. ↑ Softly, with Feeling ( Memento February 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) on temple.edu
personal data
SURNAME Berger, Ed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berger, Edward Morris (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American college professor, jazz writer, producer, and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Manhattan
DATE OF DEATH 22nd January 2017
Place of death Princeton , New Jersey