Ed Harlow Quartet - A First Parish Music Room Jazz Series Concert

Church St near Howard St, Northborough MA

13 January, 2023

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Ed Harlow Quartet Friday, January 13, 2023 7 PM Tickets available at the door: $15 adult, $25 couple, $10 student Advance tickets:... The Ed Harlow Quartet will take you on a musical romp through inspired originals and Jazz classics. Join us for an evening of music with four of Boston's leading voices in the music. Originally from Marshfield, saxophonist, composer and educator Ed Harlow has been based in the greater Boston area since 1987. He has toured the US, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, Brazil, France and the Caribbean with groups such as The Glenn Miller Orchestra, The Artie Shaw Orchestra and Volo Volo de Boston. Mr. Harlow has also performed with notable artists such as Tony Bennett, The Temptations, Johnny Mathis, Danilo Pérez and Paquito D'Rivera. Mr. Harlow is also the founder of the Soular Jazz Foundation, which uses music events help accelerate the transition to renewable energy. Each year, the foundation stages the Soular Jazz Festival in Northborough, MA, which features multiple jazz bands performing on a sound system powered by the sun. Bassist Keala Kaumeheiwa studied jazz bass and improvisation with legendary bassist Ron Carter as part of the inaugural class of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at New England Conservatory. Keala performed with Jimmy Heath, Jackie McLean, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Wynton Marsalis, Bobby Watson, Harry "Sweets" Edison, and James Moody. Since 2001, Keala has been an Affiliated Artist at MIT, teaching Jazz Combo Ensembles. He has performed throughout Italy, at the Havana Jazz Festival as well as freelancing around Boston, frequently performing at Sculler's Jazz Club, Ryles, Wally's Jazz Cafe and the Regattabar. Mark Shilansky is a prolific musician, having appeared on over 60 recordings as producer, composer, arranger, pianist, and/or vocalist.He has also performed with Jamie Baum, Jerry Bergonzi, the New York Voices, Rebecca Parris, Luciana Souza, David Thorne Scott, Syncopation, Lisa Thorson, Kenny Wheeler, Adrian Sicam, and Patrice Williamson at such venues as Regattabar, Scullers, Ryles, the International Association for Jazz Education convention, Birdland, and the Blue Note Jazz ClubRecordings as leader include First Look (1997), Different Songs (2000), Other Voices (2003), Join the Club (2007), and Fugue Mill (2013).Mr. Shilansky is an Associate Professor at the Berklee College of Music.Drummer and composer Brooke Sofferman is an innovative force on his instrument, leading his groups with original writing, sublime accompaniment and a unique improvisatory style. Sofferman does not seek to imitate, but to strike out on new paths, reflecting the times in which we live.Mr. Sofferman is a frequent leader and sideman on the Boston music scene and is also a prolific composer.