Aaron Alexander

Drummer Aaron Alexander is really a multifaceted musician known for performing progressive jazz, but additionally cultural fusion and contemporary creative music, both while an accompanist along with a innovator. He was raised in Seattle and performed traditional violin in his youngsters, going to Eckstein Middle College, the Nova Task, and Roosevelt SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, where Waldo Ruler aimed his jazz music group. Alexander began personal research with Jerry Granelli through Cornish University from the Arts, after that enrolled at Cornish, learning with Granelli, Jay Clayton, Julian Priester, Adam Knapp, and Randy Halberstadt. He went to a jazz workshop on the Banff Center in 1988, where he came across Dave Holland, Marvin “Smitty” Smith, Anthony Davis, Muhal Richard Abrams, and Pat La Barbera. He examined privately with Gerry Hemingway, Bob Moses, Joe Morello, Victor Lewis, and Mike Clark. Also at Cornish, Alexander performed with Carla Bley, Hadley Caliman, and Marc Seales, amongst others. In Seattle, Alexander co-founded the group Timebone in 1988, and became a member of the klezmer fusion group the Mazeltones in 1989. Alexander transferred to NY in 1993, presented to the brand new York picture by Brad Shepik and Michael Sarin. He shortly became energetic on the downtown picture using the group Babkas, Klez-Jazz with Burton Greene and Perry Robinson, and sunlight Ra tribute group Misconception Technology, and by 1996 became a member of the Klezmatics and Hasidic New Influx with Greg Wall structure, Frank London, and Dave Fiuczynski. A cooperation using the Serbian Roma group the Boban Markovic Orkestar and use Natsuki Tamura, Satoko Fujii, Alex Kontorovich, Elaine Hoffman W, Mose Allison, Charlie Byrd, Wayne Horvitz, Michael Bisio, David Krakauer’s Klezmer Madness, as well as the Soaring Karamazov Brothers are included on Alexander’s réamounté. His debut recording as a innovator was the indie Compact disc Blues for Sparky in 2003, accompanied by Midrash Mish Mosh, released in 2004 for the Tzadik label. Alexander and Julian Priester are reuniting for potential projects.