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| Greg Osby to Perform with Berklee Students  Berklee celebrates Black History Month and the college's new Africana Studies curriculum with influential post-bop jazz saxophonist and composer Greg Osby, Thursday, February 8 at the Berklee Performance Center, Boston. Osby, a Berklee alumnus, will be in residence as a Herb Alpert Visiting Professor, giving a series of master classes and clinics, Jan. 29 – Feb. 8. The Alpert Professorship, established in 2000 with the support of the Herb Alpert Foundation brings to Berklee a steady stream of world-class performance and music industry leaders. Past Alpert Professors have included jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, pianists Alan Broadbent and Michel Camilo, bassist Abe Laboriel Sr., producer/engineer George Massenburg and members of the jazz-fusion band the Yellowjackets.Greg Osby has made an indelible mark on contemporary jazz as a bandleader and as a guest artist with other acclaimed musicians over the past 20 years. Born in St. Louis, Osby played in a series of r&b, funk, and blues bands before enrolling at Howard University and then Berklee. Upon relocating to New York, Osby quickly became an in-demand sideman for such artists as Herbie Hancock, Dizzy Gillespie, Jack DeJohnette and Andrew Hill. Releasing his solo recording debut with Sound Theater in 1987, Osby went on to make acclaimed contributions to Hill's Eternal Spirit and But Not Farewell; and pioneer the fusion of hip-hop and jazz with 1990's Man-Talk for Moderns, Vol. X — the first of many sessions for Blue Note. In 2003 Osby crossed over into rock music, touring with The Dead, a reincarnation of The Grateful Dead. Channel Three, Osby's most recent album, was released on Blue Note in 2005. Berklee College of Music was founded on the revolutionary principle that the best way to prepare students for careers in music was through the study and practice of contemporary music. For over 60 years, the college has evolved constantly to reflect the state of the art of music and the music business. With over a dozen performance and nonperformance majors, a diverse and talented student body representing over 70 countries, and a music industry "who's who" of alumni, Berklee is the world's premier learning lab for the music of today — and tomorrow. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Jazz News :: home page |