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181:Hallberg died from congestive heart failure.
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118:pianist, composer and arranger.
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215:New Sounds from Sweden, Vol. 2
35:Bengt hallberg in October 2011
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1139:"Truddelutt. Bengt Hallberg"
909:"Bengt Hallberg har avlidit"
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959:"Bengt Hallberg obituary"
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675:The Tapdancing Butterfly
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140:in 1951, and trumpeters
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806:Solo piano; in concert
611:Hallberg's Yellow Blues
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698:With Ad Libitum Choir
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237:Bengt Hallberg Quartet
41:Background information
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1315:Swedish jazz pianists
888:List of jazz pianists
659:Skansen in Our Hearts
1360:Epic Records artists
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1117:. pp. 461–463.
1041:"Bengt Hallberg RIP"
836:Imported from Europe
739:Stardust in My Heart
468:Hallberg's Happiness
388:Bengt Hallberg Piano
174:Jazz at the Pawnshop
167:. With Domnerus and
866:Quincy's Home Again
643:Hallberg's Surprise
459:(bass); in concert
358:Kiddin' on the Keys
1325:Male jazz pianists
935:"July to December"
515:The Hallberg Touch
373:At Gyllene Cirkeln
94:composer, musician
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