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Robert Aaron

Canada

Robert Aaron is credited on 360 releases across 137 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1979–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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360

Pressings credited

137

Albums

6

Decades active

370

In collections

Biography

Robert Aaron (born Robert Arron Vineberg; November 13, 1955) is a Canadian jazz musician. According to John Leland of the New York Times "Mr. Aaron played flute, saxophone, clarinet and piano, then taught himself guitar, trumpet, bassoon, French horn and other instruments." He performed for rapper Wyclef Jean's band from 1998 to 2008. Robin Caulden of Press-Republican said "He's played with everybody — Afrika Bambataa, B52s, Blondie, Chic, David Bowie, Heavy D, James Chance and The Contortions, RZA, Stetsasonic, William Vivanco and Wu-Tang Clan." In 1981, he first started work with James Chance for the group James White and the Blacks; and has toured with him since in Europe and Japan. He played sax on David Bowie's 1983 hit "Let's Dance". In 2010, Aaron released his album Trouble Man, which Michael Daly of the Daily Beast called "artistically adventurous but commercially unsuccessful". Folk singer Eric Andersen, who used Aaron on several albums as a producer and performer, described him as "Absolutely dedicated. He lived for his art."

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Credited work

360 releases · 137 albums · active 1979–2023

  • Performance · 703
  • Production · 34
  • Other credits · 26
  • Engineering · 6

Studios: Power Station · Blank Tape Studios · The Hit Factory · Olympic Studios

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