2015 in jazz
2015 was a year of many great jazz releases. These releases are some of the more soulful ones. Christian McBride’s Trio released a live album Live at the Village Vanguard that features his trio with...
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Being True to Yourself
photo: Raj Naik This year’s Berklee High School Jazz Festival had the pleasure of hosting a clinic with trumpeter Sean Jones, who is also Chair of the Brass Department at Berklee. Aside from...
View ArticleBetty Carter – jazz is about finding out who you are
Betty Carter is known as one of the all-time greatest jazz singers. Her colleague Carmen McRae once said, “There’s really only one jazz singer – only one Betty Carter.” She came from a family where she...
View ArticleSwang Around the World, Part 1
New York City for many years has been the place that some of the greatest jazz musicians explored the genre. As Bryan Carter, a 25-year old drummer from Sycamore, Illinois grew up, his grandmother...
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Time at Juilliard “I went to Juilliard from 2008-2012. I spent two years with Carl Allen and two with the master himself, Kenny Washington: the one that everyone goes through, even if it’s only for one...
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How do you like the touring life? “I love it! It’s what I want to do; I want to expose young people to jazz music in a different way than done in the past.” Practicing — and how you did it when you...
View Article2016 Berklee Honorary Doctorate: Rita Moreno
Puerto Rican/American actress, singer and dancer Rita Moreno has had quite an astonishing career. The highlight from her career was her role as Anita in 1961′s West Side Story, but this role was only...
View Article2016 Berklee Honorary Doctorate: Milton Nascimento
Milton Nascimento, a well-known Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist, was born in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. His father ran a radio station, where Nascimento was a DJ from time to time. He has lived...
View Article2016 Berklee Honorary Doctorate: Lucian Grainge
This man is number one in the music industry. Lucian Grainge, born in the northern part of London, United Kingdom, has worked for some of the greatest musicians in the industry, such as Sting, U2, The...
View Article2016 Berklee Honorary Doctorate: The Isley Brothers
“Shout,” “It’s Your Thing,” “Summer Breeze,” “Harvest for the World” are just some of the many great hits this group of brothers from Lincoln Heights, a suburb outside of Cincinnati, Ohio made famous....
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