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The Art Of The Tenor: Celebrating Bill Pierce at Berklee Performance Center

Courtesy of Berklee College | Posted on September 11, 2018

Where

Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Ave
Boston, MA
Map
617 747 2261

The Art Of The Tenor: Celebrating Bill Pierce at Berklee Performance Center

When

Wed, September 26, 2018
8:00 pm

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Musicians

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In honor of renowned saxophonist and educator Bill Pierce, this celebratory concert features former students Javon Jackson, Mark Turner, Antonio Hart, and Melissa Aldana. Pierce, chair emeritus of Berklee College of Music’s Woodwinds Department, is a 1972 Berklee graduate who has performed with some of the indisputable masters of music—Freddie Hubbard, Marvin Gaye, Tony Williams, Hank Jones, and Stevie Wonder, to name a few.

Grammy-winning drummer, composer, and bandleader Terri Lyne Carrington ’83 ’03H will produce the concert, which will feature music from the songbooks of Art Blakey, Williams, Pierce originals, and more....

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