Bob Berg (April 7, 1951 – December 5, 2002) was a jazz saxophonist originally from Brooklyn, New York City. He started his musical education at the age of six when he began studying classical piano. He began playing the saxophone at the age of thirteen. Bob Berg was a Juilliard graduate influenced heavily by the late 1964–67 period of John Coltrane's music. He was known for his extremely expressive playing and tone.

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  • Bob Berg war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Saxophonist.
  • Bob Berg (April 7, 1951 – December 5, 2002) was a jazz saxophonist originally from Brooklyn, New York City. He started his musical education at the age of six when he began studying classical piano. He began playing the saxophone at the age of thirteen. Bob Berg was a Juilliard graduate influenced heavily by the late 1964–67 period of John Coltrane's music. He was known for his extremely expressive playing and tone. A student from the hard bop school, he played from 1973 to 1976 with Horace Silver and from 1977 to 1983 with Cedar Walton. Berg became more widely known through his short period in the Miles Davis band. He left Davis's band in 1987 after recording only one album with them. After leaving Davis's band, Berg released a series of solo albums and also performed and recorded frequently in a group co-led with guitarist Mike Stern. On these albums he played a more accessible style of music, mixing funk, jazz and even country music with many other diverse compositional elements to produce albums that were always musical. He often played at the 7th Ave South NYC club. He worked with Chick Corea, Steve Gadd and Eddie Gomez in a great quartet. His tenor saxophone sound was a synthesis of rhythm and blues players like Junior Walker and Arnett Cobb with the lyricism, intellectual freedom and soul of Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson and John Coltrane. He was killed in a road traffic accident in East Hampton, NY while driving to buy groceries with his wife Arja. The person who crashed into his car was driving a cement truck that accidentally skidded on ice.
  • Bob Berg fue un saxofonista estadounidense de jazz y jazz fusion.
  • Bob Berg, oli yhdysvaltalainen saksofonisti, joka tuli tunnetuksi Miles Davisin yhtyeestä.
  • Figlio di un uomo ebreo e di una donna italiana, inizia a suonare il pianoforte a 6 anni. All'età di 13 anni passa al sassofono ed entra presto alla High School of the Performing Arts. Nel 1968 Berg entra alla Juilliard School. Durante gli studi alla Juilliard, Jack McDuff, un organista, propone al sassofonista di suonare con lui nel suo tour. Dal 1973, per tre anni intensi, suona con Horace Silver. Nel 1976, invece, sostituisce George Coleman nel quartetto classico Cedar Walton's. Vi rimane per 5 anni, con il batterista Billy Higgins e il bassista Sam Jones, suonando in tutto il mondo e registrando vari dischi. Nel 1984 Bob Berg entra a far parte della band di Miles Davis e partecipa ad alcune tappe del tour di Pino Daniele. Dopo questa esperienza, intraprende la carriera da solista, incidendo molti dischi, tra cui Back Roads che nel 1993 vinse il Grammy Award per la miglior performance jazz contemporanea ("best contemporary jazz performance"). A questo punto conosce il chitarrista Mike Stern, con cui lavora molti anni. Nel 1992 Berg si unisce al quartetto acustico di Chick Corea. Dopo un paio di anni passati con Chick Corea, fonda un proprio quartetto: "The Bob Berg Quartet". Passati un paio di anni suona con gli Steps Ahead composti da Mike Mainieri, Peter Erskine, Eliane Elias e Marc Johnson. Quasi al termine della carriera Berg pubblica il suo ultimo disco da solista "Another Standard", e suona con la Jazz Time SuperBand formata da Randy Brecker, Joey Defrancesco e Dennis Chambers. Muore in un incidente stradale a Amagansett, nell'East Hampton, Stato di New York, il 5 dicembre 2002.
  • Bob Berg, foi um saxofonista tenor de jazz, norte-americano. O seu estilo musical enquadra-se no jazz contemporâneo, no post-bop, e no jazz de fusão.
  • Bob Berg, född 7 april, 1951, död 5 december, 2002, var en amerikansk jazzsaxofonist från Brooklyn, New York City. Han började sin musikaliska utbildning vid 6 års ålder då han studerade piano. Han började spelade saxofon när han var 13 år gammal. Bob Berg var mycket influerad av John Coltranes 1964-67-musik. Som student från Hard Bop-skolan spelade från 1973 till 1976 med Horace Silver och från 1977 till 1983 med Cedar Walton. Berg blev allmänt känd under den korta tid då han spelade i Miles Davis' band. Han spelade in ett album med bandet innan han lämnade Davis år 1987. Efter att ha lämnat Miles Davis' band gav han ut en bunt soloalbum och framträdde och spelade in i ett band under ledning av gitarristen Mike Stern. På soloalbumen spelade han en mer åtkomlig musikstil med att mixa funk, jazz och även country. Han avled tragiskt i en trafikolycka i East Hampton, New York.
  • Bob Berg est un saxophoniste de jazz américain, né le 7 avril 1951 à Brooklyn et mort le 5 décembre 2002 à Amagansett.
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  • Bob Berg war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Saxophonist.
  • Bob Berg fue un saxofonista estadounidense de jazz y jazz fusion.
  • Bob Berg, oli yhdysvaltalainen saksofonisti, joka tuli tunnetuksi Miles Davisin yhtyeestä.
  • Bob Berg, foi um saxofonista tenor de jazz, norte-americano. O seu estilo musical enquadra-se no jazz contemporâneo, no post-bop, e no jazz de fusão.
  • Bob Berg (April 7, 1951 – December 5, 2002) was a jazz saxophonist originally from Brooklyn, New York City. He started his musical education at the age of six when he began studying classical piano. He began playing the saxophone at the age of thirteen. Bob Berg was a Juilliard graduate influenced heavily by the late 1964–67 period of John Coltrane's music. He was known for his extremely expressive playing and tone.
  • Figlio di un uomo ebreo e di una donna italiana, inizia a suonare il pianoforte a 6 anni. All'età di 13 anni passa al sassofono ed entra presto alla High School of the Performing Arts. Nel 1968 Berg entra alla Juilliard School. Durante gli studi alla Juilliard, Jack McDuff, un organista, propone al sassofonista di suonare con lui nel suo tour. Dal 1973, per tre anni intensi, suona con Horace Silver. Nel 1976, invece, sostituisce George Coleman nel quartetto classico Cedar Walton's.
  • Bob Berg, född 7 april, 1951, död 5 december, 2002, var en amerikansk jazzsaxofonist från Brooklyn, New York City. Han började sin musikaliska utbildning vid 6 års ålder då han studerade piano. Han började spelade saxofon när han var 13 år gammal. Bob Berg var mycket influerad av John Coltranes 1964-67-musik. Som student från Hard Bop-skolan spelade från 1973 till 1976 med Horace Silver och från 1977 till 1983 med Cedar Walton.
  • Bob Berg est un saxophoniste de jazz américain, né le 7 avril 1951 à Brooklyn et mort le 5 décembre 2002 à Amagansett.
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