Friends of Chamber Music: Aaron Diehl Trio
$32-$59 ($20 ages 34 & under, $5 student rush ages 24 & under/Arts for All)
- Aaron Diehl, piano
- David Wong, double bass
- Quincy Davis, drums
Florence Price — Selected works
Mary Lou Williams — Selected works
Philip Glass — Selected works
Claude Debussy — Selected works
Pianist Aaron Diehl has quietly redefined the lines between jazz and classical, and built a global career around his nuanced, understated approach to music-making. At once temporal and ethereal—deliberate in touch and texture—Aaron Diehl's expression transforms the piano into an orchestral vessel in the spirit of beloved predecessors Ahmad Jamal, Erroll Garner, Art Tatum, and Jelly Roll Morton. "Diehl gracefully melds two worlds, merging the improvisational spirit of jazz with the compositional intricacies of Western classical music." – DownBeat
Program: A masterful blend of jazz and classical in a program for piano, bass, and drums, that includes works by 20th-century composers such as Still, Price, Mary Lou Williams, Glass, and Debussy.
About Aaron Diehl, piano
Pianist and composer Aaron Diehl mystifies listeners with his layered artistry. At once temporal and ethereal, his expression transforms the piano into an orchestral vessel in the spirit of beloved predecessors Ahmad Jamal, Erroll Garner, and Jelly Roll Morton. Following three critically-acclaimed leader albums on Mack Avenue Records — and live appearances at historic venues from Jazz at Lincoln Center and The Village Vanguard to New York Philharmonic and the Philharmonie de Paris — the American Pianist Association’s 2011 Cole Porter fellow now focuses his attention on what it means to be present within himself. His forthcoming solo record promises an expansion of that exploration in a setting at once unbound and intimate.
Aaron conjures three-dimensional expansion of melody, counterpoint and movement through time. Rather than choose one sound or another, he invites listeners into the chambered whole of his artistry. Born in Columbus, Ohio, Aaron traveled to New York in 2003, following his success as a finalist in JALC's Essentially Ellington competition and a subsequent European tour with Wynton Marsalis. His love affair with rub and tension prompted a years-long immersion in distinctive repertoire from Monk and Ravel to Gershwin and William Grant Still. Among other towering figures, Still in particular inspires Aaron's ongoing curation of Black American composers in his own performance programming.
Aaron has enjoyed artistic associations with Wynton Marsalis, Benny Golson, Jimmy Heath, Buster Williams, Branford Marsalis, Wycliffe Gordon, Philip Glass, and multi GRAMMY award-winning artist Cecile McLorin Salvant. He recently appeared with the New York Philharmonic and the Cleveland Orchestra as featured soloist.
Aaron holds a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies from Juilliard. A licensed pilot, when he's not at the studio or on the road, he's likely in the air.
https://www.aarondiehl.com/