Abe Aaron

Alvin "Abe" Aaron (January 27, 1910 – January 31, 1970) was a jazz clarinetist and saxophonist, who was born in Canada but spent most of his life performing in the United States.

Abe Aaron
Birth name	Alvin Aaron
Born	(1910-01-27)January 27, 1910 Toronto, Canada
Died	January 31, 1970(1970-01-31) (aged 60)
Genres	Jazz
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Clarinet, saxophone

Aaron was born in Toronto on January 27, 1910.^[1] His father was bandleader with a theater band in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and had him play reeds in the band for more than ten years.^[2] Early in the 1940s he left this group to play alto saxophone in the big band of Jack Teagarden,^[2] with which he recorded in 1942.^[1] He moved to Hollywood in 1943 and played with Horace Heidt on radio.^[2] From 1945 to 1947 he played with Skinnay Ennis, then returned to work under Heidt through 1949.^[2]

Through the decade of the 1950s Aaron played in Les Brown's Band of Renown, including on tours of Europe and East Asia.^[2] He recorded often as a member of Brown's band for Coral Records and Capitol Records.^[2] In the band, he played clarinet and alto sax in the early 1950s, then switched to tenor and baritone.^[1] He also recorded on bass clarinet with Billy Usselton.^[2]