Borah Bergman

Borah Bergman ( born December 13, 1933 in the Brooklyn / New York City, † October 18, 2012 ) was an American jazz pianist. In addition to Cecil Taylor he was Wolf Kampmann According in the 1980s " the second pillar of the American free jazz piano. "

Life and work

Bergman, who comes from a musical family, played clarinet as a child. After military service, he studied English and Music at New York University, and then to work as a teacher. Although he only started about 20 years to play the piano, he was a jazz pianist of exceptional technical and improvisatory skills. In 1954 he joined occasionally on the public. After intense training, especially of the left hand, he published between 1975 and 1985 four solo albums, first two at Chiaroscuro, then two with the label Soul Note. He developed a equality of both hands and the cross match his personal style.

As of 1992, Bergman took albums as a duo with alto saxophonist Thomas Chapin, drummer Andrew Cyrille and the soprano saxophonist Evan Parker. He later worked in trio formations with Roscoe Mitchell and Thomas Buckner, with Peter Brötzmann and Thomas Borgmann and with Peter Brötzmann and Andrew Cyrille.

Bergman was one of Lennie Tristano, Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell to his influences.

Disco Graphical Notes

  • Burst of Joy ( 1976) solo
  • A New Frontier ( Soul Note, 1983) solo
  • Upside Down Visions ( 1984) solo
  • The Fire Tale ( Soul Note, 1990) with Evan Parker
  • The Human Factor ( Soul Note, 1992) with Andrew Cyrille
  • First Meeting ( Knitting Factory, 1994) with Roscoe Mitchell and Thomas Buckner
  • The Italian Concert with Roscoe Mitchell, 1994-95
  • Reflections on Ornette Coleman and the Stone House ( Soul Note, 1995) with Hamid Drake
  • Ride Into the Blue with Thomas Borgmann and Peter Brötzmann ( nexus Records, 1995)
  • Eight by Three ( Mixtery, 1996) with Anthony Braxton, Peter Brötzmann
  • Blue Zoo with Thomas Borgmann and Peter Brötzmann ( nexus Records, 1996)
  • Exhilaration ( Soul Note, 1997) with Peter Brötzmann, Andrew Cyrille
  • New Organization ( Soul Note, 1999) with Oliver Lake
  • Toronto 1997 ( Boxholder, 1997) with Thomas Chapin
  • The River of Sounds ( Boxholder, 2001) with Conny Bauer, Mat Maneri
  • The Double Idea ( Boxholder, 2002) solo
  • Meditations for Piano ( Tzadik, 2003) solo

Lexical entries

  • Richard Cook: Jazz Encyclopedia London 2007; ISBN 978-0-141-02646-6
  • Wolf Kampmann Reclams jazz lexicon. Stuttgart, Reclam, 2003; ISBN 978-3150105283
Chiaroscuro Records Tzadik Records Richard Cook (journalist) JazzTimes Integrated Authority File
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