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The Berklee Global Jazz Ambassadors, led by faculty saxophonist George Garzone, had no trouble making themselves heard at the Monterey Jazz Festival.

Saxophonist David Liebman and pianist Kris Davis offered advice to students on endings, editing, and the space between the notes. 

The concert on October 7 will be streamed live and broadcast by New York’s WBGO as part of the eighth season of the Checkout—Live at Berklee.

The program features master classes, ensemble rehearsals, and final performances on the Newport Jazz Festival stage.

Read a review of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute 10th anniversary show.

Alumni of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI) reflect on what the institute means to them.

The Grammy-winning vocalist and alumna will appear with students at Cafe 939 as part of The Checkout—Live at Berklee on March 6.

Grammy-winning jazz drummer and composer Terri Lyne Carrington '83 has taught with the Berklee Global Jazz Institute since it began. Having been a professor at Berklee since 2007 and known [BGJI artistic director] Danilo Pérez for years, Carrington was glad to join the BGJI because, as she says, “I knew that anything he was involved with would be something that I would feel good about, on a creative level and how we look at the issues.”

A Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI) artist in residence, saxophonist George Garzone is a member of the Fringe, a jazz trio founded in 1972 that includes bassist John Lockwood and drummer Bob Gullotti, and a member of the Grammy-winning Joe Lovano Nonet.

Renowned bassist John Patitucci, one of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute faculty, said of the institute: “It’s the most fun I’ve ever had teaching in my life.”