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Faculty member Larry Watson led a Motown revue for premier African American intellectuals and Berry Gordy himself. More
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The drummer is one of several great blues musicians performing at Berklee on February 18. More
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The renowned vocalist performs a largely improvised program with students in the Singing Tribe Ensemble. More
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Berklee's Signature Series brings one of the gospel world's great innovators, Richard Smallwood, to the BPC for a February show. More
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Legendary jazz violinist, composer, arranger, and producer John Blake joins Howard University alumni vocal group Afro Blue at the Berklee Performance Center on February 10. More
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Grammy winner, gospel innovator Richard Smallwood performs with students and faculty. More
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For her second book Carolyn Wilkins, professor in the Ensemble Department, explored her own family's history in a memoir that reads like a mystery novel. More
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Grammy winner Bobby McFerrin delivers an impressive improvisational performance, with participation from faculty, staff, and alumni. More
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Banfield's work, "Love Says," unites healing powers of music, love. More
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A real pro helped students find what it takes to get the audience in the palm of your hand. More
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A gift from the Massachusetts governor's family highlights the role of a jazz musician in mid-century society. More
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The Berklee Mississippi Music Exchange Initiative is bringing two students to Boston for the Five-Week Summer Performance Program. More
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The Berklee Mississippi Music Exchange Brings Music, Education, and Culture to Mississippi and Back More
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Deval Patrick's father was a member of the Sun Ra Arkestra; his collection is now part of Berklee's Africana Studies archive. More
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Africana Studies director Bill Banfield waxes on the roots and reason behind American popular music. More
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Guitarist and Berklee alumnus Lionel Loueke comes to Berklee this February as part of the college's Roots and Reasons series. More
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Roots and Reason continues with Caribbean Roots on February 25. More
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Mississippi Delta blues guitarist Ben Payton will be the featured guest artist during the kickoff concert for Africana Studies' Roots and Reason series in February. More
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Africana Studies celebrates blues, gospel, bluegrass, and other roots styles. More
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The cofounder of Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam will teach and perform at a poetry slam. More
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Berklee professor Michael Wartofsky found an imaginative musical in Emmett Till's tragic tale. More
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Carolina Chocolate Drops, an African American stringband, visits Berklee to shed light on a little-known aspect of roots music. More
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Public Invited to Annual Liberal Arts Event Connecting Music to Social and Cultural Impact/Change in Spirit of Freedom Singer More
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Music and dialogue were on the bill as Geri Allen performed a piece she wrote for her Guggenheim Fellowship. Faculty member Danilo Perez interviewed her afterward. More
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Fiddle and banjo musicians provide a unique twist on bluegrass and old-time sounds. More
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Jazz composer and pianist Geri Allen will present her Guggenheim Fellowship project, a new solo piano work, on February 26. More
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Berklee's Africana Studies initiative brought scholarship and swing to the Museum of Fine Arts's Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. More
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Russell and the Africana Studies initiative shared music and ideas on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. More
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Noted jazz writer Bob Blumenthal and genre-bending jazz artist Greg Osby present a show with variety, February 12. More
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The Africana Studies initiative presents over a month of concerts, interviews, and lectures. More
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Bob Marley, Afro-Cuban, and Steel Pan Ensembles Featured in Caribbean Jazz Night, Feb. 19 More
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The r&b group performs in Berklee's annual Africana Studies series, February 5. More
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William Banfield gives a lecture/performance with the faculty ensemble BGKLS at the museum's Martin Luther King Jr. Day Open House. More
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The Berklee community plays a major role in Boston's church and gospel music world. More
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Pioneering African American women came to campus in October 2008 to share their successes opening doors in the music industry... and, of course, to rock out. More
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Two string virtuosi bridge continents with a kora and a banjo More
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As part of the Women in Rock symposium, five pioneering African-American artists talked about their careers, challenges, and celebrations. More
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A vocal great thrills students in performance and lecture More
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George Duke brought a lot of soul and R&B to a week-long Berklee visit. More
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Trombone great Fred Wesley, former music director of James Brown's band, visits Berklee for clinics and concerts. More
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Berklee's Africana Studies initiative has opened up new ways of teaching and experiencing music. More
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