Berklee Performance Center Concerts

 

September 18 - Joe Morello Tribute - Joe Morello’s
played for twelve-an-a-half years with the Dave Brubeck
Quartet in addition to an impressive cast of musicians
including Johnny Smith, Tal Farlow, Jimmy Raney, Stan
Kenton and Marian McPartland. Berklee pays tribute to
this drumming great with a concert by Percussion depart-
ment faculty and student groups including faculty drum-
mer Jon Hazilla and his trio and students Antonio
Sanchez, Anders Brandt and Steve Hass.

. September 19 - Two Japanese Sensei-tions - Two
Japanese teachers (sensei in Japanese) from the Berklee
Faculty- pianist Makoto Takenaka and guitarist Tomo
Fujita—will perform originals and standard as well as
Japanese tunes arranged in a jazz style. They are joined
by Berklee alumni Fumio Ishizaka, drums and Kenji
Shimada, bass.

September 26 - The Be-Bop Guitars - An all-faculty
band of six guitars, bass and drums, under the direction
of John Baboian will perform bop and mainstream jazz
compositions written and arranged by group members as
well as arrangements by faculty composers/arrangers
Jerry Seeco and Ben Elkins. Guitar faculty in the Be-Bop
guitars are John Baboian, Al Defino, Garrison Fewell,
John Marasco, John Pezanelli and John Wilkins. They are
joined by Ron McWhorter-Mahdi, bass, Jon Hazilla,
drums and special guest Jerry Seeco, trumpet.

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