This nine-piece ensemble, with strings, woodwinds, guitar, accordion, and tuba, performs the structured improv compositions of Aaron Bennett, an active composer/saxophonist of the vital San Francisco Bay Area experimental music scene.

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JAZZ: Free Jazz, CLASSICAL: Contemporary



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This nine-piece ensemble, with strings, woodwinds, guitar, accordion, and tuba, performs the structured improv compositions of Aaron Bennett, an active composer/saxophonist of the vital San Francisco improv scene.

Saxophonist and composer Aaron Bennett has been performing music professionally as an active part of the jazz and improvised music communities for over 15 years. Born in Long Beach California, he was introduced to jazz and the Avant-garde at a young age by his mother who was both an abstract painter and avid jazz fan. He has studied music at Cal State Long Beach, where he received a B.A. in music performance and at California Institute of the Arts where he studied composition with Wadada Leo Smith and received an M.F.A. in music. Besides Western Classical Music and Jazz, he has studied the music of West Africa, Indonesia (Balinese and Javanese Gamelan), South and North India, and Traditional Japanese Gagaku music. He has performed throughout the United States and abroad including performances with Wadada Leo Smith, Peter Kowald, John Butcher, Marco Eneidi, Henry Kaiser, Francis Wong, Oluyemi Thomas, Donald Robinson, Gianni Gebbia. He currently resides in Oakland, California, where he is an active part of the improvised music scene. for more info: http://aarondavidbennett.com