Dick Berk

Dick Berk

Berk at Wilfs in 2009
Background information
Birth name Richard Alan Berk
Born (1939-05-22)May 22, 1939
San Francisco, California
Died February 8, 2014(2014-02-08) (aged 74)
Portland, Oregon
Genres Jazz
Instruments Drum kit
Years active 1960s–2014
Website http://dickberk.com

Richard Alan "Dick" Berk (May 22, 1939 – February 8, 2014) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader.[1]

Berk was born in San Francisco, California. He studied at the Berklee College of Music and played in the Boston area early in the 1960s. In 1962 he moved to New York City and played there with Ted Curson and Bill Barron in a quintet from 1962 to 1964. Following this he played with Charles Mingus, Mose Allison, Freddie Hubbard, and Walter Bishop, Jr., among others. He moved to Los Angeles late in the 1960s, where he played with Milt Jackson, George Duke, Cal Tjader, Jean-Luc Ponty, and Blue Mitchell. He founded the Jazz Adoption Agency in the early 1980s, playing into the 2000s; among this group's alumni are Andy Martin, Mike Fahn, Nick Brignola, John Nagorney, Keith Saunders, Tad Weed, and John Patitucci.

He died in 2014, aged 74.[2]

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With Walter Bishop, Jr.

With Ted Curson

With Don Friedman

With Milt Jackson

With Blue Mitchell

With Bill Barron & Ted Curson "Now Hear This!" (Audio Fidelity AFLP 2123) 1964

References

  1. Dick Berk at AllMusic
  2. D'Antoni, Tom (February 10, 2014). "Dick Berk, Jazz drummer, Portlander, dead at 74…TRIBUTE UPDATE". Oregon Music News. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
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