Karl Berger
Karl Berger is a six time winner of the Downbeat Critics Poll as a jazz soloist, recipient of numerous Composition Awards ( commissions by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, European Radio and Television: WDR, NDR, SWF, Radio France, Rai Italy. SWF-Prize 1994 ). Professor of Composition, Artist-in-Residence at universities, schools and festivals worldwide; PhD in Music Esthetics.
Karl Berger became noted for his innovative arrangements for recordings by Jeff Buckley (Grace), Natalie Merchant (Ophelia), Better Than Ezra, The Cardigans, Jonatha Brooke, Buckethead, Bootsie Collins, The Swans, Sly + Robbie, Angelique Kidjo a.o.; and for his collaborations with producers Bill Laswell, Alan Douglas (Operazone), Peter Collins, Andy Wallace, Craig Street, Alain Mallet, Malcolm Burn, Bob Marlett a.m.o. in Woodstock, NY. New York City, Los Angeles, Tokyo, London, Paris, Rome.
He recorded and performed with Don Cherry, Lee Konitz, John McLaughlin, Gunther Schuller, the Mingus Epitaph Orchestra, Dave Brubeck, Ingrid Sertso, Dave Holland, Ed Blackwell, Ray Anderson, Carlos Ward, Pharoah Sanders, Blood Ulmer, Hozan Yamamoto and many others at festivals and concerts in the US, Canada, Europe, Africa, India, Phillippines, Japan, Mexico, Brazil.
His recordings and arrangements appear on the Atlantic, Axiom, Black Saint, Blue Note, Capitol, CBS, Columbia Double Moon, Douglas Music, Elektra , EMI, Enja, Island, JVC, Knitting Factory, In&Out, MCA, Milestone, Polygram, Pye , RCA, SONY, Stockholm, Vogue a.o.
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July 30, 2015
Creative Music Studio Announces Fall Workshop, October 5-9, 2015
January 29, 2015
8th Annual Red Hook Jazz Festival Takes Place June 14 & 21 In The Urban...
April 24, 2014
Creative Music Studio's Spring Workshop June 9-13
June 22, 2011
Mondays at The Stone in NYC: Karl Berger's Stone Workshop Orchestra
April 02, 2011
The Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University Presents: The...
January 14, 2008
Karl Berger & Friends at the Stone Saturday, January 19th Sets at 8 and...
November 23, 2007
Jean-Louis Matinier Meets Karl Berger & Friends at the Thalia Thursday,...
September 17, 2007
Les Paul (Mon) Mingus Legacy (Tues) Karl Berger & Friends: "In the...
September 12, 2007
Karl Berger + Friends: "In the Spirit of Don Cherry" Sept. 19th at the...
May 30, 2007
Karl Berger & Friends and Imani Winds Open 2007 Season Maverick...
“Karl Berger’s a great pure player: without getting into stylistic pigeonholes and without any amplification, he delivers a constantly satisfying mixture of colorative nuances and straight ahead swing.” —Downbeat Magazine
“The way Karl plays the vibes he should be president of the United States.” —Dave Brubeck
“The entire performance was among the gentlest, most subtle examples of a new jazz one is likely to heard, and Berger’s leaps on vibes seemed to summarize the comfortable, affirmative sprit of the music.” —Boston Phoenix
“This is music of great maturity and coolness....of a timesless and unpretentious beauty as one rarely encounters in today's jazz.” —Jazzdimensions
“A work of unthought-of beauty; makes you listen, because it opens spaces in the stressful daily life of the post-modern age.” —Jazzdimensions
“Candidate for CD of the year.” —Frankfurter Allgemeine
“Berger writes wide-open, prairie-big tunes
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