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Amjad Ali Khan

Berklee Performance Center, 7:30 p.m.$48, $42, $37, $28 reserved seating

“Amjad Ali Khan—improvising furiously around the melody line with repeated, rapid-fire playing and then letting his equally frantic tabla player take over—it was easy to see why great Indian music can be as exciting as classic blues and rock.”—The Guardian

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Berklee Global Jazz Ambassadors featuring Joe Lovano

Jazz at Lincoln Center Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, 8:00 p.m.Ticketed

The Berklee Global Jazz Ambassadors, the premier music ensemble of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI), performs John Coltrane's Interstellar Space with saxophonist Joe Lovano. 

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DC Wonder / Rich People Food / Light Sweet Crude

Cafe 939, 8:00 p.m.$8 general admission

DC Wonder began in fall 2011 as an electro/pop co-writing project between lead vocalist/guitarist Gene Shinozaki and bassist Frank Watkoskey.

After rehearsal difficulties due to the large number of members of the group that winter, the band dissolved. Gene, Frank, and Lyle decided to restart the band as a three-piece the following summer. In 2012, they released their debut album, Limitless, and relentlessly toured New England and the East Coast. The band is expected to release its upcoming album, titled Evolve, in summer 2013. 

 

 

 

 

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Berklee Global Jazz Ambassadors featuring Joe Lovano

Monterey Jazz Festival, 6:00 p.m.Ticketed

The Berklee Global Jazz Ambassadors, the premier music ensemble of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI), performs John Coltrane's Interstellar Space with saxophonist Joe Lovano.

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Berklee Roots Road Show

Mass Moca, 2:00 p.m.Ticketed

Experience a smorgasbord of fantastic performances from students in the newly created American roots music program.

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Paul Brown and the Killing Devils / Drunken Logic

Cafe 939, 8:00 p.m.$12, general admission

Paul Brown and the Killing Devils present a set of prog rock music, while Drunken Logic blends the raw energy of the rock and roll tradition with the thoughtful emotion of the indie movement.

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Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival

Beantown Jazz Festival, 12:00 p.m.Free

The Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival, under the artistic direction of Terri Lyne Carrington, has delighted tens of thousands with a host of jazz, Latin, blues, and groove acts on three stages; great eats; and good times stretching six blocks in Boston’s historic South End.

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Rockapella: Motown and More

Berklee Performance Center, 8:00 p.m.$31, $26, $21, reserved seating

 

New for 2013, Rockapella's latest show combines the exciting signature sound and staging of Rockapella with the distinctive rhythm and groove of Motown. Featuring hits from the Jackson 5, Stevie Wonder, and the Temptations, plus Rockapella favorites, this concert is not to be missed.

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Jorge Drexler

Berklee Performance Center, 7:30 p.m.$37, $32, $28 reserved seating

Jorge Drexler, composer of the Oscar award-winning song "Al Otro Lado del Río" from the film The Motorcycle Diaries, comes to the Berklee Performance Center to perform a combination of Uruguayan traditional music, bossa nova, pop, and jazz that results in very personal compositions with original arrangements reflecting on love, identity, race, and religion. 

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Antonio Sanchez Clinic

David Friend Recital Hall, 1:00 p.m.Free

A drum clinic featuring Antonio Sanchez for the annual Berklee Armand Zildjian Artist-in-Residence Program.

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Antonio Sanchez Master Class

David Friend Recital Hall, 11:00 a.m.Free

The second master class in the series for the annual Armand Zildjian Artist-in-Residence Program featuring Antonio Sanchez.

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Antonio Sanchez Master Class

Berklee Performance Center, 1:00 p.m.Free

The third in a series of master classes with Antonio Sanchez for the annual Berklee Armand Zildjian Artist-in-Residence Program.

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Antonio Sanchez

Berklee Performance Center, 8:15 p.m.TBA

The third and final event of the annual Berklee Armand Zildjian Artist-in-Residence Program, featuring this year's guest artist and Pat Metheny drummer Antonio Sanchez.

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Lincoln Goines Fall Bass Showcase

Recital Hall 1W, 7:00 p.m.Free

Lincoln Goines will host his annual showcase with students, alumni, and fellow professors in duo, trio, and bass choir format.
Once again, a thunderous and beauteous night will be had by all. Low-end history in the making!

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Berklee International Network 20th Anniversary Concert

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

Berklee College of Music is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Berklee International Network (BIN) with a showcase event featuring students, faculty, and special guests from around the world.

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ThePianoGuys

Berklee Performance Center, 7:30 p.m.$41, reserved seating

Hailing from Utah, ThePianoGuys became an internet sensation by way of their immensely successful series of strikingly original self-made music videos. They have more than 55 million views and 350,000 subscribers to their YouTube channel. But just who are ThePianoGuys? Actually, there’s only one piano player, Jon Schmidt, and one other instrumentalist, Steven Sharp Nelson, on cello. These classically trained musicians create sophisticated new arrangements of everything from Beethoven’s 5th Symphony to Coldplay’s “Paradise,” often weaving seemingly disparate pieces together to create something totally new.

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Joshua Redman Quartet

Berklee Performance Center, 8:00 p.m.$48, $42, $37, $30 reserved seating

Saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Joshua Redman is one of the most acclaimed and charismatic jazz artists today.

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Chanel Valme: An Evening with Coco

Berk Recital Hall, 7:00 p.m.Free

Vocalist Chanel Valme presents a night of jazz, R&B, and soul.

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The Magic of Christmas with Jim Brickman

Berklee Performance Center, 8:00 p.m.$74 with pre-show meet & greet, $64, $49, $39 reserved seating
Jim Brickman brings the spirit of the season to life once again with The Magic of Christmas—and you’re invited! Brickman, along with special guests, delivers the perfect blend of music and entertainment in a show that combines intimacy, warmth, and humor. He will perform holiday favorites along with the hits that have made him the best-selling solo pianist of our time. A 17-year tradition, The Magic of Christmas is the must-see concert of the holiday season.
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A John Waters Christmas

Berklee Performance Center, 8:00 p.m.$100, $60, $45, $35, $25, reserved seating

Like a wayward Santa for the Christmas-obsessed, legendary filmmaker, and raconteur John Waters (Pink Flamingos, Hairspray, A Dirty Shame ) rides into town on his sleigh full of smut spreading yuletide cheer with his critically acclaimed one-man show, A John Waters Christmas. Putting the X in Xmas, Waters’s rapid-fire monologue explores and explodes traditional archetypes as he shares his compulsive desire to give and receive perverted gifts, a religious fanaticism for Santa Claus, and an unhealthy love of true crime holiday horror stories.

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