Borah Bergman

Borah Bergman (December 13, 1926 – October 18, 2012) was an American free jazz pianist.

Training and influences Bergman was born in Brooklyn to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents. His grandfather Meir Pergamenick was a cantor. Accounts of when he began to learn the piano vary: some assert that he learned clarinet as a child and did not commence his piano studies until adulthood; others, that he had piano lessons from a young age; As an adult, he developed his left hand playing to the point where he became essentially ambidextrous as a pianist, and could play equally fast in both hands, Bergman himself preferred the term "ambi-ideation" to "ambidextrous", as it conveyed the added ability to express ideas achieved when both hands were equal.

Performance and recordings Until the 1970s he played little in public, concentrating on private practice and his work as a school teacher.

Discography

As leader/co-leader