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Bengt Berger dead at age 83, Swedish jazz drummer, composer and producer

Bengt Berger

Bengt Berger, a Swedish jazz drummer, composer and producer, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 83.

Born in Stockholm on August 31, 1942, Berger studied north and south Indian music from the 1960s with Pandit Taranath Rama Rao and Mridangam Vidwan P.S. Devarajan.

He also played the tabla and mridangam.

Bengt Berger, 83, Swedish jazz drummer, composer and producer.

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