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David Aaron
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About Me
David Aaron is a Canadian-New Yorker, saxophonist, composer and bagel enthusiast.
David Aaron has consistently played original music in a variety of configurations and boasts an excellent following throughout the five boroughs and beyond. David generally works as a freelance musician, instrumental music teacher, composer, as well as a producer. He also regularly provides music for live theater pieces and countless short & full-length films. He was the creator/producer of the Improv At The Khyber series in Halifax, Canada, which ran in conjunction with the Atlantic Jazz Festival. The series featured internationally-known musicians in an intimate gallery setting and was always a festival favourite. David regularly collaborates with notable artists such as (but not limited to) Curtis Fowlkes, Catherine Sikora, Dee Pop, Nick Howard, Sam Furnace, Lukas Ligeti, John Sinclair, deerfrance, Will McEvoy, Felice Rosser, Mike Edison, Kaleta (Fela Kuti), David Nagler, Kevin Batchelor, Andy Haas, Daniel Carter, Tommy Ramone, Sharon Jones, Lara St. John, E.J. Rodriguez, Oswaldo Amorim Filho, Elisabetta Tucci, Alice Texas, Claire de Brunner, Marie McAuliffe, Kitty Brazelton, Blaise Siwula, Ben Street, Konrad Meissner, Roy Nathanson, Brad Jones, Joe Pino, Daniele Pozzovio, Kate Gentile, Ken Peplowski, David Hofstra, Bob Wiseman, Seán Cullen, Jake Oelrichs, Pete Johnston, Reiner Schwartz, Don Palmer, Dawn Hatfield, Lukas Pearse, Benn Ross, Jeffrey Hall (TSO/UofT/Glenn Gould School), author/musician Paul Myers, , Past and recent projects include blues/punk innovators Dee Pop's Private World, Garden State Social Club (with Mike Edison & Lynne Von Pang) and The Downtown Pidgeons (Billy & Lisa Pidgeon), as well as Kaleta's Zozo Afrobeat, super-rockin' ska band, Bigger Thomas, international cabaret act, Les Funky Bitches Fantastique and New Orleans Mardi Gras collective, The Royal American Social Aid and Pleasure Club (featuring producer, Pete Thompson), as well as bluesmasters Blue Vinyl, pop band, Kivi (led by Cynthia Lamb & JP Bowersock), jazz/fusion groovesters, Meridian Voice (featuring Paul Briscoe & Adrian McCloskey). He was also featured as a soloist with the New York Centre Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Scott Jackson Wiley). He has performed at legendary venues such as The Apollo Theater, The Knitting Factory (NYC, Brooklyn & Hollywood), The Bottom Line, Brooklyn Museum, 55 Bar, Tonic, The Stone, Minton’s Playhouse, Visiones, Sidewalk Cafe, 92nd Street Y, Baggot Inn, The Bitter End, ShapeShifter Lab, Buddy Guy’s Legends (Chicago), Checkpoint Charlie’s (New Orleans), Manny’s Car Wash, Kenny’s Castaway, Downtown Music Gallery, Riis Park Beach Bazaar, Troost, Parkside Lounge, Otto’s Shrunken Head, Bowery Poetry Club, The Cutting Room, Hammerstein Ballroom, Zinc Bar, Recirculation Books, Fillmore NYC@Irving Plaza, Lincoln Center “Out Of Doors”, Vans Warped Tour, B.B. King Blues, World Cafe Live, Sellersville Theater, CBGB’s, Fat Albert’s, Free Times Cafe, Theatre Passe Muraille, Cameron House, Tranzac Club, Khyber Centre For The Arts, as well as at The Metropolitan Opera. ”A young tenor with a yen to skronk but enough savvy to keep melody on a tight leash” -Village Voice “David’s writing has that same zany, foreboding feel of a fairground after dark. You know you are in a place of entertainment but the lights cast some pretty strange shadows”. –Planet Jazz
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