On the way back to the club, passing the West 4th subway, I look to my left and there’s guitarist Jeff Miles, sporting a lemurian grin. He’s lent Ilan Bar-Lavi his guitar amp, and so is anointed for the guest list. We cross the threshold a half hour before downbeat, the place is gloriously packed, [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Berklee Scholarship Sextet on WBGO-FM
April 27, 2009 – 5:45 am
So, the guys who are playing live at the Blue Note tonight, the Berklee Scholarship Sextet, are in a tradition of great players who have honed their art in Boston, and then brought their ideas to NYC. They’re here with their professor and mentor, trumpeter Darren Barrett, himself a Berklee and Monk Institute alumnus, and [...]
First post from NY
April 27, 2009 – 5:40 am
This is Rob Hayes, and I have been touring some of Berklee’s most inventive student bands for more than a decade. It’s been great fun, extremely rewarding. I’ve met lots of great young musicians, and quite a few of them remain in regular touch through the music, have become good friends.