BTOT Brochure 2004 - Berklee College of Music

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9 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Inside the Genius Studio* 1W Moderated by Tony Gumina 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. A Discussion of the Biography 1A Ray Charles: Man and Music with the Author, Michael Lydon Moderated by Michael Lydon 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Ray Charles and the Jazz Community Moderated by Dr. Loren Schoenberg 1W 1:15 p.m.–5:00 p.m. A Screening of the Film Ray followed by a Discussion with Curt Sobel Moderated by Curt Sobel David Friend Recital Hall 3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Film Screening: Ray Charles America Moderated by Tony Gumina and Victor Vanacore ’74 1W 3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Carolyn Wilkins: Music Inspired by and in Tribute to Ray Charles 1A 8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m. InspiRAYtion: Concert Finale Berklee Performance Moderated by Matt Glaser Center Sunday, September 23 Time(s) Information Location 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Closing Event: Happy Birthday Ray Moderated by Matt Glaser David Friend Recital Hall Be sure to stop by the Stan Getz Library Media Center to view the Ray Charles exhibit, on loan from the Ray Charles Foundation. The exhibit includes items from Ray Charles’s wardrobe, original charts, and more. Location key Heck Room 1140 Boylston Street, Boston 1A 1140 Boylston Street, Boston 1W 1140 Boylston Street, Boston David Friend Recital Hall 921 Boylston Street, Boston 7 Haviland 7 Haviland Street, Boston Berklee Performance Center 136 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston Stan Getz Library Media Center 150 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston *Inside the Genius Studio Victor Vanacore ’74 and Tony Gumina will showcase footage never before seen by the public showing Ray Charles in a recording studio discussing the fine points of an arrangement done by Vanacore of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” Come be a fly on the wall and observe the Genius totally involved in music towards the end of his life.
Performers Ricky Skaggs Bluegrass great Ricky Skaggs, who collaborated with Ray Charles on the title track of Charles’s Friendship album, has won 14 Grammy Awards as a singer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and composer. Versed in both traditional and progressive bluegrass and country, he’s performed with dozens of other groundbreaking musicians and bands, including Flatt & Scruggs, Country Gentlemen, Boone Creek, Rodney Crowell, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, and Emmylou Harris. In the 1980s, Skaggs had a string of No. 1 hits and successful albums including Sweet Temptation and Waitin’ for the Sun to Shine. A bona fide bluegrass icon, Skaggs continues to make music with his band, Kentucky Thunder. John Scofield ’73 John Scofield’s guitar work has influenced jazz since the late 1970s and is going strong today. With his distinctive sound and stylistic diversity, Scofield is a masterful jazz improviser whose music generally falls somewhere between post-bop, funk-edged jazz, and R&B. Born in Ohio and raised in suburban Connecticut, Scofield took up the guitar at age 11, inspired by both rock and blues players, and attended Berklee. After a debut recording with Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker, Scofield was a member of the Billy Cobham- George Duke band for two years. In 1977 he recorded with Charles Mingus and joined the Gary Burton quartet. He began his international career as a bandleader and recording artist in 1978. From 1982 to 1985, Scofield toured and recorded with Miles Davis. His Davis stint placed him firmly in the foreground of jazz consciousness as a player and composer. Raul Midón Blind singer-songwriter and guitarist Raul Midón is a unique musician. His singular soul/pop/jazz sound garnered him a standing ovation during his television debut on the Late Show with David Letterman and an open invitation back to the Tonight Show with Jay Leno following his appearances there. This talented, mesmerizing, genre-defying artist has traveled the globe from India to Indiana spreading the message that you can do it: you can be yourself and be recognized and be bold. With three major label records under his belt—State of Mind, A World Within a World, and Synthesis—and countless appearances both on worldwide television and on other artists’ records, he is a pro and more a part of the musical landscape than you might realize. Not only have the music lovers of the world recognized Midón’s gifts, but so have some of the greatest musicians in recent history. 10
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