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Aaron Darrell
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About Me
aaron darrell was born in Alabama and, growing up in Kentucky, Kansas, and Indiana, ended
his stately adventures when the Darrells settled in Virginia, where he went to middle/high
school. State to state, Aaron sang in church choirs, often as a soloist. He was also a member
of many secular competitive choirs such as the Northern Indiana Youth Chorale and a youth
choir led by conductor and composer John Leavitt. At age 10 Aaron was chosen by David
Aiken to play the lead role of Amahl in Giancarlo Menotti’s opera “Amahl and the Night
Visitors”. The production toured for five weeks, performing concerts in Indiana, Virginia,
Richmond, Illinois, Ohio, New York, and North Carolina.
In addition to a decade of studying and performing vocal music from the classical repertoire,
Aaron studied piano for several years. After his older brother picked up the guitar, Aaron
discovered the electric bass at age 14. What started as casual, grungy basement party
performances led to serious study with Victor Wooten and a scholarship to Berklee College of
Music.
Aaron switched to the double bass after one year at Berklee. Initially self-taught, he went on
to study with John Lockwood, Ed Tomassi, Chuck Israels, Dave Santoro, Hal Crook, Drew
Gress, Katy McGinn of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.
Aaron has performed his own original music as well as others in Chicago, New York, St.
Louis, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, British Columbia, Philadelphia,
Washington D.C., France, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, New Jersey, Kentucky,
Tennessee, Maine, New Hampshire, Milwaukee, Madison, Hawaii, Iowa, Michigan, and more.
He has since integrated himself into the Boston music scene and can be found performing
with Charlie Kohlhase, Jeff Galindo, Curt Newton, Pandelis Karaygoris, Jorrit Dijkstra, Eric
Hofbauer, Forbes Graham, Garrison Fewell, and more.
Notable venues include:
Yoshi’s
Jimmy Mak’s
Kuumbwa
the Jazz Estate
Sculler’s Jazz Club
The Pfister Hotel
Blues Alley
Ryles Jazz Club
The Lily Pad
Robbie’s Jazz House
Festivals:
Salem Jazz Festival
Marciac Jazz Festival
Red Clay Jazz Festival
Beantown Jazz Festival