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Swedish jazz musician (drummer and percussionist), composer and producer, born 31 August 1942 in Sankt Matteus parish in Stockholm

Originally a jazz drummer but his music has become heavily influenced by Hindustani, Karnatic and West African musics which he studied during some years in India and Ghana.

ALBUMS


Bengt Berger, Beches Brew
Gothenburg
2018, CD, Album, Country & Eastern
Bengt Berger, Beches Brew
Gothenburg Live
2018, 10xFile, MP3, Album, 320, Country & Eastern
Bengt Berger
Beches Brew Big
2013, CD, Album, Country & Eastern,
Bengt Berger, Roland Keijser, Kjell Westling
The Vedbod Tapes
2012, CD, Album, Country & Eastern
Bengt Berger
Beches Brew
2009, CD, Album, Country & Eastern
Bengt Berger
Tarang
1995, CD, Album, Rub-A-Dub Records
Bengt Berger & Bitter Funeral Beer Band
Praise Drumming
1987
Fred Lane (2) Och Spjärnsvallet, Bengt Berger, Christer Bothén, Sigge Krantz, Kjell Westling
Till Soluppgång Och Till Lycka Sånger Med Texter Av Elmer Diktonius Och Nils Ferlin
1982, LP, Krokben
Bengt Berger
Bitter Funeral Beer
1981, Vinyl, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation/African
Bengt Berger Och Kjell Westling
Spelar
1978
Sten Källman & Sanba Zao
Mapou (Haitian Drums & Northern Wind)
2020, CD, Album, Country & Eastern
Göran Klinghagen
Hälsingland By The Lake Beside The Trees
2019, CD, Album, Country & Eastern
Stefan Bellnäs
Podunk
2018, CD, Album, Country & Eastern
Per Gudmundson & Bengan Janson*
Hjeltamôs
2018, CD, Album, Country & Eastern
M. R. Gautam* And Pandit Taranath*
Live in Bombay 1967
2017, 3xFile, WAV, Album, Country & Eastern, ,
Indian Classical/Hindustani
Beches Indian Brew*
Beches Indian Brew
2017, CD, Album, Country & Eastern
Elisabeth Engdahl, Thomas Gustafsson
Ori Variations
2017, CD, Album, Country & Eastern, ,
Contemporary
Zia Mohiuddin Dagar* & Pandit Taranath*
Live In Stockholm 1969
2015, CD, Country & Eastern
Xylofonorkestern
Stora Blå
2014, CD, Album, Country & Eastern
Thomas Jäderlund Amazing Trio
Plays Jazz
2014, CD, Album, Country & Eastern
Sangitha Kalanidhi Nedunuri Krishnamurthy*
For Tradition, Turn To Nedunuri
2014, 3xCD, Album, Country & Eastern
Spjärnsvallet
Again & Again
2014
Willemark*, Knutsson*, Öberg*
Alla Drömmars Sång
2013, CD, Album, Country & Eastern
Torkel Rasmusson
Sånger Under Natten
2013, CD, Album, Country & Eastern
Iskra
Liberté Égalité Humanité
2012, CD, Album, Country & Eastern
Christian Spering
Inside Bach
2012, CD, Album, Country & Eastern
Elisabeth Engdahl, Thomas Gustafsson
Piece In Peace
2012, CD, Album, Country & Eastern, ,
Contemporary
Shashi Bellare // Ravi Bellare
Tabla Jugalbandi For Ustad Shamsuddin Khan's Punyatithi, 1968
2012, CD, Album, Country & Eastern
Z.M. Dagar* & Z.F. Dagar*
Ragini Miyan Ki Todi, Bombay 1968
2011, CD, Country & Eastern
Hacı Tekbilek*
Türlü
2010, CD, Album, Country & Eastern, Country & Eastern
Country & Eastern Party Band
Country & Eastern Christmas
2008, 2xCD, Album, Country & Eastern
Ammasu Akapoma Group
The Music Of Ammasu
2007, CD, Album, Country & Eastern
Jonas Knutsson & Horn Please
Horn Please!
2007, CD, Album, Country & Eastern
Bitter Funeral Beer Band With Don Cherry & K. Sridhar*
Live In Frankfurt 82
2007
Z.M. Dagar* & Z.F. Dagar*
Raag Malkauns, Bombay 1968
2005, CD, Country & Eastern
Berger Knutsson Spering
See You In A Minute - Memories Of Don Cherry
2005, CD, Album, Country & Eastern,
Sadanand Naimpalli & Mohan Balvally
Live At Trinity Club, Bombay 1967
2005, CD, Album, Country & Eastern
Archimedes Badkar
Tre
2003, CD, ,
Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Folk/Experimental/Prog Rock
उस्ताद ज़िया मोहिउद्दीन डगर*
Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar
2001
கே. ஸ்ரீதர்*
K. Sridhar
1999
Chapter Seven
Thums Up
1989, CD, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar
Raga Mangeyabushan (Musique Classique De L'Inde)
1974
Bengt Berger Bitter Funeral Beer Band* W/ Don Cherry
Bitter Funeral Beer
Mohi Bahauddin Dagar*
Ahir Bhairav
2022
Berger Knutsson Spering Schultz
Blue Blue
2015, CD, Album, Country & Eastern
BE Five
Blues For E.D
2012, CD, Album, Gazell
Berger Knutsson Spering
Up Close
2006, CD, Album, Country & Eastern
Rena Rama
Rena Rama
2003, CD, Comp, Caprice Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Rena Rama
Silhuett
2003, CD, Single, Comp, Promo, Car, Caprice Records,
Arbete Och Fritid
Arbete Och Fritid
2003, ,
Folk Rock/Prog Rock/Fusion/Nordic/Experimental
Berger Knutsson Spering
Live Vol 2 - At Mosebacke
2001, CD, Album, Amigo
Berger Knutsson Spering
Live Vol 1 - At Glenn Miller Café
2001, CD, Album, Amigo
Bengt Berger Old School
All Time High
1999, CD, Album, Amigo
Enteli
Live
1997, CD, Album, Amigo, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Nordic
Berger Knutsson Spering
Berger Knutsson Spering
1997, CD, Album, Amigo
Berger & Keijser
Off Spring
1997, CD, Album, Phono Suecia
Enteli
Enteli
1994, CD, Album, Phono Suecia
Archimedes Badkar
Tre
1977, ,
Prog Rock/Experimental
Archimedes Badkar
Archimedes Badkar II
1976, 2xLP, Album, MNW, ,
Art Rock/Drone/Prog Rock/Experimental/Contemporary
Spjärnsvallet
Spjärnsvallet
1976, LP, Album, MNW, ,
Free Jazz/African
Archimedes Badkar
Badrock För Barn I Alla Åldrar
1975, Vinyl, ,
Fusion/Psychedelic Rock/Experimental/Prog Rock
Rena Rama
Rena Rama
1973, Vinyl, ,
Modal/Post Bop
Arbete Och Fritid
Arbete Och Fritid
1970, Vinyl, ,
Folk Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Experimental
Terry Riley & Don Cherry Quartet
WDR Radio, Koln, February 23, 1975
2023
Archimedes Badkar
Badrock För Barn I Alla Åldrar
2008

APPEARANCES +


Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar
Vrindavan 1982
2023, ,
Indian Classical/Hindustani
Torkel Rasmusson
Farväl Kapten
2019, ,
Folk Rock
Nicolai Dunger
Terror & Tradition
2018, LP, Album, Num, Hi-hat Music
Tore Berger
Stora Frågor - Inga Svar
2018
Various
Svensk Jazzhistoria Vol. 11 - Swedish Jazz History 1970 - 1979 - Jazz Cosmopolit
2017, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Caprice Records, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Big Band/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Jazz-Rock/Latin Jazz/Modal/Post Bop
The Great Learning Orchestra
Miniatures
2017, 2xLP, Comp, Ltd, Num, Great Learning Recordings, ,
Experimental
Christer Bothén
Ljudskulptur För 5 Kontrabasklarinetter 5 Qaraqeb & Elektronik + Solon För Kontrabasklarinett & Basklarinett
2016, LP, Album, iDEAL Recordings
Various
International New Jazz Meeting Burg Altena 1972-1973
2016, 8xCD, Comp, RM + Box, B.Free, ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Fusion/Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz/Experimental
Bengt Nordström, Sven-Åke Johansson, Alexander v. Schlippenbach*
Stockholm Connection
2015, 3xCD, Album, Umlaut Records, ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz
Thomas Tidholm, Jonas Knutsson
Orsa By Night
2015, CD, Album, Country & Eastern
Ellika Solo Rafael
Now
2013, CD, Album, Country & Eastern
Julian Cope
Copendium: An Expedition Into The Rock 'N' Roll Underwerld
2012,
Per Tjernberg
Music Is My Salvation
2011, CD, Album, Country & Eastern, ,
Fusion/Avant-garde Jazz
Elias Krantz
Night Ice
2011
Jonas Knutsson
Blåslåtar
2010, CD, Album, Country & Eastern
Handgjort
Handgjort
2010, CD, ,
Psychedelic Rock
Mecki Mark Men
Mecki Mark Men
2008
Per Tjernberg
Inside Information
2007, CD, Album, Phono Suecia, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Fusion
Lars Fredriksson
Ting Qui - 108 Chinese Crickets Conducted By Lars Fredriksson
2006, CD, Country & Eastern
Sebastian Åberg
The Sangeet Project
2006, CD, Album, Country & Eastern
Mirja Mäkelä, Bengt Berger, Jonas Knutsson, Christian Spering*
Arco Iris
2003, CD, Album, Impala
Pärson Sound
Pärson Sound
2001, 2x CD, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Experimental/Krautrock
Eilert Pilarm & Partybandet
Live In Stockholm
2000, CD, Album, Nostradamus Records (2)
Various
Agera! (Skådespelerskor Stöder Kvinna Till Kvinnas Arbete På Balkan)
1999, CD, Album, Anderson Records,
পণ্ডিত নিখিল ব্যানার্জি*
Pandit Nikhil Banerjee
1999
उस्ताद अमजद अली खान*
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
1999
पंडित राम नारायण*
Pandit Ram Narayan
1999
Anders Fugelstad
Upptäcktsresa
1997, CD, Album, Kungsklippan Records,
Eagle-Eye Cherry
Desireless
1997, ,
Pop Rock/Alternative Rock
Christer Bothén
The Spirit Of Milvus Milvus
1996, CD, Album, Rub-A-Dub Records,
Don Cherry
The Sonet Recordings: Eternal Now / Live Ankara
1996, ,
Free Jazz/Experimental
dEUS
Worst Case Scenario
1994
Jonas Knutsson
Vyer
1992, CD, Album, Caprice Records
Per Tjernberg
They Call Me
1990
Gerhard Lipold
Moon Trance
1988, Cass, Album, Not On Label
Lennart Åberg
Green Prints
1986, Vinyl, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Avant-garde Jazz
Mynta
Short Conversation
1985, LP, Album, Fat Records & Tapes
Jan Edvard Wallgren* & The Swedish Radio Jazz Group*
Lavoro In Corso
1985, LP, Album, Dragon (8)
Imperiet
Du Ska Va President!
1984, Vinyl, ,
Alternative Rock
Christer Bothén Featuring Bolon Bata
Trancedance
1984, Vinyl, ,
Fusion/African
Torkel Rasmusson
Dagar, Djur
1983, LP, Album, Mistlur
Barrikadorkestern, Engels Konfekt
Internationalen
1983, 12", Urspår, ,
Alternative Rock/Big Band/Political
K. Sridhar*
Ragas Madhukauns And Piloo
1983
Dag Vag
Almanacka
1983
Per Cussion
Per Cussion
1981, LP, Album, MNW,
Various
Music In Sweden 7: Alternative Instrumental Music
1980, LP, Comp, Caprice Records, ,
Folk Rock/Art Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Free Improvisation/Acoustic/Jazz-Rock
Archimedes Badkar + Afro 70*
Bado Kidogo
1978, LP, Album, MNW, ,
African/Afrobeat/Funk
Archimedes Badkar & Afro 70 Band
Kila Mtu / Bado Kidogo
1978, 7", Single, MNW
Anita Livstrand
Mötet
1978, Vinyl,
Thomas Mera Gartz*
Sånger
1976
Turid
Tredje Dagen
1975
Bernt Rosengren
Notes From Underground
1974, 2x Vinyl, ,
Modal/Avant-garde Jazz/Post Bop
Various
Jazz Från Det Svenska 70-Talet
1974, 2x Vinyl,
Ustad Z.M. Dagar*
Morgonraga
1974
Don Cherry
Eternal Now
1974, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/African/Hindustani
Marie Selander
Från Den Svenska Vildmarken
1973, LP, Album, MNW
Don Cherry
Organic Music Society
1973
Kustbandet / Arbete Och Fritid
Club Jazz 6
1972, LP, Album, SR Records
Björn J:Son Lindh
Cous Cous
1972, Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Fusion/Jazz-Funk/Jazz-Rock/African/Prog Rock
Staffan Harde
Staffan Harde
1972
Nils Sandström*
The Painter
1972, Vinyl, ,
Hard Bop
Opposite Corner / Palle Danielsson - 6 -
Club Jazz 5
1971, LP, Album, SR Records
Sånger Om Kvinnor
Sånger Om Kvinnor
1971
Arbete & Fritid*
Arbete & Fritids Andra LP
1971, Vinyl, ,
Folk Rock/Prog Rock
Skäggmanslaget
Snus, Mus Och Brännvin
1971
G.L. Unit
Orangutang!
1970, LP, Album, Odeon, ,
Free Jazz
Martin Ljung - Sten Ardenstam
55:an Olga
1965, 7", Knäppupp
Various
Songlines: Top Of The World 186
2023, CD, Comp, Songlines
Various
Ljudspår Till #5 2018 ‎
2018, CD, Comp, Lira Lyssna
Various
Ljudspår Till #4 2013
2013, CD, Comp, Not On Label
Beautiful Swimmers Present Don Cherry
OHM Dedication Series #1
2012, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, One-Handed Music
Various
Ljudspår Till #3 2012
2012, CD, Comp, Not On Label
Various
Ljudspår Till #4 2009
2009, CD, Comp, Not On Label,
Various
Finnish Jazz 2003
2003, CD, Comp, Promo, FIMIC
Various
Folk Acts Sweden
1998, 7xCD, Comp, Promo, Pap + Box, Comp, Promo, FolkNetSweden
Various
Phono Suecia New Releases
1997, CD, Comp, Promo, Phono Suecia, ,
Contemporary
Bengt Berger Band W/ Don Cherry
Bitter Funeral Beer
Don Cherry
Organic Music Society
CDr, ,
Free Jazz/Afrobeat/Free Improvisation