American jazz trumpeter
Al Aarons
Born (1932-03-23 ) March 23, 1932Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, U.S.Died November 17, 2015(2015-11-17) (aged 83)Laguna Woods , California Genres Jazz Occupation Musician Instrument Trumpet
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Albert Aarons (March 23, 1932 – November 17, 2015) was an Americanjazz trumpeter.[ 1] [ 2]
Aarons was born inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania , and graduated fromWayne State University inDetroit .[ 3] Yusef Lateef andpianist Barry Harris in the latter part of that decade in Detroit. After a period playing with jazz organistWild Bill Davis , he played trumpet in theCount Basie Orchestra from 1961 to 1969.
In the 1970s, Aarons worked as asideman for singersSarah Vaughan andElla Fitzgerald , andsaxophonist Gene Ammons . He was also a contributor tojazz fusion , playing onSchool Days Stanley Clarke , and appears withSnooky Young on the classic 1976 albumBobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live
Al Aarons & the L.A. Jazz Caravan (LOSA, 1996?)[ 1] WithGene Ammons
WithCount Basie
The Legend Back with Basie Basie in Sweden On My Way & Shoutin' Again! This Time by Basie! More Hits of the 50's and 60's Pop Goes the Basie Basie Meets Bond Live at the Sands (Before Frank) Sinatra at the Sands Frank Sinatra Basie's Beatle Bag Broadway Basie's...Way Hollywood...Basie's Way Basie's Beat Basie's in the Bag The Happiest Millionaire Half a Sixpence The Board of Directors The Mills Brothers Manufacturers of Soul Jackie Wilson The Board of Directors Annual Report Basie Straight Ahead How About This Kay Starr Standing Ovation WithBrass Fever
WithKenny Burrell
WithFrank Capp
Live at the Century Plaza (Concord, 1972)WithBuddy Collette
Blockbuster (RGB, 1973)Jazz for Thousand Oaks (UFO-Bass, 1996)WithElla Fitzgerald
WithBenny Golson
WithEddie Harris
WithGene Harris
WithMilt Jackson
WithCarmen McRae
WithEssra Mohawk
WithZoot Sims with theBenny Carter Orchestra
Passion Flower: Zoot Sims Plays Duke Ellington (1979) -Al Aarons,Oscar Brashear ,Bobby Bryant ,Earl Gardner ,J.J. Johnson ,Grover Mitchell ,Benny Powell ,Britt Woodman ,Marshal Royal ,Frank Wess ,Buddy Collette ,Plas Johnson ,Jimmy Rowles ,John Collins ,Andy Simpkins ,Grady Tate , Benny Carter (arr, cond) Hollywood, CA, August 14, 1979[ 4] WithFrank Wess
WithGerald Wilson
^a b Owens, Thomas (November 22, 2023) [January 20, 2002]."Aarons, Al(bert N.)" .Grove Music Online . Oxford University Press.doi :10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.j000500 .ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0 ^ "Albert N. Aarons (1932 - 2015)" .Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. RetrievedNovember 24, 2015 – viaLegacy.com .^ Feather, Leonard; Gitler, Ira (2007)."Aarons, Al (Albert W.)" .The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz . Oxford University Press, USA. p. 3.ISBN 9780195320008 Archived from the original on August 3, 2024. RetrievedMarch 28, 2017 . ^ "Zoot Sims discography" .Jazz Discography Project .Archived from the original on April 18, 2009. RetrievedOctober 6, 2009 .
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