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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

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Pocket Aces: Cull the Heard

Read "Cull the Heard" reviewed by Samuel Stroup

by Samuel Stroup
September 4, 2018

Pocket Aces have made all the right moves in gearing up for their first album. The three improvisers are comfortable with each other, having spent time playing together, unearthing their sound. Cull the Heard finds the leaderless trio composing as they improvise, curating an album full of focussed and engaging songs. The Boston trio omits any ...

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Matadors: Matadorials

Read "Matadorials" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
October 13, 2014

The acoustic jazz Matadors came together while its three members--multi-woodwind player Michael Sachs from Los Angeles, bassist Aaron Darrell from Virginia and drummer Jun Young Song from Seoul (Korea)--were simultaneously pursuing undergraduate studies through Berklee College of Music scholarships. Their progressive jazz debut marks the first release on Berklee's independent record label birnCORE, was recorded live ...

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Different Shapes & Sounds: Solo, Trio, Small & Large Ensembles

by Chris M. Slawecki
October 9, 2014

Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra Pulsion Ubiquity 2014 A musician friend whose opinion I greatly respect shared with me that he enjoys listening to Pulsion, the fourth release by the Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra (ALVO), in two layers: The frothy jazz-influenced horn, brass and string arrangements on top and, like a ...