Totti Bergh


Theodor Christian Frølich Bergh known as Totti Bergh was a Norwegian jazz musician, the younger brother of the jazz journalist Johannes Bergh. He was married to jazz singer Laila Dalseth. He was born and died in Oslo.

Career

Bergh began to play clarinet, and began learning the saxophone in 1952. In 1956, he became a professional musician. He was a regular member of Kjell Karlsen Sextet for three years, in addition to collaborating sporadically with Rowland Greenberg and other musicians on the Norwegian jazz scene as it once provisioned live dance music of good brand. He also made trips on the Norwegian America Ships with the ships' house orchestra on the voyage to New York. Bergh had mustered the America boat in 1960 and succeeded Harald Bergersen as tenor saxophonist in the Kjell Karlsen new big band. In the summer of 1961, the big band's new singer was Laila Dalseth, his wife to be. He also was in the lineup for the bands of Einar Schanke, Rowland Greenberg, and Per Borthen. In addition, he played in his wife Laila Dalseth's orchestra. Later, he played tenor saxophone and soprano saxophone with 'Christiania Jazzband' and with 'Christiania 12'.
He released several albums, and his music is reminiscent of the world-renowned tenorists Lester Young and Dexter Gordon.

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