The Checkout - Live at Berklee, featuring Kendrick Scott March 8, 2012

Famed New York area jazz station WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM/wbgo.org, NPR, and Berklee are teaming up to present the first ever NPR concert series showcasing Berklee alumni. As the fourth installment of the five-part series, Berklee alumnus, drummer Kendrick Scott '02, will return to his old stomping grounds for a homecoming show at The Red Room @ Cafe 939 at 8:00 p.m. Scott has enjoyed considerable success on the New York jazz scene since graduating from Berklee. Scott has been featured in Terence Blanchard's band for the last six years and has appeared on the Grammy Award-winning and nominated recordings, A Tale of God's Will and Flow, on which he contributed original compositions and orchestrations. Since 2003, Scott has appeared on more than 30 records and on soundtracks to seven feature films. In 2007, Scott launched his own label, World Culture Music, and began his career as a solo artist with his group Kendrick Scott Oracle. Scott plans to release Conviction, an album demonstrative of Scott's strength not only as a drummer but also as a composer and leader, this spring.

$10 for general public, $5 with Berklee ID

Tickets available at cafe939.com.