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Berklee Alum Christian Scott Returns for School's Inaugural Jazz Concert Series
Trumpeter Christian Scott kicks off the college's inaugural Jazz Series this Thursday. Scott explains how Berklee showcases Boston’s jazz scene, and why his generation is the era of musical innovation.
At 28, Christian Scott has already risen as one of jazz’s most respected and grounded contemporary artists. The trumpeter, bandleader and composer earned two degrees in just two years at Berklee College of Music, has released six albums and was nominated for a Grammy. So it’s a seamless fit for Scott to stand as opener of the first in a series of Berklee Inaugural Jazz concerts, which stand as homecomings for several Berklee alumni. The shows, which are open to the public and will also be broadcast on NPR.org and through New York’s WBGO jazz radio station, reinforce Scott’s belief that jazz is a contemporary genre – not just one to be looked at retrospectively as a form of past decades – and that Boston is the place to be to prove it. “…
