The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra show at Amazing Things Arts Center, Natick, MA, January 20, 2013. Peter H. Bloom solos on flute. Photo credit: Erlyn Ordinario
Peter H. Bloom, practicing tenor saxophone at his parents’ home in Everett MA, September 1964. Photo credit: John Keegan
Clockwise from top Left: Peter H. Bloom, bass saxophone; Mark Harvey, trumpet; Craig Ellis, clarinet; Michael Standish, toy saxophone. Photo: Margot Niederland
MHG at Hatch Shell, Boston (likely Aug. 19, 1971). L to R: Duncan Draper, keyboard; Bill Apgar, tuba; Peter H. Bloom, tenor saxophone; Mark Harvey, French horn; Miles Standish, percussion; Craig Ellis, percussion
All Night Jazz Celebration, July 31, 1971, Old West Church, Boston. Benefit concert for the Jazz Coalition. Performers included Ran Blake, Mark Harvey Group
MHG 20th Anniversary concert, Harvard Epworth Church, Cambridge MA, February 18, 1990. Founding members L to R: Craig Ellis percussion; Peter H. Bloom, woodwinds; Mark Harvey, trumpet.
Concert program, Mark Harvey Group, 20th Anniversary Concert February 18, 1990, Harvard Epworth Church, Cambridge MA.
Concert program, Mark Harvey Group, 20th Anniversary Concert February 18, 1990, Harvard Epworth Church, Cambridge MA.
The Aardett at the National Gallery of Art, March 2006. The ensemble accompanied silent films from the Dada era with free improvisation.
National Film Preservation Foundation director thanks Bloom and other Aardett musicians for being part of the Film Treasures project, September 2007.
The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, Mark Harvey, music director, MIT Kresge Auditorium, Spring 1991 (Peter H. Bloom, alto saxophone, fourth from Left). Photo: V.J. Zabek
The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, Mark Harvey, music director (soloing on trumpet), Museum of Fine Arts Boston, March 3, 1996 (Peter H. Bloom, alto saxophone, second from Left). Photo: V.J. Zabek
Peter H. Bloom flute solo with the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra at The Boston Globe Jazz & Blues Festival, Faneuil Hall, June 15, 2003. Photo: D. J. Convery-Zupan
The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra debut at Scullers Jazz Club, Boston, November 2007. L to R: Chris Rakowski, tenor saxophone; Phil Scarff, tenor saxophone (mostly hidden); Harry Wellott, drums (mostly hidden); Peter H. Bloom, alto saxophone; Arni Cheatham, tenor saxophone; John Funkhouser, string bass; Dan Zupan, baritone saxophone; Richard Nelson, guitar; Bill Lowe, trombone. Photo: Joe Harrington
Peter H. Bloom flute solo, The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra 40th Anniversary Concert at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, March 2013. Mark Harvey, music director. Photo: Erlyn Ordinario
The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, Mark Harvey, music director, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, September 2015. L to R: Chris Rakowski, tenor saxophone; Phil Scarff, clarinet; Harry Wellott, drums; Peter H. Bloom, flute; Arni Cheatham, flute. Photo: Erlyn Ordinario
Charles Neville Benefit Concert for Stand Up to Cancer, VFW Hall, Florence, MA, October 27, 2013. L to R: Mark Pappas, electric guitar; Charles Neville, saxophone; Peter H. Bloom, flute; Chet Pasek, drums; Guy DeVito, string bass, Ralph Whittle, keyboard. Photo: Meg Pash
Charles Neville Benefit Concert for Nepal Earthquake Relief, November 29, 2015, Town Hall, Ashfield, MA. On stage L to R: Peter H. Bloom, flute; Mark Pappas, electric guitar; Charles Neville, saxophone; Tim Smith, drums; Guy DeVito, electric bass; Ralph Whittle, keyboard. Photo: Julie Orfirer
The Modernistics at the Plymouth (MA) Library Concert Series, July 2018. L to R: Ted Powers, vocals and tap; Pamela Powers, vocals and tap; Peter H. Bloom, flute; Mark Leighton, guitar
L to R: Tim Ray, piano; Peter H. Bloom, flute; Ricardo Monzon, percussion; Dave Zox, double-bass. Orchard Cove, Canton, MA, July 2016
Bloom-Leighton Duo at Islesboro Maine Summer Concerts, August 2014 (before the show). L to R: Mark Leighton, guitar; Peter H. Bloom, flute
Holiday show at Orchard Cove, Canton, MA, December 2016. L to R: Peter H. Bloom, flute; Mark Leighton, guitar; Dave Zox, double-bass