Berklee Performance Center Concerts

SPRING ‘86

April 14 Double Concert — RETURNING TO THE PATH/FUSE FUNK —
Senior guitarist John Dirac brings a quintet to the Performance
Center for a set of original modal jazz featuring saxophonists
Donny McCaslin and Alex Zepada. In the second half drummer
Paul Tavenner leads the quartet Fuse Funk performing contempo-
rary jazz fusion.

April 15 Double Concert — DOWN TO EARTH/GOOD MUSIC SHOULD BE
TAX FREE — Drummer Gordon Grottenthaler presents Down To
Earth, contemporary jazz compositions by Ellington, Shorter,
Benny Baily and others performed by his quintet with special guest
faculty bassist Whit Browne. This will be followed by composer/
arranger Kazuhiko Toyama leading a sixteen-piece big band in a con-
cert of original straight-ahead jazz with arranging contributions from
Atsushi Kosugi and Johannes Prischl.

April 17 SONGWRITERS SHOWCASE II — Faculty members Pat Pattison and
Mike Ihde present the twelve winning songs from the Second Annual
Songwriters Competition at Berklee. This concert of original pop
songs will showcase many of the college’s most talented songwriters,
arrangers, and performers.

April22 BERKLEE CONCERT JAZZ ORCHESTRA — Renowned faculty
trumpeter/arranger Herb Pomeroy leads the most prestigious ensem-
ble in the college in a program of contemporary big band music.

April23 MORE CHORD SCALE MADNESS — An evening of original jazz and
jazz/rock student compositions and arrangements performed by
a large ensemble will be directed by faculty guitarist/arranger
Jackson Schultz.

April 24 MY ROME AUNTS — One of Berklee’s top vocal groups, The Jazz
Choir under the direction of Steve Prosser, is joined by an all-star
rhythm section — Christian Jacob, piano, Ken Gotschall, bass,

Ben Perowsky, drums — and tenor sax soloist Donny McCaslin for
an evening of arrangements by faculty members Barrie Nettles,
Dick Lowell and Steve Prosser as well as pieces by The King Singers
in a variety of jazz vocal styles.

April 28 GUITAR NIGHT X — The Berklee Guitar Department presents its top
ensembles in its annual showcase concert embracing all facets of
guitar from jazz to bluegrass. L