Check in with the CD Release Concert pages. Those Berklee cats can play the flocking off the wallpaper. Words can scarcely espress the trepidations I experienced when Sandy said they only needed one rehearsal to pull this concert together. Since it took a really long time to complete the album, some of the performers hadn't worked on the material -- literally -- in years. Pull 65 minutes of not-so-simple music together in one rehearsal? I am talking about some serious trepidations, nonetheless faint heartedness was soon enough overwhelmed by awe and elation when something I thought must be impossible turned out to be absolutely true. They performed brilliantly.

Anyone who wants to pursue a career in music can get no better training than offered at Berklee.

To experience even more bigtime Berklee cats in action, attend the Berklee College of Music 60th Birthday Concert at the Wang Center, Boston, January 28, 2006 produced by Phil Ramone and hosted by Bill Cosby, with special guests Paul Simon, Herbie Hancock, and Gary Burton, and other pop, jazz, and Latin music stars to be announced.