Jazz Articles about The Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra

The Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra: The XM Radio Sessions

by Jim Santella
March 25, 2006

Serious students of jazz get together every semester in Boston at Berklee College under the leadership of trumpeter Greg Hopkins to learn the ropes and work with big band arrangements that come from the school's creative minds. Hopkins, who has been teaching at the college since 1974, recorded with the Buddy Rich big band while paying his dues in the jazz world, and has also recorded with his own big band and quintet on the Summit label.

Berklee's ...