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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="de" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="de" dir="ltr"><p><b>Charles Merrell „Chuck“ Berg</b> (* <a href="1940" title="1940">1940</a> oder <a href="1941" title="1941">1941</a>; † <a href="26._Juli" title="26. Juli">26. Juli</a> <a href="2016" title="2016">2016</a> in <a href="Lawrence_(Kansas)" title="Lawrence (Kansas)">Lawrenze</a>, <a href="Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>) war ein US-amerikanischer Filmwissenschaftler, Autor und <a href="Jazz" title="Jazz">Jazzmusiker</a> (<a href="Tenorsaxophon" title="Tenorsaxophon">Tenorsaxophon</a>, <a href="Querfl%C3%B6te" title="Querflöte">Querflöte</a>). Er war an der <a href="University_of_Kansas" title="University of Kansas">University of Kansas</a> als Hochschullehrer tätig.
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<p>Berg war seit 1977 an der University of Kansas als Professor für Film- und Medienwissenschaft am <i>Department of Theatre and Film</i> tätig.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte waren der amerikanische Film und die Populärkultur. Er verfasste <i>An Investigation of the Motives for and Realization of Music to Accompany the American Silent Film</i> (1976). Zuletzt erschien sein Werk <i>The Encyclopedia of <a href="Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a></i> (2003). Ferner fungierte er als Berater der Herausgeber des <i>Journal of Film and Video</i> und als Herausgeber des <i>Journal of Dramatic Art and Criticism</i> und des <i>Journal of Popular Music and Society</i>.
</p><p>Berg war stimmberechtigtes Mitglied der <a href="National_Academy_of_Recording_Arts_and_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences">National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences</a> (NARAS), die die <a href="Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a> präsentiert, und war für die Bereiche Film und Video in der <a href="International_Association_of_Jazz_Educators" class="mw-redirect" title="International Association of Jazz Educators">International Association of Jazz Educators</a> zuständig. Es schrieb als Jazzkritiker für die Zeitschriften <a href="JazzTimes" title="JazzTimes">JazzTimes</a>, <a href="Down_Beat" title="Down Beat">Down Beat</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jazz Educators Journal, American Music, <a href="Coda_(Zeitschrift)" title="Coda (Zeitschrift)">Coda</a>, <a href="Kansas_City_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="Kansas City Star">Kansas City Star</a> und das Topeka Capital-Journal. Zudem verfasste er bis 2009 eine Reihe von <a href="Liner_Notes" class="mw-redirect" title="Liner Notes">Liner Notes</a> für die Alben von Jazzgrößen wie <a href="Coleman_Hawkins" title="Coleman Hawkins">Coleman Hawkins</a>, <a href="Jay_McShann" title="Jay McShann">Jay McShann</a>, <a href="Claude_Williams_(Musiker)" title="Claude Williams (Musiker)">Claude Williams</a>, <a href="Eric_Dolphy" title="Eric Dolphy">Eric Dolphy</a>, <a href="Art_Pepper" title="Art Pepper">Art Pepper</a>, <a href="Marian_McPartland" title="Marian McPartland">Marian McPartland</a>, <a href="Keith_Jarrett" title="Keith Jarrett">Keith Jarrett</a> <i>(The Impulse Years 1973–1974)</i>, <a href="Dave_Liebman" class="mw-redirect" title="Dave Liebman">Dave Liebman</a>, <a href="Fred_Hersch" title="Fred Hersch">Fred Hersch</a>, <a href="Joanne_Brackeen" title="Joanne Brackeen">Joanne Brackeen</a>, <a href="Mary_Lou_Williams" title="Mary Lou Williams">Mary Lou Williams</a> und <a href="Lee_Ritenour" title="Lee Ritenour">Lee Ritenour</a>. U. a. mit Dave Liebman und <a href="Richie_Beirach" title="Richie Beirach">Richie Beirach</a> war er Co-Autor des Buchs <i>Lookout Farm: A Case Study of Improvisation for Small Jazz Group</i>. Er schrieb ferner Beiträge für die Lexika <i>The Oxford Companion to Jazz, The Gramophone Guide to CD Jazz</i> und den <a href="All_Music_Guide" class="mw-redirect" title="All Music Guide">All Music Guide to Jazz</a>.
</p><p>Daneben betätigte er sich als Musiker in seiner Heimatstadt und leitete auch ein eigenes Ensemble <i>(Chuck Berg and Friends)</i>;<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> er trat u. a. mit <a href="Roy_Eldridge" title="Roy Eldridge">Roy Eldridge</a> und <a href="Maynard_Ferguson" title="Maynard Ferguson">Maynard Ferguson</a> auf. 1988 wirkte er an dem Album <i>Blame It on the Music</i> von Sherry Jones mit.<sup id="cite_ref-lord_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lord-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Berg starb am 26. Juli 2016 im Alter von 75 Jahren in Lawrence, Kansas.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publikationen">Publikationen</h2></div>
<ul><li>David Liebman, Richard Beirach, <a href="Frank_Tusa" title="Frank Tusa">Frank Tusa</a>, <a href="Jeff_Williams_(Musiker)" title="Jeff Williams (Musiker)">Jeff Williams</a>, <a href="Badal_Roy" title="Badal Roy">Badal Roy</a>: <i>Lookout Farm: A Case Study of Improvisation for Small Jazz Group</i>. Almo Publications, Hollywood, Kalifornien, 1978</li>
<li>Chuck Berg/Tom Erskine, mit John C. Tibbetts, James M. Welsh: <i>The Encyclopedia of Orson Welles. From The Hearts of Age to F For Fake.</i> Facts On File, Inc., [Great Filmmakers], New York 2003, ISBN 0816043914 / 0-8160-4391-4</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://film.ku.edu/chuck-berg">Kurzbiographie (University of Kansas)</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stevehillis.com/subpage6.html">Porträt</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/exhibits/show/jazz/statement/jazz--according-to-chuck"><i>Chuck Berg on Jazz</i> in Rhythm and Meaning: Jazz at KU</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001596210">Chuck Berg</a> bei <a href="AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> (englisch)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/Chuck+Berg">Chuck Berg</a> bei <a href="Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160109113939/http://www.stevehillis.com/subpage6.html"><i>Chuck Berg Jazz Biography (englisch).</i></a> Archiviert vom <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r250917974">
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">U. a. interviewte Berg den Jazzmusiker <a href="Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon">Dexter Gordon</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://jazzprofiles.blogspot.de/2013/01/dexter-gordon-chuck-berg-interview.html">Dexter Gordon: The Chuck Berg Interview</a>)</span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="Richard_Kostelanetz" title="Richard Kostelanetz">Richard Kostelanetz</a>, Robert Flemming: <i>Writings on Glass: Essays, Interviews, Criticism</i>. 1999, S. 361</span>
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<li id="cite_note-lord-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-lord_4-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="Tom_Lord" title="Tom Lord">Tom Lord</a> <i>The Jazz Discography</i></span>
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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://today.ku.edu/2016/07/29/university-community-mourns-death-film-professor-chuck-berg"><i>University community mourns death of film professor Chuck Berg | The University of Kansas.</i></a> In: <i>ku.edu.</i> today.ku.edu,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 30. Juli 2016</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AChuck+Berg&rft.title=University+community+mourns+death+of+film+professor+Chuck+Berg+%26%23124%3B+The+University+of+Kansas&rft.description=University+community+mourns+death+of+film+professor+Chuck+Berg+%26%23124%3B+The+University+of+Kansas&rft.identifier=&rft.publisher=today.ku.edu"> </span></span>
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