Concert: Bill Pierce 4tet - Opening Concert

IMFP (Institut Musical de Formation Professionnelle), 95 Avenue Raoul Francou

Opening night: 21:00 - Bill Pierce 4tet. The tenor saxophonist BILL PIERCE has played with Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Tony Williams 5tet, Dizzy Gillespie, Sam Jones, Stevie Wonder, Max Roach, Wynton Marsalis, Freddie Hubbard, Art Farmer, Hank Jones, James Williams, Kevin Eubanks, Branford Marsalis. Bill Pierce has spent more than 25 years as an "Emeritus chair" of saxophone and reed instruments at the famous Berklee College of Music in Boston where he has trained the most eminent current saxophonists. The music is festive, at once modern and rooted in tradition, swing and blues.