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The website of Drummer/Composer Aaron Alexander

 
Aaron's Upcoming Performance Schedule
(public gigs only)
2007
July 30

Trumpets in Montclair, NJ
w/The Rob Henke Quintet
featuring Greg Wall, Rolf Sturm, Tim Ferguson
8pm - 11pm

 
Aug. 18-24
 
Aug. 31
Ashkenaz Festival w/Josh Nelson - Kosher Gospel, 9:30pm
Aug. 31
Ashkenaz Festival w/Marilyn Lerner 11pm
Sept. 1
Ashkenaz Festival w/Alex Kontorovich's Deep Minor 6:15pm
 
Sept. 18
Merkin Hall - Lincoln Center
w/Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars
 
Dec. 23-28

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Previous Engagements

2007
July 16 - 24, 2008
US Tour with Boban Markovic' Orkestar
July 16, Lincoln Center Midsummer Night's Swing 7pm, New York
July 16, DROM, NYC, 11pm w/Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars
July 17, Pitchfork Festival Preview, Millenium Park, Chicago
Jul 18 2008 7:30P Summer Dance Chicago, Illinois
Jul 19 2008 12:30 Pitchfork festival Chicago, Illinois
Jul 19 2008 5:30P World music fest Evanston, Illinois
Jul 20 2008 7:00P you will see Springfield, Illinois
Jul 21 2008 8:00P Martyrs’ Chicago, Illinois
Jul 22 2008 8:30p La Tulipe Montreal
Jul 23 2008 9:00 Drom New York, New York
Jul 24 2008 7:30P Kimmel Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 29-July 5
Krakow Festival of Jewish Culture
Performances w/THE ARK, Konsonans Retro w/Christian Dawid, and The Other Europeans.
 
June 17
Town Hall NYC,
Folksbiene Yiddish Theater Benefit
June 6
DROM in NYC
w/Psoy Kirolenko, Dan Kahn, Michael Winograd, Frank London, Dan Blacksberg
 
June 1
Hasidic New Wave w/Yakar Rhythms
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, Jazz & Roses Festival
 
May 7
Frank London's 50th Birthday Bash at DROM
 
Mar. 22-29
Berkeley Jewish Music Festival - The Ark: Cyclical Rituals, Spring
A collaborative project with Frank London, John Schott, Jessie Ivry, Glenn Hartman, Jewlia Eisenberg, Stu Brotman, Maryana Sadovska, and Avi Avital.  Produced by Elie Shapiro
 
Mar. 22
Berkeley Jewish Music Festival with
Frank London's "A Night at the Old Marketplace"
 
Mar. 20
 
Mar. 7-17
European Tour - Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars
7- 9.03.2008 Luxembourg, Philharmonie
10.03.2008 Liverpool UK, Wind Band Fest.
11.03.2008 Freiburg, Jazzhaus
12.03.2008 Karlsruhe, Tollhaus
13.03.2008 Dornbirn, Spielboden
14.03.2008 Wien, Mozartsaal
15.03.2008 Brussels, Espace Senghor
16.03.2008 Amsterdam, Bimhuis
17.03.2008 Hannover Jazz club
 
Mar. 1
Klezmer Festival, Furth, Germany
w/German Goldenshteyn Memorial Band, led by Alex Kontorovich, and featuring Josh Horowitz, Cookie Siegelstein, Mark Ruben, Dan Blacksberg
 
Feb. 6

Greg Wall Quartet at Eldridge St. Shul, 7pm

 Of Jews and Jazz           Lost and Found Music Series
Jewish musicians have long been drawn to the modes and moods of jazz. Greg Wall, chronicles the connection and, accompanied by his quartet, raises the roof with some swinging illustrations.
Tickets: $15 adults; $12 students and seniors

 
Jan. 26
Greg Wall's Later Prophets at Brandeis University
8pm - Slosberg Recital Hall, 415 South St., Waltham, MA
 
Jan. 25
Mike Cohen Quartet at Banjo Jim's at 7:30pm
 
Jan. 20
Alicia Svigals at Limmud Conference, Ellenville, NY
 
Jan. 15
Greg Wall's Later Prophets at Zebulon
Jan. 14
Klezmatics at Connolly's Times Square
Jan. 13
Alex Kontorovich's Deep Minor
APAP Festival, NYC
 
Dec. 30
Klezmerfest at Newark Museum
 
Dec. 23-28
 
Dec. 22
Hasidic New Wave
at Southpaw in Brooklyn, 5th Ave.
 
Dec. 11
Budapest, Hungary with
Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars
and Boban Markovic' Orkestar
 
Dec. 9
Chabad Telethon with Greg Wall, Zevy Zions
 
Dec. 5
Art Bailey's Klezmer Festival
at Banjo Jim's, E. Village
 
Dec. 4
Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars
at 14th St. Y, NYC
 
Nov. 8, 9:30pm

w/The Klezmatics
At Brooklyn Lyceum,
227 Fourth Ave, Park Slope
benefit for Develop, Don't Destroy Brooklyn (dddb.net)

 
Nov. 4

w/J. Granelli and Ben Holmes at
Center for Improvised Music
CIM 295 Douglas St. 1 Btw. 3rd & 4th Ave. Brooklyn NY.

 
Oct. 27, 28
Southern California w/Klezmatics
27 - San Francisco JCC
28 - San Diego, 7pm Birch Northpark Theatre cancelled
Oct. 25
11:30pm
Greg Wall's Later Prophets
Knitting Factory Tap Bar, 74 Leonard St., NYC
 
Oct. 24
Jon Madof's Rashanim at Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery, New York, NY 10012          212.614.0505
 
Oct. 21
Frank London Project at Carnegie Hall, Zankel Auditorium
 
Oct. 20
NY Jewish Music Festival, w/Greg Wall's Later Prophets,
Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars & Paul Shapiro Band
 
Oct. 14, 4pm
Oct. 14 - 7pm
Eldridge St. Klezmer Gathering
SYMPHONY SPACE CONCERT

Symphony Space at 2537 Broadway at 95th Street
For reservations by credit card: 212.864.1414
 
Oct. 12
Noon
Eldridge St. Klezmer Gathering - Parade & Photo Shoot
Procession: Starts at Canal and Eldridge Streets (12 noon)
Concert: Seward Park at 180 East Broadway (12:30) Free
Information: 212.219.0888
 
Oct. 5,
7:30pm
Alex Kontorovich's 'Deep Minor' CD Release Concert!
at Small's NYC 183 West 10th street @ 7th ave.
 
Sept. 11, 2007
8pm

Julian Priester & Aaron Alexander
In Concert at Spike Hill

184 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211 -
Phone (718) 218-9737

 
Aug. 25, 26
Frank London's Klezmer All-Stars
American Folk Festival in Bangor Maine

with Margot Leverett, Mark Rubin, Patrick Farrell, David Harris
 
Aug. 20-25, 2007
 
Aug. 4
The Yiddishe Swingtet
Workmen's Circle in Cleveland Heights, OH
featuring: Greg Wall, Joanne Borts, Susan Watts, Rob Henke,
Art Bailey, Brian Glassman and Aaron Alexander.
 
July 27-31, 2007
Yiddish Summer Weimar Festival
Dance and Dance Music Workshops
 
July 18-25, 2007
Yiddish Summer Weimar Festival
Advanced Instrumental Workshops
 
July 15, 2007 | 8 p.m.
DIASPORA REDUX PROJECT
Weimar, Germany @ Kulturzentrum Mon Ami
a New Jewish Music project bringing together seven internationally recognized and highly individualistic musicians: Aaron Alexander (percussion, New York), Alan Bern (keyboards, Berlin), Paul Brody (trumpet, Berlin), Alex Kontorovich (sax, clarinet, New York), Cesar Lerner (keyboards, Buenos Aires), Martin Lillich (bass, Berlin) and Marcelo Moguilevsky (clarinets, Buenos Aries).
world premiere concert in Weimar on July 15,
 
June 30
Krakow Festival of Jewish Music
w/Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars
 
June 28
 
June 27, 30
 
Wed, June 6
at 7:30 p.m.
An Evening of Jewish Dance with Steve Weintraub
Music by Ken Maltz, Pete Sokolow, Aaron Alexander
Temple Beth El, Oakhurst, NJ A 45 minute lecture/demo followed by a dance party/workshop Live Klezmer music and refreshments
 
June 5, 1pm
Klezmerfest
Concert at West Orange JCC
 
June 3
Yiddish Swingtet
Cape May Music Festival
featuring: Joanne Borts & Tine Kindemann - vocals
Greg Wall - clarinet, Rob Henke - trumpet, Art Bailey - piano
Brian Glassman - bass, Aaron Alexander - drums
 

May 30

9:30pm

Brooklyn TEA LOUNGE
Ben Holmes - trumpet, Jay Vilnai - guitar,
Fima Ephron - bass Aaron Alexander- drums
837 Union St., Park Slope, BROOKLYN, NY 718-789-2762 

 
May 11
The Art of Trio, 7:30 p.m., Aaron is special guest
at the Milford Center for the Arts.
with Rex Cadwallader - piano, and David Chevan - bass,
at 40 Railroad Avenue South, Milford, CT (203) 878-6647.
May 1
Hasidic New Wave w/Yakar Rhythms
Dartmouth College, New Hampshire
 
Apr. 26, 8pm
Marilyn Lerner/Aaron Alexander Quartet
w/Greg Wall -tenor sax and Jim Guttman -bass
The Stone
 
Apr. 25
w/Adrienne Cooper & Friends at The Stone
 
Apr. 21 at 10pm

Midrash Mish Mosh at The Stone
Ave. C & 2nd St., Lower East Side

 
Apr. 19
w/Art Bailey's Orkestra Popilar & Frank London
at Banjo Jim's
9th St. & Ave. C,   212.777.0869
 
Apr. 17 at 8pm
 
Apr. 10
Alex Kontorovich's Deep Minor
The Stone, Ave. C & 1st St., Lower East Side
 
Friday,
March 30 7:30pm
FREE
Jake Shulman-Ment, violin, Art Bailey, accordion, Aaron Alexander, drums
 
Temple Beth Shalom, 740 North Broadway
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706, (914)478-3833
 
Mar. 28
Knitting Factory Seder with Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars
 
Mar. 26 at 8pm
CD Release
Frank London - A Night at The Old Marketplace

Barrow Street Theatre 27 Barrow St. NY 10014 (corner of 7th Ave) $20
 
Mar. 21
Greg Wall's Later Prophets,
Gan Academy, Boston

 
Mar. 3, 8pm-1am

Purim Shpiel at Workmen's Circle, w/Adrienne Cooper
A great theatrical spectacle/party, musical direction by Jake Shulman-Ment:
Roti and Homentashn: The Palace Workers Revolt!: A Purim Carnival Spectacular
Workmen's Circle: 45 E 33rd St, between Park and Madison

 

Mar. 2

Frank London w/Strings featuring Art Bailey's Orchestra Popilar and AA
  Zebulon

 
Jan. 20
“Raising the Roof”
celebrating 40 years of Roosevelt Jazz in gorgeous new Roosevelt theater
Waldo King Reunion Big Band
 
Jan. 18

Andy Shaw Quintet
Egan's Ballard Jam House
Andy Shaw- vocals, Dave Peterson - guitar, Phil Sparks bass,

 
Jan. 6,
Dena Ressler trio with Aaron Gershman, concert in Teaneck N.J.
2006
 
Dec.24-29
Living Traditions Annual
Klez Kamp!
 
Dec. 19, 6:30pm
Alicia Svigals Trio,
at Manhattan Plaza Ellington Room
 
Dec. 12, 12:00pm
Klezmerfest (the band)
at World Financial Center Atrium
 
Dec. 10, 12:30pm
Klezmerfest (the band)
at World Financial Center Atrium
 
Nov. 21
Greg Wall & The Yiddish Swingtet
@ NJ Jewish Music Festival
 
Nov. 11

Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars
play the Slivovitz Festival
High Chai, 18 Avenue "B", Manhattan, 9:00pm, $75. cover

 
Nov. 9

Greg Wall's Unity Orchestra
The Wandering Jew from the Diaspora and Beyond,
featuring Adrienne Cooper, Noah Solomon, Michal Cohen, Avram Pengas, Rahel Musleah, Frank London, Rob Schwimmer

New Jersey Jewish Music Festival
Maurice Levin Theater at the West Orange JCC

 
Nov. 8, 9:30pm
Alex Kontorovich's Deep Minor
@ Makor, 35 W. 67th St.
 
Oct. 30, 9:30pm
Alicia Svigals Group
Metropolitan Room at Gotham
 
Oct. 11
Alex Kontorovich's Deep Minor
@ The Tank, NYC
 
Oct. 7
Rob Henke & The Washington St. Players
at Tonic, 9-pm
 
Oct. 4 , 10:30pm
Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars
at M1-5, Roma Fesetival in NYC
52 Walker St (Bet. Broadway & Church) NYC
 
Oct. 4 , 7:30pm
Greg Wall's Later Prophets
Aish Ha-Torah, NYC, Upper West Side
 
Oct. 2, 8pm
Aaron Alexander Trio
featuring Janice Friedman - piano, David Richards - bass
Break-The-Fast at Makor
35 W. 67th St., NYC
 
Sept. 30

Klezmatics
Woody Guthrie's Wonder Wheel Tour
Towne Crier Cafe
130 Route 22, Pawling, NY
(845)855.1300

 
Sept. 22, 11:30am
Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars
at Brooklyn Metro-tech Park
 
Sept. 17

w/ Klezmatics
& Woody Guthrie's Wonder Wheel Hybrid Program
Chicago World Music Festival

 
Sept. 4
Greg Wall's Later Prophets
Ashkenaz Festival
 
Sept. 3
Aaron Alexander's
Midrash Mish Mosh
@ Ashkenaz Festival in Toronto
 
Sep. 2, 4pm
Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars
Planet Arlington Festival -Arlington, VA
 
Aug. 20 - 27
Klez Kanada! in Lantier, Quebec
 
Aug. 19

Aaron Alexander's
Midrash Mish Mosh
@ Cornelia St. Cafe

 
     
     

 

 

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