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- Birth nameKarlhanns Berger
- Karl Berger was born on March 30, 1935 in Heidelberg, Germany. He was married to Ingrid Sertso. He died on April 9, 2023 in Albany, New York, USA.
- SpouseIngrid Sertso(? - April 9, 2023) (his death, 1 child)
- With Ornette Coleman and Ingrid Sertso, he founded the Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, New York, in 1972, to encourage students to pursue their own ideas about music.
- He collaborated with Bill Laswell as musical arranger and conductor, thus contributing to albums by Jeff Buckley, Better Than Ezra, Buckethead, Natalie Merchant, Sly & Robbie, Angélique Kidjo, Hozan Yamamoto, and Shin Terai.
- He was a German jazz pianist, composer, and educator.
- Berger played piano in Germany when he was ten and worked in his teens at a club in Heidelberg.
- He worked as a member of Don Cherry's band in Paris. When the band went to New York City to record Symphony for Improvisers, he recorded his debut album as a leader.
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