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Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, Music By Mark Harvey at Killian Hall At Mit

Where

Killian Hall At Mit
160 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA
Map

When

Sat, October 7, 2017
9:00 pm

Musicians

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

About

Aardvark opens its Boston Fall season (45th anniversary year) with an updated version of Mark Harvey's Swamp-a-Rama Suite, which was first performed on April 29, 2017, Day 100 of the Trump administration. The rollicking suite includes the Trumputin Tango, Fake News Blewz, and Perseverance Pavanne. The program will conclude with Harvey’s No Walls, inspired by Duke Ellington’s belief in moving beyond category in art and life, expressed in his pithy question: Did God Ever Make a Wall? The piece, written in 2007 as a tribute to Doctors Without Borders, continues to resonate today as Aardvark's anthem of inclusivity and hope...

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