Person · Male
Karl Berger
- From
- Heidelberg, Germany
- Active
- 1935–2023
- Releases
- 28
- jazz
- avant-garde jazz
- free improvisation
- free jazz
About
Karl Hans Berger (March 30, 1935 – April 9, 2023) was a German-American jazz pianist, vibraphonist, composer, and educator. He was a leading figure in jazz improvisation from the 1960s when he settled in the United States for life. He founded the educational Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, New York, in 1972 with his wife and Ornette Coleman, to encourage international students to pursue their own ideas about music.
Member of
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The Don Cherry Quintet piano, vibraphone
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Don Cherry Trio percussion, piano, marimba, vibraphone
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David Izenson Trio piano
Discography
Albums
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From Now On
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Where Fortune Smiles
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We Are You
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With Silence
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Muun Music Universe Vol. I - The Peace Church Concerts
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All Kinds of Time
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Interludes
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World-Music-Meeting
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Transit Apple Music
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Jazzdance
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Crystal Fire
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Conversations Apple Music
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Seasons Change
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No Man Is an Island
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Strangely Familiar
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Reverie
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Moon
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The Hitchhiker
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The Art of the Improv Trio, Volume 1
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In a Moment
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MBefore
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Heart is a Melody
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Musica Poetica
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Duet 1
Compilations
Other
Links
Official
Concerts
Collaboration
Married
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 68b85a06-24d9-4e4d-9058-7c3aa4f36dc5
- ISNI
- 0000000114937652
- IPI
- 00079171847
- IPI
- 00131782486
- IPI
- 00442099753
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 8 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.