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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Aardvark Jazz Performs Basie\, Ellington\, Mingus &
  More\, Jan 20\, Amazing Things Arts\, Framingham\, MA\nEvent Url: http://
 www.artsboston.org/event/detail/441656044/Aardvark_Jazz_Performs_Basie_Ell
 ington_Mingus_More_Jan_20_Amazing_Things_Arts_Framingham_MA\nEvent Date Be
 gin: 2013-01-20\nEvent Date End: 2013-01-20\n\nCalled &ldquo\;a genuine mu
 sical treasure&rdquo\; (The Boston Globe) and praised by JazzTimes for &ld
 quo\;lush sonorities and a saxophonic blend worthy of Ellington's finest r
 eed sections\,&rdquo\; the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra will continue its histo
 ric 40th season with a show called Jazz Panorama: Basie\, Ellington\, Ming
 us and More at the Amazing Things Arts Center\, 160 Hollis Street\, Framin
 gham\, MA 01701\, on Sunday\, January 20\, 2013 at 2:00 pm.\nThe legendary
  band will perform classics such as Come Sunday and Pork Pie Hat\, counter
 pointed by music director Mark Harvey's fresh arrangements of the Latin-ja
 zz Una Mas by Kenny Dorham and Miles Mode by John Coltrane. Jazz Improv ca
 lled Aardvark &ldquo\;captivating\, highly recommended\,&rdquo\; while Cul
 tureJazz.Fr (France) praised the band's &ldquo\;expansive harmony\, brilli
 ant music...discipline\, openness\, and freedom.&rdquo\;\n \nFuture events
  in Aardvark's 40th season include the world premiere of Mark Harvey's epi
 c new work\, Boston JazzScape (10 years in the making) at Boston's Museum 
 of Fine Arts on Friday\, March 8\, 2013 at 7:30 pm.  For details and other
  events visit http://www.aardvarkjazz.com\nA major force in the internatio
 nal jazz scene for 40 years\, the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra is one of the lo
 ngest running large jazz ensembles in North America. Winner of the 2000 In
 dependent Music Awards\, the band has premiered more than ' works for jazz
  orchestra. Guest artists who have appeared with Aardvark include jazz lum
 inaries Jaki Byard\, Sheila Jordan\, Jimmy Giuffre\, Geri Allen\, Lewis Po
 rter\, Vinny Golia\, Dominique Eade\, Jay Clayton\, Paul Lovens\, Rajesh M
 ehta\, Matt Savage and Walter Thompson.\nAardvark's 40th season features t
 he international release of Evocations\, the band's 11th CD and its 6th re
 cording on Leo Records\, a leading independent label whose catalogue inclu
 des such notables as Cecil Taylor\, Sun Ra\, Anthony Braxton and The Art E
 nsemble of Chicago.\nEvocations was chosen by The New York City Jazz Recor
 d as one of the magazine's picks for Best of 2012 New Releases.\n \nFounde
 r and music director Mark Harvey has performed as trumpeter in the U.S.\, 
 Mexico and Europe\; has recorded with George Russell (Blue Note) and Baird
  Hersey (Arista/Novus)\; and performed with Gil Evans\, Claudio Roditi\, H
 oward McGhee\, Sam Rivers\, Joe Carroll\, Kenny Dorham and others. He has 
 received awards and commissions from ASCAP\, the National Endowment for th
 e Humanities\, the 15th Annual John Coltrane Memorial Concert\, and Meet-t
 he-Composer-Lila Wallace/Reader's Digest Commissioning Program\, among oth
 ers. Commissions have featured such revered artists as Joe Lovano\, Steve 
 Turre\, Herb Pomeroy and Ran Blake. Dr. Harvey teaches jazz studies and co
 mposition at MIT. \n\nAardvark is: Arni Cheatham\, Peter Bloom\, Tom Hall\
 , Chris Rakowski\, Dan Zupan/saxes & woodwinds\; K.C. Dunbar\, Jeanne Snod
 grass/trumpets\; Bob Pilkington\, Jay Keyser/trombones\; Jeff Marsanskis\,
  Bill Lowe/bass trombones\, tuba\; Richard Nelson/guitar\; John Funkhouser
 /string bass\; Harry Wellott/drums\; Jerry Edwards and Grace Hughes/vocali
 sts\; Mark Harvey/trumpet\, music director.\nTHE AARDVARK JAZZ ORCHESTRA i
 s managed exclusively by AMERICAS MUSICWORKS\, Rebecca DeLamotte\, managin
 g director\, 617-776-8778. Email: delamotte-amw@comcast.net or visit http:
 //www.americasmusicworks.com and http://www.aardvarkjazz.com
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SUMMARY:Aardvark Jazz Performs Basie\, Ellington\, Mingus & More\, Jan 20\,
  Amazing Things Arts\, Framingham\, MA
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