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Aardvark Jazztet at Dartmouth Street Boston

Courtesy of Rebecca DeLamotte | Posted on September 11, 2018

Where

Dartmouth Street Boston
Dartmouth St between Boylston and Newbury Streets
Boston, MA
Map

Aardvark Jazztet at Dartmouth Street Boston

When

Sat, October 6, 2018
1:00 pm

Musicians

Mark Harvey
composer / conductor
Arni Cheatham
saxophone
Phil Scarff
saxophone, tenor

About

The Aardvark Jazztet, a small ensemble drawn from The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, will perform for the dedication of a memorial sculpture, honoring Kip Tiernan, a lifelong crusader for social justice, founder of Rosie’s Place, and co-founder of the Poor Peoples United Fund. Kip was a fan and close friend of Mark Harvey and the entire Aardvark Jazz Orchestra for many decades. The band played several benefit concerts for Rosie’s Place and PPUF. The October 6 dedication program will include music director Mark Harvey’s portrait of Kip Tiernan, called The Prophet, a piece first performed for Aardvark’s Silver Anniversary in 1997...

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