Aaron Weinstein
American musician
title: "Aaron Weinstein" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["american-jazz-violinists", "american-male-violinists", "people-from-wilmette,-illinois", "living-people", "new-trier-high-school-alumni", "1985-births", "jazz-musicians-from-illinois", "21st-century-american-violinists", "21st-century-american-male-musicians", "american-male-jazz-musicians", "arbors-records-artists"] description: "American musician" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Weinstein" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary American musician ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox musical artist"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Aaron Weinstein |
| birth_name | Aaron Jacob Weinstein |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| occupation | Musician |
| instrument | Violin, guitar, mandolin |
| years_active | 2008–present |
| label | Arbors |
| associated_acts | John Pizzarelli |
| website | |
| :: |
| name = Aaron Weinstein | image = | birth_name = Aaron Jacob Weinstein | birth_date = | birth_place = Seattle, Washington, U.S. | genre = | occupation = Musician | instrument = Violin, guitar, mandolin | years_active = 2008–present | label = Arbors | associated_acts = John Pizzarelli | website = Aaron Jacob Weinstein (born July 31, 1985), is an American musician.
Music career
While still attending New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, Weinstein founded the Stephane Grappelli Tribute Trio, which was named best high school instrumental jazz group by Down Beat magazine in 2002. He attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts on a four-year scholarship.
When he was 19, he recorded his debut album, A Handful of Stars (Arbors, 2005), featuring Bucky Pizzarelli, John Pizzarelli, Nicki Parrott, Houston Person, and Joe Ascione. He has also recorded with Frank Vignola and J. Geils.
Discography
::data[format=table title=""]
| Released | Album | Notes | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Fiddler's Dream | Debut | Corner Kitchen |
| 2002 | Jazz Violin | EP | Corner Kitchen |
| 2003 | Legends | with Bucky Pizzarelli & Skitch Henderson | Arbors |
| 2005 | A Handful of Stars | Arbors | |
| 2006 | Jay Geils, Gerry Beaudoin & The King of Strings | with J. Geils & Gerry Beaudoin | Arbors |
| 2006 | Jazz Mandolin | EP | Corner Kitchen |
| 2008 | Blue Too | with John Pizzarelli | Arbors |
| 2013 | Lucky Day | Birdland | |
| :: |
References
References
- Lankford, Ronnie. "Aaron Weinstein: Biography". Allmusic.
- Anderson, Rick. "A Handful of Stars: Review". Allmusic.
- d'Souza, Gerry. (June 14, 2009). "John McLaughlin and Frank Vignola: Guitar Masters on DVD". All About Jazz.
::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::