Album Notes

Aaron Koppel -Guitar, Matt Nelson; (Lupe Fiasco, Matthew Santos) -Keyboard,
Graham Czach; (Chicago Afrobeat Project) -bass, Robert Tucker (Matthew Santos) -drums

The Aaron Koppel Quartet is a local Chicago ensemble that has been performing in and around Chicago since 2002. The group is lead by guitarist Aaron Koppel, one of Chicago’s leading paramount guitarists and composers.

“Aaron Koppel and company… have produced a lovely, lively collection marked by intelligent writing, emotional depth, and sterling musicianship.” -Neil Tesser (Chicago Reader, Playboy, Jazz Times, USA Today, Chicago Sun-times, Rolling Stone)

“These are a great group of young men” -James Walker Jr.(WNUA 95.5 FM,
Jazz Chicago Style)

“Aaron Koppel is a great guitarist with a long career ahead of him”
-Paul Abella (Chicago Jazz Magazine)

The Aaron Koppel Quartet is a unique bop driven force that can only be described as what it is: another new exit off the highway of jazz. AKQ infuses the styles of jazz, bluegrass, soul, rock, Latin, and funk. Their debut album released in 2007 “The Wild Call Of The Multi-Tasker” has received a wide range of stellar reviews and radio play. “The Wild Call Of The Multi-Tasker” was produced and engineered by Grammy Award winning producer/engineer Greg Magers. In 2009 AKQ recorded their 2nd album “Falling Together Falling Apart” with the record label Chicago Sessions, a jazz subscription series. The Aaron Koppel Quartet can currently be heard on XM/Sirius Satellite radio, WDCB 90.9 FM College of DuPage Public Radio, WNUA 95.5 FM Chicago, WXRT 93.1 FM Chicago , AccuJazz.com internet radio, KSFR 101.1 FM Santa Fe Public Radio, 106.7 FM PBS Melbourne, Australia, WRRG 88.9 FM Triton College, and WHPK 88.5 FM Chicago. Thanks to years of making music together, the quartet creates, with every beat and note, a stimulating entertaining, cosmic connection that is enhanced by the unique and mesmerizing compositions of Aaron Koppel.