Ed Harlow Quartet

The Ed Harlow Quartet will take you on a musical musical romp through inspired originals and Jazz classics. Join us for an evening 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 has ten publications with Advance Music and has released three CDs as a leader. The latest is The Gringo Kings (2018), which features an eight piece Latin Jazz collective focusing on Mr. Harlow’s original writing.

Mr. Harlow is also the founder of the Soular Jazz Foundation, which uses music events help to 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 was born in Oswego, New York and was raised in Marquette, Michigan. He received a Bachelor's of Music Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he studied both jazz and classical music with renowned bassist Richard Davis. 

From Wisconsin, Keala moved to New York City, where he performed with the New York String Orchestra at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. After moving to the Boston area, Mr. 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. Meanwhile, he continued his classical bass studies with virtuoso bassist Donald Palma. 

While at the Monk Institute, 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 Club

Recordings 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 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.