Aaron Kimmel, originally from Pennsylvania, has resided in New York City for nearly two decades where he works as a freelance drummer. He holds a bachelor of music degree from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Kenny Washington and Billy Drummond. He frequently appears at Smalls and Dizzy's Club, and many venues around the world. You can see him performing as a sideman with Aaron Diehl, the Benny Green trio, and Ben Wolfe, among others. He has also played with such jazz luminaries as Harry Allen, Ken Peplowski, Eric Alexander, Joe Magnarelli, Grant Stewart, Terell Stafford, Ryan Kisor, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Ann Hampton Callaway, Mary Stallings, and Jon Faddis.