Michael Bourne

ON THE BEAT DOWPEAT April 1993 by John Ephland Jong with millions of TV viewers across America, I caught some of the Inaugural festivities that ushered in our 42nd president. (See p. 30 for more.) The predominant image running through this gaudy, five-day, $25 million extravaganza was a musical...

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BERKLEE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR WIND PLAYERS Berklec College of Music has long been recognized as a leader in preparing brass and woodwind players for careers in today's professional music. Our outstanding alumni include artists such as Ernie Watts, Branford Marsalis, Richie Cole, Sadao Watanabe,...

ON THE BEAT DOIVXBEAT Sept e m b e r 19 9 2 JazzInThe Mainstream by Michael Bourne nee upon a time, jazz was the mainstream of American music. Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw. Count Basie and Duke Ellington. Swing was the thing in the '30s and '40s. And then in the '50s, along came rock ...

I: UUSICAL CHEMIST Jazz is so difficult. A lot of people think once they've learned these licks they can get up and play them for the rest of their life. But thafs not being truthful to the music 'cause ifs not developing. Cats you hear that don't make no mistakes? They alnt trying to do...