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Aardvark Jazz Orchestra

Where

Americas Musicworks
Somerville, MA

Aardvark Jazz Orchestra

When

Wed, December 15, 2021
7:00 pm

Musicians

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

About

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 theyโ€™ll play an archival recording of Aardvarkโ€™s 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 Tchaikovskyโ€™s 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....

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