about
Brooklyn based saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist AJ Kluth has been trying to get to the bottom of things for a while now. Playing music because he can’t think of any one activity that is even half as fulfilling or satisfying, AJ is also interested in the inherent connections between music, ecstatic experience, and the human condition. He believes that the making of and listening to music is uniquely situated at the root of what it means to be human - an assertion that impacts both his musical input and output.
After graduating with a Masters degree in Jazz Saxophone Performance from DePaul University in 2006 AJ has kept busy working with diverse artists such as (to name a few), the Chicago Afrobeat Project, Lauren Frost, the AJ Kluth Quintet, L’Orchestre Super Vitesse, Ben Miller’s Sensorium Saxophone Orchestra, and most recently leading his band ALDRIC. He has taught at the Music Institute of Chicago, the Latin School of Chicago, and Moraine Valley Community College and has published several articles and one book on the subject of musical improvisation. AJ resides in Brooklyn, NY and is continuing his studies at NYU’s Draper School of Interdisciplinary Studies for Humanities and Social Thought.
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