Bob Berg, (April 7, 1951 - December 5, 2002) was a jazz saxophonist originally from Brooklyn, New York City. He 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. Bob Berg was a Julliard graduate influenced heavily by the late 1964-67 period of John Coltrane's music. A student from the Hard-Bop school, he played from 1973-76 with Horace Silver and from 1977-83 with Cedar Walton. Berg became more widely known through his short period in the Miles Davis band. He ony stayed for one album leaving in 1987.After leaving Miles Davis' band, he 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 that were always musical. His saxophone sound was a synthesis of r'nB' players like Junior Walker and Arnett Cobb with the lyricism, intellectual freedom and soul of Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson and John Coltrane. He was tragically killed in a traffic accident in East Hampton, NY. April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 339th day of the year (340th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... A saxophonist is a musician who plays the saxophone. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz musician widely considered to be one of the most influential of the 20th century. ...

He often played at the 7th Ave South NYC club and was loved.

The person who crashed into him accidentally was a good friend of his driving a dump truck which skidded into oncoming traffic in ice.

Discography

• First Set with Cedar Walton (1979)[steeplechase]
• Eastern Rebellion 3 with Cedar Walton (1979)[timeless]
• New Birth (1978; Xanadu Records)
• Steppin': Live in Europe (1982)
• Short Stories (1987)
• Cycles (1988)
• Live at the Sweet Basil with Randy Brecker [Sonnet]
• In the Shadows (1990)
• Back Roads (1991)
• Virtual Reality (1992)
• Enter the Spirit (1993)
• Riddles (1994)
• The Best of Bob Berg (1995)
• Another Standard (1997)
• Jazz Times Superband (2000)

Xanadu Records was a jazz music record label specializing in bebop throughout the 1970s and 1980s founded by Don Schlitten, recording and issuing recordings by some legendary names in jazz music such as Dexter Gordon, Al Cohn, Sonny Criss, Shorty Rogers, Charles McPherson, Jimmy Raney, Art Pepper, Ted Dunbar, Bob...

External links

• Official Bob Berg Website
• Jazz Professional article about his death
• Interview with Bob Berg