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Born | Karl Hans Berger March 30, 1935 Heidelberg, Gau Baden, Germany |
Died | April 9, 2023 Albany, New York, U.S. | (aged 88)
Education | Free University of Berlin |
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Karl Hans Berger (March 30, 1935 – April 9, 2023) 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 for life. 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.