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Trumpet Madness (2005)

Trumpet Madness, Aardvark Jazz Orchestra

Trumpet Madness features several wonderful trumpeters, as well as the entire Aardvark Orchestra in both solo and collective improvisational roles. Among the trumpeters are music director Mark Harvey, soloing on Taylor Ho Bynum's Concerto for Orchestra and Improviser, Berlin-based trumpeter Rajesh Mehta, featured on Harvey's Spirals which was written especially for Mehta and his percussion collaborator Paul Lovens, and trumpeters Harvey, Ho Bynum, Mehta, Greg Kelley, and Jeanne Snodgrass on the title tune Trumpet Madness, an improvisational tour de force. K.C. Dunbar, Jimmy Leach, and Eric Dahlman round out our trumpetistic panorama as they are heard to advantage on several other tracks on the recording.

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Feb. 25: Centennial Celebration of Mary Lou Williams: From Swing to Sacred PDF Print E-mail

"A Centennial Celebration of Mary Lou Williams: From Swing to Sacred"
Part of the Examined Life Series at Stonehill College

February 25, 2010
Martin Auditorium    8 PM
Stonehill College
Easton, MA
508/565-1669 

 
Mar. 12: Ballet Music of Duke Ellington & Nelson Riddle PDF Print E-mail

March 12    Aardvark & the MIT Symphony Orchestra
Program to include ballet music of Duke Ellington & Nelson Riddle

March 12, 2010
Kresge Auditorium, MIT    8 PM
Cambridge, MA

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Apr. 11: Concert: New Music by Mark Harvey PDF Print E-mail

Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Aardvark Jazz Orchestra:  New Music by Mark Harvey
MIT, Kresge Auditorium in Cambridge, MA
Free Admission
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Make sure you find out about all upcoming Aardvark concerts and receive news about the band (new recordings, TV/radio appearances, related projects, and more). It's easy: click here to receive our news and events announcements today. It's easy and rest assured, we comply with a 100% spam-free policy.
 
Recent: Jan. 29: FiLmprov "Spheres" PDF Print E-mail

FiLmprovThe animated films of Kate Matson with improvisation by Mark Harvey, Phil Scarff,  Dan Zupan, Bill Lowe, and John Funkhouser:
http://filmprov.tripod.com/id17.html

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The Reviews are In on AJO's new CD: American Agonistes: Music in Time of War PDF Print E-mail

Aardvark Jazz Orchestra CD American AgonistesAmerican Agonistes: Music in Time of War (Leo Records)
"Beautiful, poignant and raucous. . . This album drips with honesty,
intelligence, sound design, and art." Francois Couture, Billboard.com

"Truly impressive. . . a hit recording." Altrisuoni [Italy]

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Aardvark by the Book PDF Print E-mail
 Aardvark has received a highly complimentary mention in a brand-new book by composer/educator Graham Collier entitled the jazz composer: moving music off the paper (London: Northway Publications, 2009), p. 124.

Discussing a quartet of international ensembles, including Aardvark, and comparing these with some of the recognized names in today's big band music, Collier writes...
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