Michael Aarons

The Michael Aarons Group: Not By Coincidence

by David Adler
February 1, 2002

Guitarist Michael Aarons has emerged as a busy jazz and session player since completing his term at the Manhattan School of Music in the late 90s. On this spirited live outing, he enlists pianist Sebastian Weiss, bassist Ranaan Meyer, and drummer Dan Weiss for a set of varied and advanced original music. Displaying a knack for quartal harmony and angular, intervallic improvisation, Aarons and friends burn confidently through the up-tempo numbers “Not By Coincidence," “The Wizard of Odd," and “My ...