Bengt Berger (born 31 August 1942 in

Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm () is the capital and most populous city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately 1 million people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 millio ...

) is a Swedish jazz musician (drummer), composer and producer.Bengt Berger - Beches Brew
review in All About Jazz (2009) Berger has studied north and south Indian music since the 1960s with

Pandit Taranath Rama Rao A Pandit ( sa, पण्डित, paṇḍit; hi, पंडित; also spelled Pundit, pronounced ; abbreviated Pt.) is a man with specialised knowledge or a teacher of any field of knowledge whether it is shashtra (Holy Books) or shastra (Wea ...

and

Mridangam Vidwan P.S. Devarajan The mridangam is a percussion instrument of ancient origin. It is the primary rhythmic accompaniment in a Carnatic music ensemble. In Dhrupad, a modified version, the pakhawaj, is the primary percussion instrument. A related instrument is ...

and plays the

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and

mridangam The mridangam is a percussion instrument of ancient origin. It is the primary rhythmic accompaniment in a Carnatic music ensemble. In Dhrupad, a modified version, the pakhawaj, is the primary percussion instrument. A related instrument is th ...

Discography

* ''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

Lennart Aberg Lennart or Lennarth is a Germanic variant of the name Leonard, most common in Scandinavia and German-speaking countries as a surname or masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Camilla Lennarth (born 1988), Swedish ...

, ''Green Prints'' (Caprice, 1986) *

Don Cherry Donald Stewart Cherry (born February 5, 1934) is a Canadian former ice hockey player, coach, and television commentator. Cherry played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins, and later coached the team for five se ...

, '' Organic Music Society'' (Carpice, 1973) * Don Cherry, ''

Eternal Now ''Eternal Now'' is an album by trumpeter Don Cherry recorded in 1973 and released on the Swedish Sonet label. accessed December 7, 2011 The album was reissued by Sonet on CD in 1996, paired with ''Live Ankara'', with the title ''The Sonet Reco ...

'' (Sonet, 1974) *

Dag Vag Dag Vag is a Swedish band formed in 1978. The lead singer was Per Odeltorp (1948–2012), popularly known as Stig Vig. Their early punk sound became, after a while, increasingly more reggae-like. The band referred to it as "transcontinental rock- ...

, ''Almanacka'' (Silence, 1983) *

Zia Mohiuddin Dagar Zia Mohiuddin Dagar (14 March 1929 – 28 September 1990), popularly known as Z. M. Dagar, was a North Indian (Hindustani) classical musician, one of the 19th generation of Dagar family dhrupad musicians. He was largely responsible for the re ...

& Pandit Taranath, ''Live In Stockholm 1969'' (Country & Eastern, 2015) *

Eagle-Eye Cherry Eagle-Eye Lanoo Cherry (born 7 May 1968) is a Swedish singer and stage performer. His 1997 single " Save Tonight" achieved commercial success in Ireland, the United States and the United Kingdom, and was voted song of the year in New Zealand. Che ...

, ''

Desireless Claudie Fritsch-Mentrop (born 25 December 1952), known by her stage name Desireless (), is a French singer. Between 1986 and 1988, her hit single " Voyage, voyage" made it to number one on many European and Asian single charts. According to ...

'' (Polydor, 1998) *

Mecki Mark Men Mecki Mark Men (MMM for short) were a Swedish rock band fronted by keyboardist Claes "Mecki" Bodemark. The group originally formed as a ''dansband'' in the mid-1960s, then called Mecki Mark Five, before adopting elements of psychedelic rock, jazz ...

, ''Mecki Mark Men'' (Universal, 2008) * Mynta, ''Short Conversation'' (Fat & Tapes, 1985) * Rena Rama, ''Jazz I Sverige 73'' (Caprice, 1973) *

Bernt Rosengren Bernt Rosengren (born 24 December 1937, in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish jazz tenor saxophonist. His recordings earned him five Gyllene Skivan awards in Sweden over more than forty years. Biography Rosengren first played professionally at ag ...

, ''Notes from Underground'' (Harvest, 1974)

References

External links

* 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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Berger, Bengt 1942 births Living people Swedish male musicians Musicians from Stockholm ECM Records artists Swedish jazz drummers Rena Rama members