Aaron Shragge

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Meet Aaron Schragge

by Cheryl K.
May 30, 2025

In this hour, an interview with NYC-based trumpeter and shakuhachi player, composer, and creative arts therapist, Aaron Shragge. He leads the group Whispering Worlds that has released their debut album Cosmic Cliffs (Adhyâropa Records). Playlist John Sturino “Slug" from Blow Globe (Outside in Music) 8:17 [excerpt] Whispering Worlds “Light Echoes" from Cosmic Cliffs (Adhyâropa) 11:00 [excerpt] Whispering Worlds “Reflection Nebula" from Cosmic Cliffs (Adhyâropa) 6:18 [excerpt] Whispering Worlds “Serpentine Suspension" from Cosmic Cliffs (Adhyâropa) 11:00 Rez Abbasi “Spin ...

Album Review

Aaron Shragge: This World of Dew

Read "This World of Dew" reviewed by Franz A. Matzner

by Franz A. Matzner
July 27, 2018

The distinctiveness of This World of Dew stems equally from Aaron Shragge's technical mastery of the flugelhorn, dragon mouth trumpet, and Japanese Shakuhachi, his deep understanding of the traditions underpinning the Japanese aesthetic, and guitarist Ben Monder's ethereal, elongated harmonic syntax. Combined, these elements produce an immersive experience permeated by the sensibilities of the floating world; a sound-stage directly linked to the meditative practice of depicting and penetrating the esoteric pillars of impermanence, transience, and distillation that are ...

Album Review

Aaron Shragge & Ben Monder: This World of Dew

Read "This World of Dew" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
July 16, 2018

This World of Dew is the third recorded go-around by trumpeter Aaron Shragge and guitarist Ben Monder. Shragge expands the expected pallette of the duo sound with his use of the shakuhachi (Japanese flute) and his Dragon Mouth Trumpet, a custom microtonal instrument designed to expand the melodic capacity of the horn. Monder received an exposure boost via his work in the Maria Schneider Orchestra and his stellar contribution to Concert in the Garden (Artist Share, 2004). ...

Album Review

Innocent When You Dream: Dirt In The Ground

Read "Dirt In The Ground" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
July 13, 2017

Everybody loves Tom Waits. Okay, that may be a bit of an exaggeration. But a hell of a lot of musicians admire his work. There are far too many acts to list that have taken a stab at a single Waits song at one time or another--everybody from Diana Krall to The Ramones--and artists as dissimilar as Southside Johnny and Holly Cole have given over entire albums to his work. Covering Waits is so fashionable, in fact, that it's almost ...