Bengt Berger (born 31 August 1942) is a Swedish jazz musician (drummer), composer and producer.[1]
Bengt Berger | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 31 August 1942 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Instrument | Drums |
Berger has studied north and south Indian music since the 1960s with Pandit Taranath Rama Rao and Mridangam Vidwan P.S. Devarajan and plays the tabla and mridangam.
Discography
edit- Spelar (1978)
- Bitter Funeral Beer (ECM, 1981)
- Praise Drumming (Dragon, 1987)
- Tarang (Rub-a-Dub, 1995)
- All Time High (Amigo, 1999)
- Live in Frankfurt 82 (Country & Eastern, 2007)
- Beches Brew (Country & Eastern, 2009)
- Blues for E.D (Gazell, 2012)
- The Vedbod Tapes (Country & Eastern, 2012)
- Beches Brew Big (Country & Eastern, 2013)
- Blue Blue With Knutsson, Spering, Schultz (2015)
- Gothenburg (Country & Eastern, 2018)
As sideman
edit- Lennart Aberg, Green Prints (Caprice, 1986)
- Don Cherry, Organic Music Society (Carpice, 1973)
- Don Cherry, Eternal Now (Sonet, 1974)
- Dag Vag, Almanacka (Silence, 1983)
- Zia Mohiuddin Dagar & Pandit Taranath, Live In Stockholm 1969 (Country & Eastern, 2015)
- Eagle-Eye Cherry, Desireless (Polydor, 1998)
- Mecki Mark Men, Mecki Mark Men (Universal, 2008)
- Mynta, Short Conversation (Fat & Tapes, 1985)
- Rena Rama, Jazz I Sverige 73 (Caprice, 1973)
- Bernt Rosengren, Notes from Underground (Harvest, 1974)
References
edit- ^ Bengt Berger - Beches Brew, review in All About Jazz (2009)
External links
edit- http://www.beche.se/ Bengt Berger's site
- http://www.countryandeastern.se/ Country & Eastern site
- http://www.myspace.com/bengtberger Bengt Berger's MySpace
- https://www.youtube.com/bengtberger Bengt Bergers YouTube