As a high school student, I was always curious about composing and arranging for jazz ensembles. The process seemed very mysterious and I always figured it was above my head. When I began studying arranging and composition, I learned that it was really much simpler than I had imagined, but nobody had ever demystified it [...]
Connor Anderson, Lead Alto for the SFJAZZ High School All-Stars
June 13, 2012 | By
If you got a chance to check out the SFJAZZ High School All-Stars Combo or Orchestra at the 2012 Festival, you know their lead alto player, Connor Anderson, is a musical force to be reckoned with.
Top Five Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Recordings
June 13, 2012 | By
Art Blakey’s various groups under the name The Jazz Messengers had some of the most profound influences on modern jazz of any artists of the post-bop era.
Ken Pullig Farewell Concert (5/7 in Boston)
May 1, 2012 | By | Photo by Phil Farnsworth
This year, Berklee is saying goodbye to the great Ken Pullig, chair of the Jazz Composition department and faculty icon since 1985. Ken graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1967 with a degree in Music Education and from Berklee in 1974 with a degree in composition before joining the Berklee faculty in 1975. In [...]
SFJAZZ High School All-Stars
March 6, 2012 | By
Meet the SFJAZZ High School All-Stars! The All-Stars program provides advanced-level training and performance opportunities for some of the most talented high school musicians in the nation.
Review: Jumpin’ Into The Future - Gunther Schuller And The Progressive Jazz Orchestra
February 29, 2012 | By
On December 4th, 2011, the Boston Conservatory hosted the Jumpin’ Into The Future: Gunther Schuller and the Progressive Jazz Orchesta performance. This performance gave the audience the opportunity to see some of the most influential and progressive jazz music played by some of Boston’s finest musicians and conducted by American music luminary, Gunther Schuller. Schuller is the former [...]
Darrell Katz, Director of The Jazz Composer’s Alliance Orchestra
November 30, 2011 | By | Photo by Phil Farnsworth
Darrell Katz is a Harmony and Arranging Professor at Berklee, a former High School Jazz Festival adjudicator, Director of the Jazz Composer’s Alliance Orchestra and a prolific composer of highly original music. Darrell recently sat down with BerkleeJazz.org’s Tom Weeks.
Ivan Lins at the BPC
November 17, 2011 | By
Ivan Lins has been one of the leading voices in Brazilian pop music for over thirty years. His tunes have been recorded by artists including Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Barbra Streisand, Quincy Jones, George Benson, The Manhattan Transfer, Diane Schuur, Carmen McRae, Nancy Wilson, Eliane Elias, Patti Austin, Sting, Toots Thielemans, Take 6, Lee Ritenour, [...]
Dave Samuels and the Caribbean Jazz Project
October 31, 2011 | By
Vibraphonist Dave Samuels has led the Caribbean Jazz Project (CJP) for over fifteen years, and at the Beantown Jazz festival, he showed the results of many years of mastering the group’s unique style.
Bernie Worrell with Socialybrium at the Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival
October 25, 2011 | By | Photo by Phil Farnsworth
Funk and rock legend Bernie Worrell graced Boston with his presence at this year’s Beantown Jazz Festival. As Parliament-Funkadelic’s original keyboardist, Worrell co-wrote and performed on many of the band’s most well-known hits including “Flash Light,” “Give Up The Funk,” “Mothership Connection,” “Aqua Boogie” and many more. In addition to his groundbreaking work with P-Funk, [...]
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