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The New Gary Burton Quartet

Berklee Performance Center, 7:30 p.m.$35, $25, reserved seating

The New Gary Burton Quartet—featuring Burton on vibes, guitarist Julian Lage, bassist Scott Colley, and drummer Antonio Sanchez—performs during the closing night concert of the 2011 Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival. The group released its debut album, Common Ground, on Mack Avenue Records in 2011.

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Ivan Lins Meets Berklee

Berklee Performance Center, 8:15 p.m.$8 in advance (discount applied at checkout), $12 day of show

Ivan Lins has had many successes as a singer and composer, earning several Grammy Awards. The most-recorded Brazilian artist living abroad, the composer began playing piano at age 18 and was very influenced by music he heard in his childhood in the United States: jazz and bossa nova. Can't make it to the show? This event will stream live on Concert Window.

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Heavy Rotation Records CD Release Concert

Berklee Performance Center, 7:15 p.m.$8 in advance (discount applied at checkout), $12 day of show, general admission

Hear the great alternative bands of the past few decades in groundbreaking new ways. Berklee student and alumni bands celebrate Under the Influence, the latest disc from student-run Heavy Rotation Records, covering seminal songs by REM, Radiohead, the Pixies, Mission of Burma, and others. Burma's Roger Miller will perform as the concert's special guest.

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Celebrating Maggie Scott: 30 Years of Jazz Vocal Night

Berklee Performance Center, 7:15 p.m.$20, $15 reserved seating

Since 1980, Berklee professor Maggie Scott has hosted Jazz Vocal Night, an annual student recital where she handles all aspects of the event, from auditioning the performers to accompanying them on piano. Many of Scott's former students who appeared in the show have gone on to distinctive careers. On Thursday, December 8, five of them return to Berklee to pay tribute to their mentor at Celebrating Maggie Scott: 30 Years of Jazz Vocal Night 
with special guests Antonia Bennett, Lalah Hathaway, Robin McKelle, Esperanza Spalding, and Nadia Washington.

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George Clinton Meets Berklee

Berklee Performance Center, 7:15 p.m.

The Berklee P-Funk Ensemble has been a popular ensemble since the 1990s. George Clinton made a surprise visit and directed the group for an MTV special a few years back. Now, one of the foremost innovators of funk music returns to Berklee for a four-day residency and a concert covering his artistic trajectory from Parliament in the 1960s to Funkadelic, and his amazing solo career.

Admission: Sold out

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Great American Songbook: Music of Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer

Berklee Performance Center, 6:30 p.m.$15, $10 reserved seating

Individually, Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer composed some of the greatest tunes in the American songbook. Together, they wrote time-tested standards such as "Skylark" and "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening." At Berklee's annual celebration of the American Songbook, student and faculty vocalists backed by a full orchestra interpret the individual and collaborative songs of these American masters. This concert will feature Berklee's own Livingston Taylor, Donna McElroy, Julian Lage, and Matt Glaser.

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Middle Eastern Music Festival

Berklee Performance Center, 8:15 p.m.$15, $10 reserved seating

The Middle Eastern Music Festival highlights flamenco music, from its Andalusian roots to current trends, and explores the connections between flamenco, Arabic, Mediterranean, and Balkan music. The program also reflects the journey Gypsies took from India all the way to the Mediterranean.

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An Evening with Kirill Gerstein: Rhapsody in Blue

Berklee Performance Center, 8:15 p.m.$25, $20, $17.50 reserved seating

Since completing his studies at Berklee, Kirill Gerstein has devoted his career to classical repertoire. In 2010, he was awarded the coveted Gilmore Artist Award, which is presented every four years to recognize extraordinary artistry. Gerstein returns to Berklee with a program that includes Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" in the original 1924 arrangement, with guest clarinetist and Berklee alumna Anat Cohen.

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Music of Quincy Jones with Siedah Garrett and Patti Austin

Berklee Performance Center, 7:30 p.m.$8, $16 in advance (discount applied at checkout), $12, $20 day of show, reserved seating

Berklee celebrates alumnus Quincy Jones's 80th birthday with an orchestra of faculty, students, and special guests Siedah Garrett and Patti Austin. WATCH IT LIVE

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The Music of Bill Whelan

Berklee Performance Center, 8:15 p.m.$8, $16 in advance (discount applied at checkout), $12, $20 day of show, reserved seating

The Grammy-winning composer behind Riverdance joins a large Berklee student group in performing music from his broad repertoire. 

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