Home  CD's Aardvark Steps Out (1993)
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This debut CD is a great sampler of the band's range, "from screech to swing" as the Boston Phoenix said. Here is a sampling of response to our music:
"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
TRACKS
1 Echoes (5:50)
2 Gil (9:34)
3 Scamology (7:46)
4 Mutant Trumpets (4:55)
5 For Edward (3:32)
6 Zippy Manifesto (23:57)
7 Blue Sequence (9:19)
8 Freedom Song (6:31) LISTEN 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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Contents include the powerful Afro-jazz grooves of title track “The Seeker” (written for the Fifteenth Annual John Coltrane Memorial Concert), the evocative winds and piano of “Heartsong” (dedicated to Nobel Peace Prize recipient and Burmese democracy activist Daw Aung San Suu Kyi) and the multifaceted forty minute opus “Passages/Psalms IV” as given this past April in its premiere performance at MIT. This is imaginative, high energy music for the open ear, mind and heart.