Biography
Born in
1951, Bob Berg began his musical experience at the age of six, studying
classical piano at his home in Brooklyn N.Y. He began playing saxophone at the
age of 13, and soon thereafter attended the High School of the Performing Arts.
In 1968, Berg was admitted to The Juilliard School, studying classical
saxophone. While attending Juilliard, Berg was offered a tour with the organist
Jack McDuff, which began his career as a jazz musician.
Bob with Miles Davis 1984
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In 1973,
Berg joined Horace Silver’s band and remained there for three years,
appearing on three of Silver’s albums. It was in this period that Bob also
became active on the New York jazz scene meeting other young musicians and
playing and exchanging ideas with many of his peers. It also gave him the
opportunity to work with some of the great bands working around the city.
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In 1976, he replaced George Coleman in Cedar Walton’s classic quartet, Eastern Rebellion. Berg remained with Walton for five years, playing alongside the legendary rhythm section of bassist Sam Jones and drummer Billy Higgins. With this band, Berg toured the world extensively and recorded many albums. |
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In
1984, Berg joined the Miles Davis band. His association with Miles lasted three
years and consisted of many world tours and several recordings. After leaving
Davis, Berg embarked on a solo recording career and a well-known collaboration
with guitarist Mike Stern. Bob and Mike produced many recordings together and
toured extensively.
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In 1992, Berg began his work with Chick Corea’s acoustic Quartet. Again, he has toured the world several times with this great band, also recording two CD’s with the band. |
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current time, Berg is touring with his own Quartet and other special projects.
The most recent project Bob is involved with is a new reincarnation of Steps
Ahead featuring Mike Manieri, Peter Erskine, Eliane Elias and Marc Johnson.
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 Photograph by Sarkis Boyadjian |
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Berg has
played and recorded with many other great musicians, too numerous to mention.
He has recorded ten albums as a leader, which have reflected his rather wide
scope of interests in improvisational-based music. In 1993, Berg’s
recording “Back Roads” was nominated for a Grammy Award for
“best contemporary jazz performance.”
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The critically acclaimed CD titled “Another Standard”, is Bob Berg’s latest solo album. He has also just finished a new cooperative project -- “The Jazz Times Superband”, featuring Randy Brecker, Joey Defrancesco and Dennis Chambers
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