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Berklee Performance Center Concerts

 

SPRING 1992

THE BERKLEE COLLEGE BEN RILEY TRIBUTE BAND featuring
Ben Riley—Drummer Ben Riley will perform with a specially se-
lected student septet in an evening of contemporary jazz by Riley and

. Thelonious Monk under the direction of faculty guitarist Rick

Peckham. Ben Riley has performed and recorded with some of the
most important figures in jazz including Sonny Rollins, Ahmad Jamal,
Stan Getz, Eric Dolphy, Woody Herman, Sonny Stitt, Billy Taylor and
many others. From 1964-67, he worked with Thelonious Monk
during one of the pianists most prolific periods for Columbia Records.
In the early 1970s, he worked with Carmen McRae, Ron Carter, and
Jim Hall, travelling to the Soviet Union with an All-Star Quartet. In
the 1980s, with Charlie Rouse, he co-founded the group Sphere,
performing Monk’s music and releasing four albums, Recently, he
has been recording and touring in Europe.

THE SECRETS OF SHADOWS—Faculty percussionist Steve Wilkes
offers an evening of Eastern-influenced instrumentals and pop/rock
from his recent CD release. Featuring Berklee faculty members Jon
Finn on guitar and Luanne Warner on acoustic and electric percus-
sion, the band dr. carrot also includes vocalist Ginny Fordham and
bassist Dave Buda.

RICK PECKHAM, IAN FROMAN, DAVE CLARK, CHRIS CHEEK,
KEN CERVENKA—Faculty guitarist Rick Peckham presents an
evening of post-bop jazz standards and originals performed by a
quintet.

A TRIBUTE TO MILES DAVIS—As part of Berklee’s Black History
Month celebration, faculty saxophonist Walter Beasley presents the
music of the late jazz great Miles Davis, featuring student instrumen-
talists Kimball Brown and Riley Mullins.

BASS DEPARTMENT STUDENT CONCERT—Bass Department Chair
Rich Appleman presents seven bass students performing in a variety
of musical settings, from duos to quintets, in styles ranging from
traditional jazz, fusion, funk, to Latin and rock.