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Aardvark Jazz Orchestra
When
Wed, December 15, 2021
7:00 pm
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Musicians
Mark Harvey
composer / conductorPeter H. Bloom
fluteArni Cheatham
saxophoneBill Lowe
trombone, bassChris Rakowski
saxophone, tenorDan Zupan
saxophone, baritonePhil Scarff
saxophone, tenorBob Pilkington
tromboneJay Keyser
tromboneJeanne Snodgrass
trumpetRichard Nelson
guitarHarry Wellott
drumsJohn Funkhouser
pianoAardvark Jazz Orchestra
band / ensemble / orchestraAbout
The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra will hold its 49th Annual Christmas Concert in a Live Zoom Event . Veteran jazz journalist Fred Bouchard will interview Mark Harvey, and theyโll play an archival recording of Aardvarkโs 2013 performance of the Ellington/Strayhorn Nutcracker Suite โ live concert audio with captivating visuals on Nutcracker themes. The event is free but registration is required.
The Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn arrangement (1960) of Tchaikovskyโs famous Nutcracker Suite is an exuberant big band take on the perennial classic, in which the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy becomes the Sugar Rum Cherry, the Arabian Dance becomes Arabesque Cookie, and the Waltz of the Flowers becomes the Dance of the Floreadores....