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Aardvark Jazz Orchestra Salute To Duke at WGBH Fraser Performance Studio

Where

WGBH Fraser Performance Studio
One Guest Street
Boston, MA
Map
(617) 300-2322

Aardvark Jazz Orchestra Salute To Duke at WGBH Fraser Performance Studio

When

Thu, June 6, 2024
7:15 pm

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Musicians

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

About

The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra will continue its historic 51st season with a Salute to Duke Ellington. Called โ€œstunningly beautifulโ€ (The New York City Jazz Record) and โ€œspellbindingโ€ (The Boston Globe), Aardvark will celebrate Duke Ellingtonโ€™s 125th birthday year with a panoramic view of the Maestroโ€™s music from the 1920s Cotton Club period, to Swing-era classics, to movements from late-period Suites and Sacred Concerts. JazzTimes praised Aardvarkโ€™s โ€œlush sonorities and a saxophonic blend worthy of Ellingtonโ€™s finest reed sections,โ€ while Jazz Podium (Germany) called Aardvark โ€œone of the best jazz ensembles in the world.โ€ ...

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