Blogs
Julian Lage Is Just Getting Started
What’s in the mind of jazz prodigy and Grammy nominee? BerkleeJazz.org sits down with Julian Lage and finds out.
Bernie Worrell and Socialybrium
Bernie Worrell (Parliament Funkadelic) and Socialybrium performed at the 2011 Beantown Festival. Missed it? Here’s the recap!
Beantown Jazz Recap
BerkleeJazz.org was live blogging from this year’s Beantown Jazz Festival. Here’s a recap complete with pictures and show reviews.
It Pays To Read
Sometimes it’s important to read something other than music to help your playing. Here are some books to take you to the next level.
The Best Upright Bassists
Upright bass players are some of the hardest workers in the jazz business. Here is a list of some the most renowned and oft called upon heavy hitters in the bass world.
Best Jazz Starter Kit
Many, if not most, people unknowingly approach jazz from the wrong direction, which can turn off prospective listeners. So, I’ve deemed the following five albums as the way to start.
In Memoriam: Frank Foster
Frank Foster was a saxophonist, flautist, arranger, composer, and Grammy Award winner who frequently worked with the Count Basie Orchestra as well as leading a prolific solo and sideman career in his own right.
65 Swing Tunes You Should Know
Before you go and sit in at a jam session, you better know some tunes. Standard repertoire is a staple of the jazz scene and the more tunes you learn, the easier the next one is to pick up.
High School Students Jam at Wally’s
A small room, a dark atmosphere, and a stern bartender is the usual scene for Wally’s Café jazz club, but Monday through Friday from 7 to 9pm, the entertainment is fresh out of high school.
What Is Jazz Today?
Jazz has come a long way from the beginnings of Louis Armstrong and Charlie Parker but what makes up the collective style that is “jazz” today?
My Favorite Tenor Players
My name is Tom Weeks and tenor saxophone player at Berklee. Because I play tenor, I thought it appropriate to list my 10 favorite tenor players.
History of the Big Band
If jazz is “America’s classical music,” then its attendant large ensemble is the “jazz orchestra,” popularly called the “big band.”
