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 Listen to 5 selections from Aardvark's debut CD, Aardvark Steps Out, recognized as a great sampler of the band's range, "from screech to swing" as the Boston Phoenix said.
Selected excerpts (click on a link to download MP3): - Echoes
- Scamology
- For Edward (full track)
- Blue Sequence
- Freedom Song
Here is a sampling of response to this CD: "Aardvark Steps Out, footprints a rumble with jurassic import and power. The uncontrollable aspects of a juggernaut unleashed provide much of the Aardvark's awe-inspiring audience fascination." Downbeat
". . . relentless dedication to a cutting-edge approach . . . with exciting exploratory solos." Boston Globe
"Aardvark Steps Out is a bracing walk on the wild side of the big band spectrum. . . Aardvark suggests the best and brashest of Charles Mingus, Gil Evans, George Russell, and even Frank Zappa. . . In all, a refreshing breath of spirited yet structured rebellion from the tried and true. On, Aardvark!" Jazz Times
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Send a check for $15, (s & h included), made payable to Aardvark, c/o Mark Harvey, PO Box 8721, JFK Station, Boston, MA 02114 ALBUM CREDITS - Dr. Toby Mountain Mastering
- Rick Nelson Guitar
- Mike Peipman Trumpet
- Bob Pilkington Trombone, French Horn
- Phil Scarff Saxophone, Wind, Woodwind
- Jeanne Snodgrass Trumpet
- Marshall Sealy French Horn
- David Broderick Engineer
- Arni Cheatham Saxophone, Wind, Woodwind
- Jerry Edwards Bass (Electric), Contrabassoon, Vocals
- Craig Ellis Percussion, Drums
- Donna Hewitt-Didham Percussion, Vocals
- Joe Higgins Vocals, Contrabass Violin, Contrabass Trombone
- Jay Keyser Trombone, French Horn
- Jeff Marsankas Trombone
- Brian McCree Vocals, Contrabass Trombone, Contrabass Violin
- Raj Mehta Trumpet
- Harry Wellott Bass (Electric), Drums, Vocals
- Jeff Marsanskis Trombone, French Horn
- Rick Nelson Guitar
- Kate Matson Design, Cover Art
- Rajesh Mehta Trumpet
- Peter H. Bloom Saxophone, Wind, Woodwind
- Ken Filiano Vocals, Contrabass Violin, Contrabass Trombone
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CD features Ducal rarities - A Song for Christmas and Three Black Kings [first movement] - plus selections from the Sacred Concert repertory including Heaven, The Shepherd, Freedom, and David Danced with vocal soloists, tap dancer, and eighty voice choir [combined MIT Concert Choir and the Choir of Men and Boys from All Saints Parish, Ashmont, in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood]. As recorded by WGBH at the Ellington Centennial concert at MIT in 1999. 
Aardvark Audio 
