Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, Music by Mark Harvey

When:
Saturday, Oct 12, 2019 8:00p -
9:30p

Where:
MIT Killian Hall
160 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02142

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Admission:
FREE

Categories:
Music, Performing Arts, University

Event website:
http//www.aardvarkjazz.com

Called “stunningly beautiful and adventurous” (New York City Jazz Record) and “one of the best jazz ensembles in the world” (Jazz Podium, Germany), The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra will continue its 47th season with wide-ranging originals by music director Mark Harvey, including the Boston premiere of his 2019 composition Consecration. Harvey’s rambunctious political satire will be on display in Trumputin Tango and Fake News Blewz from Aardvark’s latest CD Democratic Vistas (2018, Leo Records).


The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, founded in 1973, is one of the longest continuously operating large jazz ensembles in the world. The orchestra performs original compositions by Mark Harvey, as well as classics from the jazz tradition, American music, and world music. Aardvark has premiered more than 175 works and has released 15 CDs, including 9 discs on Leo Records. Guest artists have included luminaries Sheila Jordan, Jaki Byard, Jimmy Giuffre, Geri Allen, Ricky Ford, Dominique Eade, Matt Savage, and Walter Thompson. Aardvark has been called “brilliant” (CultureJazz.Fr), “spellbinding” (The Boston Globe), “captivating” (Jazz Improv), and “beyond category” (Downbeat).


Mark Harvey is the founder and music director of the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra. He has performed in major venues including Fenway Park and Symphony Hall, Boston, the Knitting Factory and the Village Gate (NYC), the National Gallery of Art (DC), the Left Bank Jazz Society (MD), the Southern California Institute of Architecture (CA), the Berlin Jazz Festival (Germany), and the Baja State Theater (Mexico). His musical credits also include recordings with George Russell’s Living Time Orchestra (Blue Note), and Baird Hersey & the Year of the Ear (Arista/Novus) and appearances with Gil Evans, Howard McGhee, Sam Rivers, Claudio Roditi, and other notables. Dr. Harvey has received numerous awards and commissions. He teaches jazz studies and composition at MIT.


Aardvark is: Arni Cheatham, Peter H. Bloom, Phil Scarff, Chris Rakowski, Dan Zupan/saxophones and woodwinds; Jeanne Snodgrass and K.C. Dunbar/trumpets; Bob Pilkington, Jay Keyser, Jeff Marsanskis/ trombones; Bill Lowe/ bass trombone; Richard Nelson/guitar; John Funkhouser/string bass; Harry Wellott/drums; Mark Harvey/ trumpet, music director. The band is managed by Americas Musicworks, Rebecca DeLamotte, director, telephone 617 776 8778.

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