About Ted Pease

Ted taught jazz composition and arranging at Berklee College of Music for 40 years. His title is Distinguished Professor (retired).
His bio includes:
* B.M., Berklee College of Music
* B.A., Cornell University
* Performances with Toshiko Akiyoshi, Lee Konitz, Budd Johnson, John LaPorta, Charlie Mariano, and Herb Pomeroy
* Arrangements for the Buddy Rich and Dave Stahl orchestras
* Numerous published compositions for high school and college jazz ensembles
* Author of Jazz Composition: Theory and Practice
* Coauthor of Modern Jazz Voicings with Ken Pullig
* Composer and producer for his CD Big Band Blues Celebration
* Recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts

Ted Pease joined the JazzTimes community on Mar 23, 2010