Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival will take place September 24-26, 2009.

Photo Highlights From Past Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festivals

All photographs by Phil Farnsworth. Press: to inquire about photo availability and usage, please e-mail us (and see the Instructions for Photo Usage).
Evening concert
From left, Ray Drummond, Regina Carter, Howard Alden, Joe Lovano, Lew Tabackin, and Jon Faddis perform at Symphony Hall Friday for A Celebration of Jazz and Joyce. (2007)
 
Evening concert
Fans flock to Boston's South End for Saturday's free outdoor festival.
 
Legend Herbie Hancock's music trancends genres, but he was all about jazz at Symphony Hall. (2007)
 
Jazz impresario George Wein extends heartfelt thanks to each of the night's performers. He created the Joyce Alexander Wein Endowed Scholarship to honor the memory of his late wife. (2007)
 
 
Composer and pianist Michel Camilo's "Caribe" fuses jazz, Latin, and classical. (2007)
 
Bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding, also a Berklee faculty member, plays with Herbie Hancock. (2007)
 
 
Alumna Cindy Blackman rocked the opening night drum summit at the Berklee Performance Center. (2008)
 
Patrice Rushen performs at the opening night drum summit. (2008)
 
A packed crowd enjoys the music, food, and weather.
 
Charles Tolliver's band plays on the Target stage. (2007)
 
Bloco AfroBrazil gets the crowd pumped.
 
Crowds surround one of three music stages, which featured a rotating line-up of performers.