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Aaron is a trumpeter, bassist and graduate of the jazz course at Birmingham Conservatoire.

His ten-piece band Zappajazz was formed to perform and explore the music of Frank Zappa and is now working together on original arrangements and compositions for a series of upcoming gigs. He has also played trumpet in projects involving Mike Gibbs, John Hollenbeck and Gerard Presencer.

He plays trumpet for Gypsy-Folk revellers The Destroyers and shares the solo chair in the Midlands Youth Jazz Orchestra. An active folk musician, Aaron plays bass guitar in the massive Conservatoire Folk Ensemble and the successful young folk group The Old Dance School.

Aaron ran the Tuesday jam nights at the Bash Bar until December 2006, and helped run the Cobweb nights at the Queens Arms Pub. As a member of Cobweb, Aaron is part of the team running and developing cobwebcollective.com.

Music Player
Eat that Question, King Kong, Little Umbrellas and Camel (composed F.Zappa, arranged by Aaron Diaz) taken from the album Zappajazz (2007) featuring:

Sam Wooster on Trumpet, Adam Jackson on Alto, Ben Bryden on Tenor, Rob Anstey on Trombone, Colin Mills on Baritone, Tom Durham on Guitar, Sam Smith on Keys, Ida Hollis on Bass, Jim Bashford on Drums

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