Nils-Bertil Dahlander, nicknamed Bert Dahlander but also known as Bert Dale, was a Swedish Jazz percussionist. Self-taught in violin and piano, he attended Juilliard and began his career playing on

Thore Ehrling Thore Ehrling (December 29, 1912, Stockholm - October 21, 1994, Stockholm) was a Swedish trumpeter, composer, and bandleader, who led jazz and popular music ensembles. Ehrling played with Frank Vernon's ensemble from 1930 to 1934, and concomitan ...

's radio band. He started visiting the US in 1954, first playing at The Beehive house band in Chicago, and working with Terry Gibbs for a year. He then played with

Lars Gullin Lars Gunnar Victor Gullin (4 May 1928 – 17 May 1976) was a Swedish jazz saxophonist. Career Lars Gullin was born in Visby, Sweden. He was a child prodigy on the accordion. At age thirteen, he played clarinet in a military band and later l ...

, before returning to the US in 1957 to rejoin Gibbs. He performed as a member of Teddy Wilson's group, along with

Gene Ramey Gene Ramey (April 4, 1913 – December 8, 1984) was an American jazz double bassist. Ramey was born in Austin, Texas, United States, and played trumpet in college, but switched to contrabass when playing with George Corley's Royal Aces, The Moo ...

and Al Lucas; they recorded several

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LPs, and was originally nicknamed Bert by Wilson. He also worked with Ben Webster in Sweden. He was

Cannonball Adderley Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928August 8, 1975) was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s. Adderley is perhaps best remembered for the 1966 soul jazz single "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", whi ...

's drummer for a time and toured across Europe with

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during 1955–56 (recording with Baker as well). He recorded the album ''Skål'' (Bert Dahlander and His Swedish Jazz) on Verve Records. After his touring retirement in 1964, he played for many years in the house band at the Tippler at the base of Aspen Mountain.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dahlander, Bert 1928 births 2011 deaths Jazz drummers Swedish jazz musicians Juilliard School alumni Swedish expatriates in the United States

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