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NEW CD: No Walls/A Christmas Concert

Aardvark Jazz Orchestra CD No Walls / A Christmas Concert (2007, Aardmuse)Celebrating the release of its 9th CD, No Walls/A Christmas Concert (Aardmuse label), the CD features carols from around the world and Mark Harvey’s piece No Walls, a tribute to Doctors Without Borders. The CD is available now! Order yours!

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Peter Bloom Premieres Two Works in Thailand PDF Print E-mail

Elizabeth Vercoe, Peter Bloom, Mary Jane Rupert, and Narong PrangcharoenDuring a recent concert tour in Thailand, Aardvark Jazz Orchestra member, Peter Bloom and pianist/harpist Mary Jane Rupert gave the world premiere of Elizabeth Vercoe's Butterfly Effects, composed for Bloom and Rupert and featuring flute, alto flute, bass flute, piccolo and harp.  They also performed the world premiere of Between Heaven and Earth, written for them by Thai composer Narong Prangcharoen.

 

 
FiLmprov in the Berkshires PDF Print E-mail

FiLmprovVisit FiLmprov -- an ever-evolving experiment in the union of film, musical improvisation, poetry and beyond.
For more information on the Nov. 10 event in the Berkshires, visit:
http://filmprov.tripod.com/id14.html

 
Aardvark News Notes PDF Print E-mail
 Our musicians are always up to interesting things,
so here is a snapshot of some of them.
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Grace Hughes Videos PDF Print E-mail


Watch several musical performances by Aardvark vocalist Grace Hughes 

 
Aardvark Musicians Featured on Historic Silent Film DVD Set PDF Print E-mail
 October 16 marks the release "Treasures III: Social Issues in American Film 1900-1934" with improvisational soundtracks by Aardvark musicians. 'Treasusures III" brings this early 20th-century period to life through 48 rare cartoons, serial episodes, newsreel stories, and features preserved by the George Eastman House, the Library of Congress, the Museum of Modern Art, and other archives. The third in the National Film Preservation Foundations's award-winning DVD series, "Treasures III" explores how movies helped change America. www.filmpreservation.org
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FiLmprov PDF Print E-mail
Visit FiLmprov -- an ever-evolving experiment in the union of film, musical improvisation, poetry and beyond.
For coming attractions, visit: http://filmprov.tripod.com
 
'72 Harvey, Cheatham Recordings Re-Released PDF Print E-mail
Mark Harvey’s “In Concert” album is a groundbreaking piece of free jazz, pressed in miniscule numbers and consequently nearly forgotten. The bristling energy on this album wouldn’t be out of place on the ESP label, and the long periods of silence broken by spontaneous improvisation foreshadow artists on other modern Beantown labels such as Intransitive. Long-time stellar saxophonist ARNI CHEATHAM and music director MARK HARVEY both have "new" recordings available on the Internet. Actually, these are digital download re-releases of LPs that appeared in 1972. Part of the new "Massachusetts Underground Jazz Series" ...
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Download Grace Hughes' Single PDF Print E-mail

Grace Hughes' single, "Pennies on the Ground," has just been released and is now available on iTunes!!

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