Global Jazz Forum: Ben Street and Andre Hayward

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Zero Gravity Room
1260 Boylston Street
Boston
Massachusetts
02215

In-demand bassist Ben Street and gifted trombonist Andre Hayward share their knowledge with students in this collaborative forum.

Ben Street is an in-demand bassist who has worked extensively with Pérez, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Billy Hart, Lage Lund, and David Sanchez. This year, Street appeared (with Hart) on Aaron Parks’ Find the Way, which follows up his work in 2016 on the Andrew Cyrille Quartet’s The Declaration of Musical Independence, on which Street worked with Cyrille, Bill Frisell ’77 ’17H, and Richard Teitelbaum. Street studied with Miroslav Vitous, the renowned Weather Report bassist, and Dave Holland in Boston before moving to New York City in 1991. He is a guest artist with the Berklee Global Jazz Institute.

Andre Hayward is a gifted trombonist with sound and clarity reminiscent of the late J.J. Johnson. His gospel-tinged approach is refreshing and heart-warming. Born in Houston, Texas, in 1973, Hayward began playing trombone and tuba at age 11 under the tutelage of Leon Schreiber. He has performed and recorded with Betty Carter, Joe Williams, Slide Hampton, John Lewis, and Gerald Wilson, among many others. His most recent performance credits include the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the San Francisco Jazz Collective, and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. Hayward has served as jazz trombone professor at the New School of Jazz and Contemporary Music, New York University, New England Conservatory, Michigan State University, and University of North Texas.

The Berklee Global Jazz Institute is an honors performance program designed to foster creativity and musicianship through various musical disciplines, with pianist and composer Danilo Pérez as its artistic director. The BGJI provides a comprehensive contemporary music environment where students are given opportunities to explore their creativity to the highest level possible, advance the power of music as a tool for the betterment of society, and connect musical/creative thinking with the natural environment.