Aberdeen

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Aberdeen is a jazz / indie rock brass band based out of Brooklyn, NY. They create a wall of sound with soaring, horn-driven melodies, supported by a bed of distorted guitars and raucous drums. Brian Plautz is the primary songwriter in the band. The band, featuring saxophones, trombone, trumpet, guitars, bass and drums never ceases to fill a room with energy. Aberdeen's albums Downpour and Held Together showcase their massive, one-of-a-kind sound, featuring Multi Grammy Award-winning drummer Antonio Sánchez (Pat Metheny, Birdman) and bassist Adam Neely, who hosts a 1.6 million+ subscriber music channel on YouTube, as well as Shubh Saran, Jared Yee and many more. Demonstrated during Aberdeen's 2019 U.S. State Department tour to Central Asia, Aberdeen's music is about community; a large collective of musicians with the hope of sharing its music to audiences throughout the world.

Aberdeen Creates Unique Wall of Sound with Album 'Held Together'

Source: All About Jazz
February 25, 2023

With its massive, one-of-a-kind sound, Aberdeen is proud to announce the release of its second album Held Together. It’s Aberdeen’s brand of jazz with pop inflections that contributed to their selection in the U.S. State Department’s American Music Abroad program—in this case a tour to Central Asia—where Aberdeen performed. Held Together includes folk songs from around the world, featuring collaborators the band met while traveling, including Mongolian throat-singer and beatboxer Beatbox Ray and the children's ensemble Ayalguu, featuring traditional Mongolian ...
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