| Yellowjackets Members Haslip and Mintzer Grace the Stage with Gospel Group Overjoyed and the Concert Jazz Orchestra at Berklee Performance Center, May 5: Special Recording to Become Part of Forthcoming Herb Alpert Residency CD
BOSTON, MA, April 24, 2006 — Berklee's 2005-2006 Concert Series will buzz when Yellowjackets members Jimmy Haslip and Bob Mintzer accompany some of the college's finest musicians on the Berklee Performance Center Stage Friday, May 5, at 8:15 pm. The evening will feature music of the Yellowjackets performed in a wide range of musical ensembles, including performances from contemporary gospel group Overjoyed, big band arrangements from the Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra, a saxophone quartet by Mintzer plus burning renditions from the Berklee Concert Jazz Trio.
General admission tickets are $15 ($11.25 seniors), and may be purchased at the Berklee box office or through Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com. For more information, please call 617-747-2261 or visit www.berkleebpc.com. The Berklee Performance Center is located at 136 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, MA, and is wheelchair accessible. Berklee is pleased to welcome WGBH 89.7 FM, Boston's NPR arts and culture station, as the series' media sponsor. Berklee also welcomes Borders as the supporting sponsor of the series at Berklee over the past two years.
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Yellowjackets member Bob Mintzer during a recording session for their album Altered State
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Member of the Grammy Award-winning Yellowjackets have been Herb Alpert Visiting Professors at Berklee for the past two years a week spending a week in residence. In addition to performing in the Yellowjackets/ Overjoyed concert, Haslip and Mintzer will teach clinics, concerts, and master classes in several areas of the college, including the Contemporary Writing, Harmony, Jazz Composition, Bass, and Woodwind departments. In fulfillment of the residency Haslip will also produce a recording with Dennis Montgomery III and Overjoyed for a compilation CD with tracks recorded, mixed and mastered by former Herb Alpert fellows guitarist Pat Metheny and legendary record producer and engineer George Massenburg.
Berklee's association with the Yellowjackets Alpert residency is largely the result of Associate Professor Mitch Haupers' work with the group. While on sabbatical from the college in 2004, Haupers worked tirelessly to transcribe and prepare charts for their last five albums and for an upcoming multimedia project that will involve a book and DVD. He shot hours of footage of the band in the studio, recording their new album, and also filmed them live in New York City.
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Yellowjackets member Jimmy Haslip in the recording studio for their album Altered State
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The Alpert Professorship was established in 2000 with the support of the Herb Alpert Foundation, the philanthropic organization launched by A&M Records cofounder and seven-time Grammy-winning recording artist Herb Alpert. The Alpert Visiting Professorship Program brings to Berklee a steady stream of world-class performance and music industry leaders. Each year, a person who has achieved major recognition as a performer or prominent figure in the music industry will be appointed Herb Alpert Visiting Professor, agreeing to a three-year commitment to Berklee, for two weeks each academic year.
As a member of Berklee's board of overseers, Herb Alpert has had an important advisory role with the college and was in a position to recognize the benefits of extending—and deepening—the communication between visiting artists and Berklee. The Alpert Professorship reflects Alpert's view that students will benefit tremendously if given the opportunity to interact with the masters of the music industry.
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