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Aardvark Jazz Orchestra at MIT Kresge Auditorium

Courtesy of Rebecca DeLamotte | Posted on April 2, 2017

Where

MIT Kresge Auditorium
48 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA
Map

When

Sat, April 29, 2017
8:00 pm

Musicians

Mark Harvey
composer / conductor
Arni Cheatham
saxophone
Bill Lowe
trombone, bass
Phil Scarff
saxophone, tenor
Dan Zupan
saxophone, baritone
Chris Rakowski
saxophone, tenor
Bob Pilkington
trombone
Aardvark Jazz Orchestra
band / ensemble / orchestra

About

Mark Harvey and his Aardvark Jazz Orchestra (44th season) will perform a concert titled Democratic Vistas?, which will celebrate Duke Ellington’s birthday (April 29, 1899) by honoring his tradition of “social significance” compositions. Works by Harvey in this vein will include Boston Boy (for the late Nat Hentoff), the premiere of Main Man for noted impresario Fred Taylor, and first performances of contemporary tone-parallels such as Fake News Blewz, Swamp-a-rama, and Waltz of the Oligarchs. Also on the program: a reading from Walt Whitman’s Democratic Vistas, and a performance of Harvey’s No Walls, an anthem of hope and inclusivity. The April 29 event is part of Jazz Boston’s Jazz Week, with this year’s theme of Thank You Fred Taylor. Presented by MIT Music and Theater Arts. Free admission. Information 617 776 8778....

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