Events

Multiple Grammy Award–winning drummer, producer, and educator Terri Lyne Carrington and Grammy Award–winning saxophonist, composer, and arranger Joe Lovano team up for the final Gathering of 2020. 

A classically trained pianist, Patrice Rushen has spent a lifetime honing the skills that make her one of the music industry’s most versatile and sought-after artists. 

The Berklee Jazz and Gender Justice Group, directed by Terri Lyne Carrington, performs originals "Black Swan Dance" and "20/20" by the group's pianist Camila Cortina Bello and saxophonist Veronica Leahy. This performance was part of the 2020 virtual Monterey Jazz Festival and features Leahy on saxophone, Bello on piano, Wenju Wu on bass, and Ivanna Cuesta Gonzalez on drums.

Maimouna Youssef is a Grammy-nominated singer, MC, songwriter, activist, and hip-hop artist from Baltimore, Maryland. Elena Pinderhughes is an award-winning vocalist and flutist from the Bay Area, California. 

Join the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice for an evening of discussion centered around jazz and gender with special guests Tracy McMullen and Sarah Elizabeth Charles. 

Drummer, composer, and educator Adam Cruz was born in New York City  and has been a vital creative force on the international jazz scene for the last two decades.

Five-time Grammy winner Dianne Reeves is among the world's preeminent jazz vocalists. 

Originally from Germany, Ingrid Laubrock is an award-winning saxophonist and composer who has been based in Brooklyn since 2009. 

Join the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice for a piano summit that transcends genre.

We are so excited to welcome our first guests of fall 2020 with a virtual drum summit.