Alvin "Abe" Aaron was a jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 clarinetist and soprano saxophonist, who was born in Canada

Canada

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 but spent most of his life performing in the United States.

Aaron's father played in a theater ensemble in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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 and had him play reeds in the band for more than ten years. Early in the 1940s he left this group to play in the band of Jack Teagarden

Jack Teagarden

Weldon Leo "Jack" Teagarden , known as "Big T" and "The Swingin' Gate", was an influential jazz trombonist, bandleader, composer, and vocalist, regarded as the "Father of Jazz Trombone".-Early life:...

. He moved to Hollywood in 1943 and played with Horace Heidt

Horace Heidt

Horace Heidt was an American pianist, big band leader, and radio and television personality. His band, Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights, toured vaudeville and performed on radio and television through the 1930s and 1940s.-Biography:Born in Alameda, California, Heidt attended Culver...

 on radio. From 1945 to 1947 he played with Skinnay Ennis

Skinnay Ennis

Edgar Clyde "Skinnay" Ennis, Jr. was an American jazz and pop music bandleader and singer.Ennis was born in Salisbury, North Carolina and met Hal Kemp while attending the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. He joined Kemp's orchestra as a drummer and vocalist in the late 1920s, playing...

, then returned to work under Heidt until 1950.

Through the decade of the 1950s Aaron played in Les Brown

Les Brown (bandleader)

Les Brown, Sr. and the Band of Renown are a big band that began in the late 1930s, initially as the group Les Brown and His Blue Devils that Brown led while a student at Duke University. He was the first president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences...

's Band of Renown, including on tours of Europe and East Asia

East Asia

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. He recorded often as a member of Brown's band, for Coral Records

Coral Records

Coral Records was a Decca Records subsidiary formed in 1949. It recorded pop artists McGuire Sisters and Teresa Brewer, as well as rock and roller Buddy Holly....

 and Capitol Records

Capitol Records

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 among others. He also recorded with Billy Usselton

Billy Usselton

Billy Usselton was an American jazz reed player.Usselton was proficient on tenor saxophone, clarinet, and oboe. He began playing professionally in high school with Bubbles Becker. Although his parents wanted him to attend college in Pennsylvania, he wanted to play for a living...

 and Sidney Bechet

Sidney Bechet

Sidney Bechet was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.He was one of the first important soloists in jazz , and was perhaps the first notable jazz saxophonist...

.