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.

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Berklee Remembers Herb Pomeroy: Tribute Concert to Feature Joe Lovano, Hal Galper, Jack Walrath, and Greg Hopkins and the Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra

Source: Toni Ballard PR
March 11, 2008

PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT THE HERB POMEROY SCHOLARSHIP FUND On Tuesday, April 1, 2008, Berklee College of Music will present an historic musical event, as colleagues and former students converge to honor the memory of beloved trumpeter and educator Herb Pomeroy, who passed away in August, and whose four decades teaching at Berklee helped the college earn its world-wide reputation as the premier institution for the study of contemporary music. Proceeds from the concert will benefit the Herb Pomeroy Scholarship Fund. ...
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