Mark Harvey Receives Award

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.

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