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Follow on Google News | Famed Aardvark Jazz Orchestra to Perform June 28: Joe’s Jazz and Blues Festival Grand FinaleThe Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, called “stunning” (Billboard.com) and “brilliant” (CultureJazz.France), continues its 41st season June 28 at 8 pm in the very hip Nave Music Series, Somerville MA. Music by Mark Harvey, Duke Ellington, others.
The June 28 show will be the grand finale of Joe’s Jazz and Blues Festival. Founded in 2009, the festival was the brainchild of Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone, a jazz enthusiast and well-known supporter of the arts. Founded in 1973, The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra has been a force in the international jazz scene for more than 40 years. The Boston Globe called the band “a genuine musical treasure,” while Jazz Review (UK) praised the band’s “exuberance, imagination and sheer brio,” and CultureJazz.Fr (France) wrote, “expansive harmony, brilliant music, discipline, openness, and freedom…an exceptional big band.” The band has premiered more than 150 works for jazz orchestra; has released 11 CDs to worldwide acclaim; and performs widely. Guest artists who have appeared with Aardvark include jazz luminaries Jaki Byard, Sheila Jordan, Jimmy Giuffre, Geri Allen, Lewis Porter, Vinny Golia, Dominique Eade, Jay Clayton, Paul Lovens, Rajesh Mehta, Matt Savage and Walter Thompson. Mark Harvey is Aardvark’s founder, music director, and principal composer/arranger. He has performed as trumpeter in the U.S., Mexico and Europe; has recorded with George Russell (Blue Note) and Baird Hersey (Arista/Novus); Aardvark will open its 42nd season October 2, 2014, at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston, celebrating the North American release of the band’s CD Impressions (Leo Records). Impressions is Aardvark’s 12th CD and the band’s 7th disc on Leo, one of the world’s leading adventuresome music labels whose catalogue includes such notables as Anthony Braxton, The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Cecil Taylor and Sun Ra. Aardvark is: Arni Cheatham, Peter H. Bloom, Phil Scarff, Chris Rakowski, Dan Zupan/saxes and woodwinds; K.C. Dunbar, Jeanne Snodgrass/trumpets; The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra is managed exclusively by Americas Musicworks, Rebecca DeLamotte, Managing Director, 29 Newbury Street, Somerville, MA 02144-2442 USA, Telephone 617-776-8778. Visit: End
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