Golden anniversaries in jazz are a rare thing. Jazz clubs vanish long before they reach the fifty-year mark, which...
Christmas Treat: Aardvark Jazz Orchestra at 50
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Mark Harvey
A Rite for All Souls
Almost 50 years ago, on Halloween night in 1971, the Mark Harvey Group played at the Old West Church in Boston. The...
Harvey, Roditi, and Mondays at Debbie’s
Something different on Troy Street this time—a jazz history guest post by Mark Harvey, Boston’s resident trumpeter,...
Boston’s Jazz All Night Concert
In the 1970s, Bostonians enjoyed a welcome one-night respite from their long winter blues: the Jazz All Night Concert....
Baird Hersey and The Year of the Ear
On May 19-20, Baird Hersey and his little big band, The Year of the Ear, recorded tracks that would be released on the...
Dec 23, 1973: Christmas in Gospel and Brass
This December 21, 2013 witnessed the 41st annual Aardvark Christmas Concert, an event first held on December 23, 1973....
Dec 3, 1972: Kenny Dorham’s Trumpet Choir
The great—and greatly underrated—trumpeter Kenny Dorham was in a bad way in late 1972. His kidneys were failing and he...
May 10, 1986: Jaki Byard Meets the Aardvark
On May 10, 1986, the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra learned a few things about improvisation when they met one of the...