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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 / conductorArni Cheatham
saxophoneChris Rakowski
saxophone, tenorPeter H. Bloom
flutePhil Scarff
saxophone, tenorDan Zupan
saxophone, baritoneBill Lowe
trombone, bassBob Pilkington
tromboneJeanne Snodgrass
trumpetRichard Nelson
guitarBruno Raberg
bass, acousticHarry Wellott
drumsJay Keyser
tromboneAardvark Jazz Orchestra
band / ensemble / orchestraAbout
The legendary orchestra opens its historic 50th season with music by Mark Harvey and Duke Ellington. Aardvarkโs 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 Harveyโs Faces of Souls and Ellingtonโs Itโs 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 Harveyโs latest work, American Agonistes, channeling the moods of sorrow and outrage so characteristic of our times....