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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
When
Wed, September 26, 2018
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Lawrence Fields
pianoDavid Gilmore
guitarJohn Lockwood
bassBill Pierce
saxophone, tenorTerri Lyne Carrington
drumsAbout
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....