Genres Jazz Name Al Aarons | Instruments Trumpet Education Wayne State University | |
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Born March 23, 1932
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ( 1932-03-23 ) Died November 17, 2015, Laguna Woods, California, United States Albums Basie Straight Ahead, Ella and Basie!, Basic Basie, Basie at Birdland, On My Way and Shoutin | ||
Al aarons
Albert "Al" Aarons (March 23, 1932 – November 17, 2015) was an American jazz trumpeter.
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born March 23, 1932 Al Aarons, Pleasingly Plump
Biography
Aarons was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Wayne State University in Detroit. He began to gain attention as a trumpet player in 1956, and started working with jazz artist Yusef Lateef and pianist Barry Harris in the latter part of that decade in Detroit. After a period playing with jazz organist Wild Bill Davis, he played trumpet in the Count Basie Orchestra from 1961 to 1969.
In the 1970s, Aarons worked as a sideman for singers Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald, and saxophonist Gene Ammons. He was also a contributor to jazz fusion, playing on School Days with Stanley Clarke, and appears with Snooky Young on the classic 1976 album Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live.
Discography
With Gene Ammons
With Count Basie
With Brass Fever
With Kenny Burrell
With Eddie Harris
With Gene Harris
With Milt Jackson
With Carmen McRae
With Zoot Sims with the Benny Carter Orchestra
With Frank Wess
Songs
Dream a Little Dream of Me
Hay Burner
Tea for Two
Switch in Time
Them There Eyes
Frank Sinatra Monologue
It's Oh - So Nice
That Warm Feeling
'Deed I Do
The Queen Bee
Every Tub
Am I Asking Too Much?
Basie - Straight Ahead
Far Cry
My Last Affair
Fun Time
X-1
Good Bait
On the Sunny Side of the Street