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Aardvark Jazz Orchestra at MIT Kresge Auditorium

Where

MIT Kresge Auditorium
48 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA
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Aardvark Jazz Orchestra at MIT Kresge Auditorium

When

Sat, October 1, 2022
7:30 pm

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Musicians

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

About

The legendary orchestra opens its historic 50th season with music by Mark Harvey and Duke Ellington. Aardvarkโ€™s half-century celebration will feature music on themes of social consciousness, spirituality, and Boston cultural history โ€“ topics that have long been central to Aardvark concerts. Among the selections will be Harveyโ€™s Faces of Souls and Ellingtonโ€™s Itโ€™s Freedom. Faces of Souls is inspired by the Shaw Memorial in Boston, Augustus Saint-Gaudensโ€™ powerful sculpture of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and his 54th Massachusetts Regiment, who were among the first African Americans to fight in the Civil War. A highlight of the concert will be the premiere of Harveyโ€™s latest work, American Agonistes, channeling the moods of sorrow and outrage so characteristic of our times....

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