When you think about video game themes, the word “jazz” does not easily come to mind. However, on March 1st at the Berklee Performance Center, Charlie Rosen, “gamer,” multi-instrumentalist and orchestral composer/arranger brought the two together with his 30+ piece jazz orchestra, the 8-Bit Big Band. He wowed an audience spanning the generations from pre-Nintendo to xBox. Read More…

Charlie Rosen's 8-Bit Big Band with special guest Grace Kelly perform at Berklee Performance Center March 1rst, 2020 (photo by Kevin Greene)