Aaron Comess

To date, drummer Aaron Comess, a founding member of the Grammy nominated, ten million plus album selling band Spin Doctors, has played on and/or produced over one hundred albums with an acclaimed and diverse roster of artists such as, Joan Osborne, Chris Whitley, Rachael Yamagata, Bilal, New York Electric Piano and Marc Cohen. Comess has carved out a successful space in the downtown music scene of NYC as well by playing in a variety of groups, such as the Electric Rhodes infused New York Electric Piano, and Swati, an indie- rock favorite among the Lower East Side crowd.

Recently, hes formed his own three groups: improvisational rock/jazz trio Kumple, Comess and Katz, the more traditional jazz ensemble The Aaron Comess Trio, and an experimental, hip-hop/world music vibed duo with beat box extraordinaire, Adam Matta.

His newest creative endeavor, Catskills Cry, marks drummer Aaron Comess debut instrumental album. Armed with a years worth of original material written and influenced by a variety of landscapes from Anguilla, to Manhattan to the Catskill Mountains, the album takes listeners through a myriad of lush, ethereal, moody, intensely appealing songs. With accomplished guitar player Bill Dillon (has played with Robbie Robertson, Joni Mitchell, and Daniel Lanois), Tony Levin on bass and stick, and Comess on drums and in the role of producer.