Berger, David
Jazz composer, arranger and conductor David Berger is recognized internationally as a leading authority on the music of Duke Ellington and the Swing Era. Conductor and arranger for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra from its inception in 1988 through 1994, Berger has transcribed more than 700 full scores of classic recordings including 500 works by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Mr. Berger maintains a close working relationship with Wynton Marsalis and continues to transcribe and arrange for, and on occasion, conduct the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in addition to transcribing and editing the music for the Essentially Ellington music, conducted band workshops, and annually serves as a judge alongside Mr. Marsalis at the Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival.
In 1996 Berger collaborated with choreographer Donald Byrd to create the Harlem Nutcracker, a full-length 2-hour dance piece that expands the Tchaikovsky/Ellington/Strayhorn score into an American classic. The 15-piece band assembled to play this show has stayed together as the David Berger Jazz Orchestra and continues to play Mr. Berger’s music.
Mr. Berger has written music for television, Broadway shows, including Sophisticated Ladies; films, including The Great Debaters, The Cotton Club and Brighton Beach Memoirs; dozens of singers, bands, orchestras and dance companies. David Berger's jazz compositions, arrangements and transcriptions are played by hundreds of bands every day all over the world. A seven-time recipient of National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, Mr. Berger resides in New York City.
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CREATIVE JAZZ COMPOSING AND ARRANGING VOLUME 1: WRITING FOR BIG BAND
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