Bengt Berger
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Bengt Berger is a Swedish
jazz musician (drummer), composer and producer.
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.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
jazz musician (drummer), composer and producer.
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
Tabla
The tabla is a popular Indian percussion instrument used in Hindustani classical music and in popular and devotional music of the Indian subcontinent. The instrument consists of a pair of hand drums of contrasting sizes and timbres...
and mridangam.
Discography
- Spelar (1977)
- Bitter Funeral BeerBitter Funeral BeerBitter Funeral Beer is an album by Swedish ethnomusicologist, drummer, and composer Bengt Berger recorded in 1981 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...
(ECM, 1981) - Praise Drumming (1987)
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
- http://www.youtube.com/bengtberger Bengt Bergers YouTube