Mark Harvey (1946- ) is a trumpeter, composer, minister, activist, and educator. Originally from Binghamton, New York, Harvey played with Syracuse University’s unofficial school big band while pursuing his bachelor’s in American studies; he also began his composing career, writing and conducting two jazz liturgical services. After graduating in 1968, Harvey moved to Massachusetts and shortly thereafter founded both the Jazz/Arts Ministry, based in Old West Church in Boston, and his free jazz ensemble, the Mark Harvey Group. Harvey earned his master's in theology in 1971; that same year he co-founded the Jazz Coalition, which worked to promote jazz in community settings through concerts and educational programs through the mid-1980s. In the mid-seventies, in partnership with Arni Cheatham, the Jazz Coalition created the JazzEd program to bring jazz education and performance to schools during the desegregation of the Boston Public Schools. Harvey received a PhD in Social Ethics from Boston University and studied with Jaki Byard and George Russell at the New England Conservatory of Music. He has led the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra since 1973, serves on the board of directors for JazzBoston, and teaches jazz studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.