Fly Away Home: Bird Photography by Arni Cheatham, Music by Peter H. Bloom and Richard Nelson

BOSTON - Dec. 25, 2023 - PRLog -- Boston Jazz Hero Arni Cheatham (1944-2023) is celebrated in Fly Away Home, an exhibition of Cheatham's exquisite bird photography, with music by his long-time colleagues, acclaimed jazz musicians Peter H. Bloom, flute, and Richard Nelson, guitar, on Thursday, December 28, 2023, from 7:30 to 9:30 pm, at the Piano Craft Gallery, 793 Tremont St, Boston 02118.  Free and open to the public. Cover photo is Semipalmated Sandpiper by Cheatham. For information:  Eric Grau, Gallery Director: egrau at pianocraftgallery dot com or Rebecca DeLamotte, Americas Musicworks: rhd at amwks dot com.   Bloom and Nelson will play a vibrant mix of bebop, ballads, jump tunes, swing, and other standards as the backdrop for a public viewing of Cheatham's photographs. The images can also be viewed by appointment through December 31, 2023.

Arni Cheatham (1944 – 2023) was lead alto saxophonist in The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra for 45 of the band's 51 years, a member of The Makanda Project, and an accomplished photographer, known especially for his beautiful nature photography.

Flutist Peter H. Bloom is a veteran of The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, where he performed with Arni Cheatham in Aardvark's vaunted woodwind section for 45 years.  Bloom has toured North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand; is featured on 48 CDs; and has shared the stage with Sheila Jordan, Charles Neville, Jimmy Giuffre, Ricky Ford, Geri Allen, Jaki Byard, other jazz legends. He's played the Lake George Jazz Festival, The Boston Globe Jazz and Blues Festival, Scullers, Regattabar, St Peter's in NYC, and other noted venues. Praised for "infectious brio" (The New York City Jazz Record), Bloom's latest CD, Exuberant Ellingtonia: Flute and Piano Sessions, has been called "a treasure trove" (Textura Magazine, Ontario) and "one of those albums we know are unique jewels" (Jazz, ese ruido, Spain).

Guitarist Richard Nelson is a long-time member of The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, where he played with Arni Cheatham for three decades. Nelson has performed at festivals, clubs, colleges, and other venues in the U.S. and abroad.  He shared the stage (in his early years) with notables like Joe Henderson, John Handy, George Duke, and Joe Pass, and, more recently, with Adam Kolker, Taylor Ho-Bynum, Steve Grover, and Don Stratton.   For information on the December 28 event:

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