Berklee College of Music president Roger H. Brown will present drum legend
Harvey Mason with an
honorary doctor of music degree at Berklee's commencement ceremony,
Saturday, May 9, at the 7,000-seat Agganis Arena at Boston University.
More than 900 Berklee graduates, their parents, and invited guests will
be in attendance.
Honorary
doctorate recipients are recognized for their achievements and
influences in music, and for their enduring contributions to American
and international culture. Past recipients include Duke Ellington (the
first, in 1971), Aretha Franklin, Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones, Jimmy
Page, Smokey Robinson, Steven Tyler, Loretta Lynn, David Bowie, Juan
Luis Guerra, Annie Lennox, Paco de Lucia, Carole King, Willie Nelson,
Alison Krauss, George Clinton, Plácido Domingo,
and A.R. Rahman.
Mason
is among the most recorded, versatile, and in-demand drummers of
all-time. A legendary, multi-Grammy nominated session drummer, producer,
composer and recording artist, he
has worked with a pantheon of musical giants, including Barbra
Streisand, James Brown, Herbie Hancock, Beyonce, Christina Aguilera,
Usher, Jennifer Hudson, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Bjork, Carlos
Santana, Michael Jackson, John Legend, Carole King, James
Taylor, George Benson, and the London Symphony Orchestra. He has
composed music for film, TV, and commercials, and written songs recorded
by artists ranging from Nancy Wilson, Herbie Hancock, and Mary J. Blige
to the Notorious B.I.G., Lupe Fiasco, Nelly, P.
Diddy and T.I. Mason’s groundbreaking, distinctive style has influenced
generations of drummers. The recipient of the 2015
Modern Drummer Readers Poll
award for best fusion drummer, he remains active as co-leader and
founding member of the jazz supergroup Fourplay, as well as with his
newest recording project,
Chameleon.
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