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His work ranges from long-form improvised music to intricate through-composed music and often somewhere in between. His personal practice explores a multitude of studied and extended saxophone techniques and ideas, investigating how the saxophone can be an extension of the human voice. Aaron’s music is intricately made through new compositional and improvisational forms: new musical languages stemming from systems of numbers, letters, colors, contours and cycles. Aaron is an active performer in the Chicago-area, and has led his group at the Chicago Jazz Festival, Constellation, and more. He has also played at Chicago Symphony Hall, Pritzker Pavilion, Andy’s Jazz Club, Jazz Showcase, Hungry Brain, Oracle Egg (Los Angeles), The LilyPad(Boston), and Jordan Hall (Boston). He leads the Aaron Kaufman-Levine Quartet, is ½ of improvising saxophone duo Bearduo and ⅕ of the improvising collective BananaAcid. 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