Bob Berg


Robert Berg was an American jazz saxophonist.
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Biography

Berg was born in Brooklyn, New York.
Berg started his musical education at the age of six when he began studying classical piano. He began playing the saxophone at the age of thirteen. He studied at the High School of Performing Arts and Juilliard before leaving school to tour. Berg was influenced by the late 1964–1967 period of John Coltrane's music.
A student from the hard bop school, Berg played from 1973 to 1976 with Horace Silver and, from 1977 to 1983, with Cedar Walton. Berg became more widely known when he joined Miles Davis' band in 1984. After leaving Davis's band in 1987, Berg released a series of solo albums and also performed and recorded frequently in a group co-led with guitarist Mike Stern. On these albums he played a more accessible style of music, mixing funk, jazz and even country music, with many other diverse compositional elements to produce albums. He often played at the 7th Avenue South NYC club. He worked with Chick Corea, Steve Gadd and Eddie Gómez in a quartet. Berg's tenor saxophone sound was a synthesis of rhythm and blues players such as Junior Walker and Arnett Cobb with the lyricism, intellectual freedom and soul of Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson and John Coltrane.
Berg was killed in a traffic accident in East Hampton, New York, while he and his wife were driving near his home when a cement truck that had skidded on ice hit his car.

Discography

As leader

New Birth Steppin' Live in Europe Short Stories Cycles In the Shadows Back Roads Virtual Reality Enter the Spirit Riddles Another Standard The Jazz Times Superband
  • ''The Meeting''

As sideman

With Tom HarrellAurora Stories Visions
With Sam JonesChanges & Things Something in Common Visitations
With Horace SilverSilver 'n Brass Silver 'n Wood Silver 'n Voices
With Leni SternClairvoyant The Next Day Secrets
With Mike SternUpside Downside Time in Place Jigsaw Odds or Evens Standards and Other Songs
With Cedar Walton
With others