Bengt Berger - Special musician

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I'm a drummer and percussionist with a 50-year old interest in what is now called World Music. Originally a jazz drummer, my own music has become heavily influenced by Hindustani, Karnatic and West African musics which I studied during some years in India and Ghana. In my site you will find links to pages about some of the things I am involved in: Indian classical music: My tabla and mridangam teachers and musician friends, soundfiles of my teachers, friends and of myself, scores, press material, things going on at the moment, information about recordings, links to friends etc.

Contact: Bengt Berger, Kantarellvägen 10, 122 63 Enskede, Sweden
bengt.berger@beche.se

A short great clip with our Guruhi Pandit Taranath has just materialized

Click the logo for info and pics from the Bucky Dome in the summer of 2012.
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This years first release was the beautiful album with Lena Willemark, Jonas Knutsson and Mats Öberg, three of the heavyweights in the world and impro scene. It is called"Alla Drömmars Sång" - "Song of Dream"s and it is getting rave reviews all over the place.

CE25
photo by Viktor Gårdsäter

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We will be releasing some other exciting stuff, but more of that later.

Visit the Country & Eastern website for uptodate info

Beches Brew was one of the acts at the Pick'n'Mix festival in Gothenburg in april. As was Christian Spering and Willemark-Knutsson-Öberg.

I just put up some old pics from a duo concert with Roland Keijser some years back. Click below to see them

After the summer we will release an album w Ellika Frisell, Solo Sissokho and Rafael Sida, entitled NOW!

(Photo by Anna Simonsson)

Country & Eastern releases 2012
Shashi Bellare in a tabla duet w twin brother Ravi on CE22

and Ravi Bellare alone on the digital-only album

More releases, from 2012:

CE21 ISKRA

Kjell Westling, Roland Keijser and Bengt Berger, recorded in 1977, The Vedbod Tapes - CE20

and digital only:
More Vedbod Tapes

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The sequel to CE02 - Zia Mohiuddin Dagar & Zia Fariduddin Dagar: Miyan Ki Todi - CE19

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Country & Eastern is distributed by Naxos Sweden, meaning our musical quality is matched by worldwide quality in distribution.

ContactNaxos Sweden
Kryptongatan 6, 703 74 Örebro.
Phone +46 19 206860, fax +46 19 206865
e-mail: info@naxos.se, web: www.naxosdirect.se.

My other web spots:
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www.countryandeastern.se
www.facebook.com/CountryAndEastern
www.womex.com/virtual/country_eastern
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www.gplus.to/beche
www.facebook.com/bengtberger
www.youtube.com/bengtberger

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Updates

2012-08-26
Minor updates are being done continuously but not as frequently as before since this page is more personal and a lot of my activities are linked to Country & Eastern

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IN MEMORIAM

Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar (1932-2013)

K. Shivakumar (1945-2012)

Shashi Bellare (1927-2012) passed on feb 28. Here he is in 1968 having tiffin w sitarist Shamim Ahmed who also passed 2012.

Mridangam Vidwan P.S. Devarajan (1918-1987)

Kjell Westling (1942-2010)

Thomas Mera Gartz (1944-2012)

Sune Spångberg (1930-2012)

Per Odeltorp (-2012)

Tom Hofvander (-2012)