Mark Harvey Receives Boston Jazz Hero Award
Sunday, May 3, 2015 |  3-5 pm | Wally’s Café

427 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston |  Free and open to the public  

Light refreshments  |  Music by the John Funkhouser Trio

JazzBoston will co-host a party with Wally’s Café to honor Mark Harvey, the recipient of the Jazz Journalists Association’s (JJA) 2015 Boston Jazz Hero award.  Dr. Harvey is a minister, musician, educator, and community builder.  His Aardvark Jazz Orchestra (42nd season) is one of the longest running large jazz ensembles in the world.

The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra is managed exclusively by Americas Musicworks. Rebecca DeLamotte, Managing Director, 29 Newbury Street, Somerville, MA 02144-2442, 617-776-8778 

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