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Berklee Performance Center Concerts

SPRING 85

Double Concert — AS | FEEL/JUST LOOKING AT THE SKY — Bassist Yoshihiko Suwa
opens this double concert with a program of straight-ahead jazz for quintet. Guitarist
Kazuhiko Michishita concludes this evening's program with a program of original Latin-jazz
fusion with special guest trumpeter Tiger Okoshi.

LENNIE PETERSON'S TOOT (THE ASSAULT) — Facuilty trombonist/vocalist
Lennie Peterson leads his quintet in a program of original rock fusion.

DUO: WALTER NORRIS AND PHIL WILSON — Faculty trombonist Phil Wilson is joined
by renowned pianist Walter Norris for an evening of jazz standards in a duet setting with
special guest trombonist Sam Suitonstall.

FORWARD MOTION — Basist Terje Gewelt presents an evening of original acoustic jazz
in the ECM tradition.

Double Concert — THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER/THE MAN WITH THE HAT —
Saxophonist Hideya Satoh leads a quartet in a program of jazz classics from the bebop
repertoire. This will be followed in the second half by contemporary funk and fusion
music by Darryl Brenzel and his sextet.

AN EVENING WITH THE DUES BAND — Faculty trombonist Phil Wilson leads one of
Berklee's premier ensembles, The International Dues Band, through a program of
contemporary big band jazz with special guest, famed trombonist Urbie Green.

Double Concert — PICTURES OF MEMORIES/A NEW DIMENSION — Jazz originals

by pianist Alain Mallet will be performed by a trio including faculty drummer Joe Hunt and
guest vocalist Darelle Holden. The concert will continue as keyboardist James Varner
presents a program of rhythm and blues for a small ensemble.

Double Concert — MUSICAL ARCHITECTS/THE CHICAGO BAND — Guitarist

Benjamin Rodefer opens this two-for-one concert with modem jazz in the ECM style
followed in the second haif by the Berklee Chicago Band playing the famed group’s
pop/rock compositions under the direction of faculty trumpeter/arranger Dennis Cecere.

THE LORD IS MY LIGHT Il — The Berklee Reverence Gospel Ensemble — directed by
David Chandler, with facuity advisor Orville Wright — will present an evening of traditional
and contemporary gospel music.

SONGWRITERS NIGHT — Winners of the Berklee Songwriters Competition will present
their songs under the direction of faculty composer Pat Pattison.

THE BERKLEE WIND ENSEMBLE — Faculty composer/tubist Greg Fritze leads this
outstanding orchestra in a concert of contemporary classical music.

THE BERKLEE CONCERT JAZZ BAND — Faculty composer/arranger Herb Pomeroy
directs one of Berkiee’s most exciting bands in an evening of contemporary jazz.

LA MASHINE — An evening of “techno-pop-fusion-jazz” is presented by faculty synthesist
David S. Mash.

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