Mark your calendars for Wed., April 23, 2025 at 7:30 pm. Aardvark Jazz Orchestra will be performing the Duke Ellington Birthday Bash concert. The event includes classics and rarities by Duke Ellington and Mark Harvey.
As part of the Walker Series, the free concert will showcase Ellington’s works, such as Caravan, by Duke and Juan Tizol, Come Sunday, and I’m Beginning to See the Light featuring Aardvark vocalist Grace Hughes.
The performance will also explore the music of Ellington and his long-time artistic collaborator, jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger Billy Strayhorn. Guests will hear Blues to Be There from the Ellington/Strayhorn Newport Jazz Festival Suite, Chinoiserie from The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse Suite, and It’s Freedom, from the Second Sacred Concert.
This concert will be held at the Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince Street, Concord, NH 03301
Presented by the Walker Series.