Biography

Kris is the author of the popular bass method book, BASS LINES IN MINUTES, and also has big band charts published with Warner Brothers Music, Doug Beach Music, Bakers Jazz and More, Walrus Music, and Kris Berg Jazz.

Kris has been the Director of Jazz Studies at Collin College near Dallas for 20 years. At Collin, he has taught jazz classes, directed ensembles and is the founder of both the Collin Jazz Fest and the Texas All-Star Jazz Camp.  Under his direction, Collin jazz ensembles have performed multiple times at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.  The band has also appeared in Nassau, Bahamas as well as at festivals all over the United States.  Kris earned his Master's and Bachelor's of Music in Jazz Studies at University of North Texas where he directed jazz ensembles and taught big band arranging.

Kris Berg Jazz

jazz composer / arrangers