Ed Harlow composer / arranger

Saxophonist, composer, 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, Richie Barshay, The Temptations, Johnny Mathis and Paquito D'Rivera. Harlow has fifteen publications with Advance Music and has released two CDs as a leader. Harlow has taught woodwinds, improvisation and jazz ensembles since 1987. Since 2014 he has participated as a clinician and performer at the Panama Jazz Festival.


Publications


•Easy Funk, funk play along for Score, Advance Music, 2016

•Easy Funk, funk play along for Drums, Advance Music, 2016

•Easy Funk, funk play along for Guitar, Advance Music, 2016

•Easy Funk, funk play along for Bass, Advance Music, 2016

•Easy Funk, funk play along for Keyboard, Advance Music, 2016

•Easy Funk, funk play along for Trumpet, Advance Music, 2015

•Easy Funk, funk play along for Trombone, Advance Music, 2015

•Easy Funk, funk play along for Alto Sax, Advance Music, 2015

•Easy Funk, funk play along for Tenor Sax, Advance Music, 2015

•Easy Funk, funk play along for Bb Clarinet, Advance Music, 2015

•Easy Funk, funk play along for Flute, Advance Music, 2015

•All Funked Up, medium/advanced funk play along for alto saxophone, Advance Music, 2014

•Dew Drop, for four alto saxophones, Advance Music, 2010

•Galloping Thunder, for saxophone quartet, Advance Music, 2010

•Funky Tango, for saxophone quartet, Advance Music, 2008

•Ave Maria, for saxophone quartet, Advance Music, 2007

•The Boogie Woogie Bari Boy, for saxophone quartet, Advance Music, 2006

•7 Jazz Duets for saxophone, Advance Music, 2005

•7 Jazz Duets for clarinet, Advance Music, 2005

•7 Jazz Duets for flute, Advance Music, 2005


Awards


•National Endowment for the Arts grant recipient, 1995

•Scholarship, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA, 1992, 1993


Discography


•Boston Horns Big Band, 2009

•Stardust and Beyond, Artie Shaw Orchestra, 2006, Crazy Scot Records

•Boston Horns Big Band Live at Rockafella’s, Boston Horns Big Band, 2005

•Swing into the Season, Stardust Show Chorus with the Boston Horns Big Band, 2004

•Two Views, Ed Harlow, 2002, Fresh Vinyl Recordings

•First Encounter, Ed Harlow, 1998, Fresh Vinyl Recordings

•Six for Alan, Greg Conroy, 1998

•Bis Otu Bés, Frank de Pina, 1996, FDP

•Live! 20th Anniversary, Volo Volo, 1993, PPCD