Aaron Weinstein

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Aaron Weinstein

Background information
Birth name	Aaron Jacob Weinstein
Born	July 31, 1985 (1985-07-31) (age 22)
Origin	Wilmette, Illinois, U.S.
Genre(s)	Jazz, Swing, Bluegrass
Instrument(s)	violin, mandolin, tenor guitar, piano
Years active	1993 — present
Label(s)	Arbors Records, Corner Kitchen
Associated acts	Howard Alden Gene Bertoncini Al Caiola Scott Hamilton Dick Hyman Jay Geils Les Paul Houston Person Bucky Pizzarelli John Pizzarelli Annie Ross Warren Vache Frank Vignola
Website	http://www.aaronweinstein.net http://www.myspace.com/awjazz

Aaron Jacob Weinstein (born July 31, 1985) is a jazz violinist, mandolinist, and arranger living in New York, New York.

1 Awards and critiques
2 Education
3 Discography
- 3.1 Select Albums
4 References

[edit] Awards and critiques

Aaron Weinstein was named a “rising star violinist” by Downbeat Magazine. Aaron has won various competitions including the 1998 and 2001 Illinois State Fiddle Championships, making him the youngest performer ever to hold this title. With the release of Aaron’s Arbors Records debut, A Handful of Stars, (called “the rebirth of the hot jazz violin” by Nat Hentoff) Aaron has become the youngest jazz musician to have recorded as leader for this prestigious traditional jazz record label.

[edit] Education

He is a recent graduate of the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, where he was awarded a full four-year talent-based scholarship. While still in high school, he founded New Trier High School's Stephane Grappelli Tribute Trio, voted as the nation's best high school instrumental jazz group by Downbeat Magazine in 2002.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Select Albums

Released	Album	Notes	Label
2008-02-12	Blue Too	w/ John Pizzarelli	Arbors Records
2006-10-17	Jazz Mandolin	EP	Corner Kitchen
2006-06-02	Jay Geils, Gerry Beaudoin & The Kings of Strings	-	Arbors Records
2005-10-11	A Handful of Stars	-	Arbors Records
2003-07-01	Legends	w/ Bucky Pizzarelli & Skitch Henderson	Arbors Records
2002	Jazz Violin	EP	Corner Kitchen
1999	Fiddler's Dream	debut	Corner Kitchen