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Legendary Aardvark Jazz Orchestra Oct 2, cd Release Party, 42nd Season Opener at Scullers Jazz Club

Courtesy of Rebecca DeLamotte | Posted on September 2, 2014

Where

Scullers Jazz Club
400 Soldiers Field Road
Boston, MA
Map
617-562-4111

When

Thu, October 2, 2014
8:00 pm

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Musicians

Mark Harvey
composer / conductor
Arni Cheatham
saxophone
Dan Zupan
saxophone, baritone
Chris Rakowski
saxophone, tenor
Phil Scarff
saxophone, tenor
Bill Lowe
trombone, bass
Bob Pilkington
trombone

About

The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, one of the longest running large jazz ensembles in the world, has been called “stunning” (Billboard.com), “brilliant” (CultureJazzFrance) and “a bracing walk on the wild side of the big band spectrum" (JazzTimes). The famed orchestra opens its 42nd season at Scullers Jazz Club Boston on Thursday, October 2, 2014 at 8 pm, with the North American release of the band’s 12th CD, Impressions (Leo Records), featuring compositions by Aardvark music director Mark Harvey. Tickets: $25. Information: 617-562-4111 or www.scullersjazz.com

The band will perform selections from the new CD (The Journey, recalling struggles for school desegregation, and West End Rundown), plus a rare Django Reinhardt composition Manoir de mes Reves, arranged by Bob Brookmeyer, as well as Gerry Mulligan's seldom heard A Ballad. Rounding out the show will be Dizzy Gillespie's Manteca, and the Mary Lou Williams classic Roll 'Em....

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