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From the 52nd Monterey Jazz Festival

This year’s Berklee Monterey Quintet is playing three times on the Monterey Jazz Festival. The first gig is performing for 600 wiggly, middle school music students, at lunchtime, on the day before the festival begins. The show takes place on the Garden Stage, where the group performs again, complete with fifth member Billy Buss, on [...]

Postcard: Charlemont Reggae Fest—the prof’s perspective

Matt Jensen, assistant piano professor and founder of the Bob Marley Ensemble, weighs in with his experience at the festival. The Berklee Bob Marley ensemble performed on August 8 at the Charlemont Reggae Festival way out in beautiful Charlemont, Massachusetts.