Name: Aardvark Jazz Orchestra
Start: 2022-10-01T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Kresge Auditorium

Aardvark Jazz Orchestra

MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology and MIT Music and Theater Arts.

A Celebration of Aardvark’s Half-Century and Mark Harvey’s Retirement from MIT.  Music by Mark Harvey and Duke Ellington.

Kresge Auditorium

A Celebration of Aardvark’s Half-Century and Mark Harvey’s Retirement from MIT. Music by Mark Harvey and Duke Ellington on themes of social consciousness, spirituality, and Boston’s history &amp; culture, with the premiere of a new work entitled “American Agonistes&quot;.About The Aardvark Jazz OrchestraFounded in 1973, The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra has been a force in the international jazz scene for 50 years. Aardvark is one of the longest-running large jazz ensembles in the world. The band is well known for its wide-ranging shows, from new music by founder/director Mark Harvey to classics and rarities by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Mary Lou Williams, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and other jazz legends. Aardvark has given premieres of more than 200 works for jazz orchestra, performs widely, and appears on 16 CDs, including 10 discs from Leo Records, one of the world’s leading adventuresome music labels. Guest artists who have appeared with Aardvark include jazz luminaries Jaki Byard, Sheila Jordan, Geri Allen, Ricky Ford, Jimmy Giuffre, Jay Clayton, Lewis Porter, Raj Mehta, and others. Composer/trumpeter ​Mark Harvey is the founder and music director of the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra. The October 1 concert celebrates Harvey’s retirement from MIT, where he taught jazz studies for 40 years. Harvey has performed in major venues including Fenway Park and Symphony Hall, Boston, the Knitting Factory and the Village Gate (NYC), the National Gallery of Art (DC), the Left Bank Jazz Society (MD), the Southern California Institute of Architecture (CA), the Berlin Jazz Festival (Germany), and the Baja State Theater (Mexico). His musical credits also include recordings with George Russell’s Living Time Orchestra (Blue Note), and Baird Hersey &amp; the Year of the Ear (Arista/Novus) and appearances with Gil Evans, Howard McGhee, Sam Rivers, Claudio Roditi, and other notables.LIVESTREAM LINK:<a href="https://web.mit.edu/webcast/mta/f22/1/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> https://web.mit.edu/webcast/mta/f22/1/</a>Don&#x27;t miss a downbeat! <a href="https://mta.mit.edu/newsletter/subscribe" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Click here to subscribe to the Events Newsletter.</a>

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