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Program Features Tenor Saxophonist Andy McGhee, Vocalist Alisa Miles, Vocalist/Trumpeter Christine Fawson, and the Jazz Vocal Group Syncopation
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Jazz vocal group Syncopation includes Berklee students (clockwise from top) Christy Bluhm, Tsunenori Abe, Christine Fawson, and Jeremy Ragsdale |
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BOSTON, November 15, 2002 — On the heels of their recent performance at the Hollywood Bowl for "Autumn Eve - a Tribute to Woody Herman" which was filmed for PBS, internationally-acclaimed jazz trombonist Phil Wilson and the Berklee College of Music Rainbow Band will present a concert celebrating the music of the late big band leader Woody Herman on Tuesday, December 3, at 8:15 p.m. at the wheelchair-accessible Berklee Performance Center, 130 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston. Tickets are $5.00 — $2.00 for seniors — and are available at the Performance Center box office, 617-747-2261. For more concert information, see the Berklee Performance Center web site at www.berkleebpc.com.
The evening of big band jazz and standard tunes arranged by Phil Wilson, who is a former member of the Woody Herman Orchestra, will feature saxophonist and Professor Emeritus Andy McGhee, another Woody Herman alum who performed at the tribute concert in Hollywood. Also featured that night will be vocalist Alisa Miles, vocalist/trumpeter Christine Fawson, and the jazz vocal group Syncopation, which recently returned from a tour of Japan.
The Berklee Rainbow Band includes some of the college's top instrumentalists from around the world. One of Berklee's premier ensembles, the Rainbow Band has been featured at numerous festivals, including the Juan-les-Pins Jazz Festival in the south of France; the Eastern States MENC Convention in Pittsburgh; 11th Annual Neshaminy High School Jazz Festival in Langhorne, PA; the Tri-City Jazz Festival in Cleveland; and two Vineyard Vibes festivals on Martha's Vineyard, MA.
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| Syncopation: Jeremy Ragsdale, Christy Bluhm, Tsunenori Abe, and Christine Fawson |
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Prominent Berklee alumni who were members of Phil Wilson's Rainbow band include Cyrus Chestnut '85, Roy Hargrove '89, Terri Lyne Carrington '83, Makoto Ozone '83, Ernie Watts '66, John Scofield '73, Bill Pierce '73, Abe Laboriel, Jr, '93 and Sr.'72, Joe Cohn '90, Richie Cole '67, Hal Crook '71, Christopher Hollyday '96, Tony Lada '72, Tiger Okoshi '75, Marshall Wood '83, Art Barron '78, Darren Barrett '90, Dino Govoni '83, George Garzone '72, Rob Mounsey '75, Claudio Roditi '70, Greg Abate '68, Carol Chaikin '80, Mike Crotty '72, Scott Robinson '81, Keith O'Quinn '73, and Manhattan Transfer arranger Dennis Wilson '74.
Established in 1945, Berklee College of Music is the world's largest independent music college. Over 3,400 students and 450 faculty members interact in an environment designed to provide the most complete learning experience possible, including all of the opportunities and challenges presented by a career in the contemporary music industry. More than a college, Berklee has become the world's singular learning lab for the music of today — and tomorrow.
For more information, please contact:
Toni Ballard
Publicist
Berklee College of Music
(617) 747-2247 or tballard@berklee.edu
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