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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Aardvark Jazz Orchestra\nEvent Url: http://www.arts
 boston.org/event/detail/441062473/Aardvark_Jazz_Orchestra\nEvent Date Begi
 n: 2011-02-16\nEvent Date End: 2011-02-16\n\nThe celebrated Aardvark Jazz 
 Orchestra (Mark Harvey\, music director) continues its historic 38th seaso
 n with a much anticipated return to Scullers. The show\, called Jazz Portr
 aits\, is Mark Harvey's valentine to jazz greats and beloved figures of Bo
 ston. The band will play original works by Harvey paying tribute to Duke E
 llington (For Edward)\, Mary Lou Williams (Blues for Mary Lou)\, Gil Evans
  (Gil)\, Don Cherry (Don Cherry's Song of Beauty)\, Jaki Byard (JB's Dream
 time)\, and legendary storyteller Brother Blue (Blue Butterfly). A special
  highlight: the premiere of Harvey's piece 'The Lion' in honor of Senator 
 Edward M. Kennedy.\n\nWith global distribution of 10 CDs and wide-ranging 
 performances in festivals\, clubs\, concert halls\, colleges and universit
 ies\, Aardvark has been a major force in the international jazz scene for 
 almost 40 years. JazzTimes called Aardvark &ldquo\;a bracing walk on the w
 ild side of the big band spectrum...Aardvark suggests the best and the bra
 shest of Charles Mingus\, Gil Evans\, George Russell\, and even Frank Zapp
 a.&rdquo\; Jazz Review (U.K.) praised Aardvark for &ldquo\;'exuberance\, i
 magination and sheer brio\,&rdquo\; while The Boston Phoenix called the ba
 nd &ldquo\;one of the great idiosyncratic treasures of the Boston music sc
 ene&rdquo\; and Downbeat marveled at their &ldquo\;awe-inspiring audience 
 fascination.&rdquo\;\n\nThe Aardvark Jazz Orchestra is known for its exhil
 arating concerts spanning the jazz and American music spectrum. Winner of 
 the 2000 Independent Music Awards\, the band has premiered more than 100 w
 orks for jazz orchestra. Of the band's 10 CDs\, five are on the Leo Record
 s\, one of the world's leading adventurous music labels. The latest disc\,
  American Agonistes (Leo Records)\, contains some of the band's most evoca
 tive work to date (&ldquo\;a stunning hour of music that is in turn beauti
 ful\, poignant and raucous&rdquo\; Billboard.com).\n\nTrumpeter-composer M
 ark Harvey has recorded with George Russell (Blue Note) and Baird Hersey (
 Arista/Novus) and performed with Gil Evans\, Claudio Roditi\, Howard McGhe
 e\, Sam Rivers\, and others. He is a Music Lecturer at MIT and a winner of
  awards/commissions from ASCAP\, the National Endowment\, Meet the Compose
 r/Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Commissioning Program\, Organization of Ame
 rican Kodaly Educators\, the 15th Annual John Coltrane Memorial Concert\, 
 and the MIT Wind Ensemble\, among others. Harvey has performed in the U.S.
 \, Mexico and Europe\, with appearances at leading festivals and venues.\n
 \nMembers of Aardvark performed at the National Gallery in 2006 as part of
  the celebrated Dada exhibition\, and band members recorded improvisationa
 l scores for the award-winning DVD series Treasures from the American Film
  Archives\, which The New York Times called &ldquo\;one of the best sets o
 f the year.&rdquo\;\n\nAardvark suggests the best and the brashest of Char
 les Mingus\, Gil Evans\, George Russell\, and even Frank Zappa.&rdquo\; --
  JazzTimes\n\nStart time: 8pm
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SUMMARY:Aardvark Jazz Orchestra
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