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Dick Berk

American drummer (1939–2014)
Person Human Q1209617

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
May 22, 1939
Date of death
February 8, 2014
Place of birth
San Francisco
Place of death
Portland
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
bandleader, conductor, jazz musician
Educated at
Berklee College of Music[9]
Genre
jazz[11]
Citizenship
United States
Different from
Richard A. Berk[15]
Family name
Berk[12]
Given name
Dick[13]
Instrument
drum kit[14]
Start of work period
2014[16]
Work period start
2014
🏷️ Also known as
en Dick Berk en Richard Alan Berk es Richard Alan Berk ja ディック・バーク ru Ричард Э. Берк
🔖 Identifiers · 26
ISNI
0000000386967329
VIAF cluster ID
64191021
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n88665786
GND ID
134882539
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Dick Berk 2009.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000255468
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13891405w
Carnegie Hall agent ID
15311
CineMagia person ID
264591
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134882539
Discogs artist ID
600406
Europeana entity
agent/base/105976
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Film.ru person ID
richard-berk
Freebase ID
/m/03wf7p7
Grove Music Online ID
J038700
IMDb ID
nm0075281
J9U entity ID
987008817267605171
Kinobox person ID
838198
MusicBrainz artist ID
327f9b5e-ba4e-409a-b6b4-b4e26cff2e2c
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000039909
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX6484261
Prabook ID
1943869
SBN author ID
UM1V030729
SecondHandSongs artist ID
42842
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJrKX3vDQVcbX7F3gRt3Qq
Yale LUX ID
person/12d22dbf-9707-4968-81e8-74e55ecda8bb

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 3
conductor, bandleader, jazz musician
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
Berklee College of Music
Genre 1
jazz
Given name 1
Dick
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
drum kit
Place of birth 1
San Francisco
Place of death 1
Portland
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Dick Berk's place of birth was San Francisco[1]. He was born on May 22, 1939[2]. He died in Portland[3]. He died on February 8, 2014[4]. He worked as a bandleader[5], conductor[6], and jazz musician[7].

Product Details

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  • Type: Person[17]

  • Country: US[18]

  • Began / founded: 1939-05-22[19]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2014-02-08[20]

  • Genre(s): hard bop, jazz, post-bop[21]

  • Community tags: hard bop, jazz, post-bop[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 327f9b5e-ba4e-409a-b6b4-b4e26cff2e2c[23]

FAQs

Where was Dick Berk born?

Born in San Francisco[1].

Where did Dick Berk die?

Dick Berk died in Portland[3].

What did Dick Berk do for work?

Dick Berk worked as bandleader[5], conductor[6], and jazz musician[7].

Where did Dick Berk go to school?

Dick Berk was educated at Berklee College of Music[9].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [2] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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