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Follow on Google News | Fly Away Home: Bird Photography by Arni Cheatham, Music by Peter H. Bloom and Richard NelsonBoston Jazz Hero Arni Cheatham (1944-2023) is celebrated in Fly Away Home, an exhibition of Cheatham's stunning bird photography, with music by his long-time colleagues, acclaimed jazz veterans Peter H. Bloom, flute, and Richard Nelson, guitar.
Arni Cheatham (1944 – 2023) was lead alto saxophonist in The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra for 45 of the band's 51 years, a member of The Makanda Project, and an accomplished photographer, known especially for his beautiful nature photography. Flutist Peter H. Bloom is a veteran of The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, where he performed with Arni Cheatham in Aardvark's vaunted woodwind section for 45 years. Bloom has toured North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand; is featured on 48 CDs; and has shared the stage with Sheila Jordan, Charles Neville, Jimmy Giuffre, Ricky Ford, Geri Allen, Jaki Byard, other jazz legends. He's played the Lake George Jazz Festival, The Boston Globe Jazz and Blues Festival, Scullers, Regattabar, St Peter's in NYC, and other noted venues. Praised for "infectious brio" (The New York City Jazz Record), Bloom's latest CD, Exuberant Ellingtonia: Guitarist Richard Nelson is a long-time member of The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, where he played with Arni Cheatham for three decades. Nelson has performed at festivals, clubs, colleges, and other venues in the U.S. and abroad. He shared the stage (in his early years) with notables like Joe Henderson, John Handy, George Duke, and Joe Pass, and, more recently, with Adam Kolker, Taylor Ho-Bynum, Steve Grover, and Don Stratton. For information on the December 28 event: https://www.eventbrite.com/ End
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