专辑简介

Beats & Measures produced by Aaron Northern is a mixture of melodic sounds derived from neo soul, jazz, hip-hop, and funk music. The concept of this project is to showcase local Memphis talent with different styles. Although most instrumental portions of the project are the product of Northern, a host of musical ideas were collaborations between Northern and other Memphis artist. This album will take the listener from the mind set of a cool jazz club, to funky movie scores, to just some real smooth sounds to ride to. This album has everything to satisfy your soulful musical pallet, with phat beats, smooth horn lines, melodic vocals, and real hip-hop flow.

Aaron Northern is an experienced Music Producer with credits on several Memphis music and media projects that include radio commercials (Greg’s Men and Boys Store, TLC Healthcare, Gentle Dental Dentistry), and independent albums. Northern has also produced and performed his own independent Jazz albums. In 1997, Northern teamed with independent film director Michael Tabor to score music for the documentary “Reality MLK Jr.” starring Judge Joe Brown. Northern is a veteran musician that has played drums for several R&B, Jazz, and Blues performers including: The University of Memphis Jazz Ensemble, Blues recording artist Quinn Golden (Ecko Records). In 2003, Northern first performed locally, and toured Italy with Memphis native R&B/Gospel singer Jackie Johnson (Rufus Thomas, Lenny Kravitz, Staple Singers, Hustle & Flow, and the Great Debaters) in cities such as Naples, Milan, La Spezia, Rome and more. In 2004 while in Europe, Northern had the pleasure of performing in several concerts and live television appearances with Johnson and trumpet recording artist Andrea Tofanelli (George Michael, Joe Cocker, Tom Jones), as well as saxophonist Davide Dal Pozzolo. In 2009 Northern became a memeber of the Memphis chapter of The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.