World of Jazz 583

On this show a focus on Karl Hans Berger who 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. 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. With a massive back catalogue both as a leader and sideman I have barely scratched the surface of an impressive body of work.

Berger sadly died in a hospital in Albany, New York, on April 9, 2023, at age 88.