Aaron Bing

Saxophonist Aaron Bing's live performance is with a 5 piece band, 90min show, featuring live original music from five studio albums. During his live performance, Aaron Bing feature each band member as a soloist during parts of the show ranging from electric guitar riffs and rhythmic latin percussion. There's also a part of the show where Aaron display a technique called circular breathing where he hold a note for a long period of time leaving the audience wondering if there's some kind of electrical gadget. It's a must see for large crowd when he's touring different parts of the country and across the globe.

Not only does Aaron Bing do large format show of 2500 to 10,000, he also prove a smaller set where he's accompanied by backing tracks making the event a small intimate single solo performance. Whether it's his 5 piece band or his solo performance the sound of his trademark soprano saxophone alway intrigue audiences locally, nationally and the world over.

Aaron Bing was born in Miami, Florida to an African-American mother and a Dominican father. Bing never got a chance to meet or see his father. His mother, an elementary school teacher in Miami at the time of Aaron's birth, moved to Jacksonville, Florida to live with her mother after suffering hard times in Miami. A few years after the move, Bing's mother disappeared and left him with his grandmother. At age 10, While living with his grandmother, Bing came into contact with his aunt's old wooden clarinet playing under his grandmother's bed. Confused as to what the instrument was, but interested in learning how to play, Bing took the clarinet to school with him the first day of his seventh grade year. That school year he attended Mathew W. Gilbert 7th Grade Center. Even though the clarinet was old and broken, he managed to still learn how to play the song Marry Had A Little Lamb on the same day it was taught. Soon after, the clarinet needed repair, but his grandmother was poor and couldn't afford the repair; instead, he played the school band's bass clarinet. Bing was a quiet, shy kid in school who kept to himself, but found a love for music at an early age. During his 7th and 8th grade year Bing learned how to play other instruments such as the French Horn, Baritone, Piano and Percussion. In addition to his studies while in middle school his 8th grade year, he took private lessons on the French horn twice a week after school. Bing came in contact with the saxophone in the 9th grade after hearing a Kenny G song at a friend's house. Taking the basics of what he had already learned from other instruments, he taught himself how to play the saxophone and by practicing along with records (mostly of Kenny G and Grover Washington, Jr.) His first saxophone was a Yamaha YAS23 alto.

Aaron Bing is a Dominican American musician/actor whose professional work includes performances on stage, television, and in films. He has written and produced six albums to date. "Always" (2005) and "Christmas Dream" (2009) before recording Grammy considered albums such as '"Secret Place" (2010) "Rebirth" (2011) Legacy (2012) and Otra Parte Dé Mí (2013). He has collaborated with such artists as Tevin Campbell remaking a Berry Gordy Motown hit "Maybe Tomorrow" (2014) and with recording artist Dwele who was featured on his remixed single "Escape" (2012). He has also worked with legend producer Preston Glass who's noted for Whitney Houston and Kenny G. His upcoming movie feature is "Christmas Baby Girl" (2018)

Award-winning saxophone player Aaron Bing, whose memorable performances sharing the stage with The Temptations, Frankie Beverly, Tyrese, Gladys Knight, Jeffrey Osborne and Brian McKnight inspires a new generation of jazz fans.[2]

Aaron heard Kenny G for the first time in the 9th grade. He liked the sound and was inspired to play the saxophone. Since then, he went on to learn 21 different instruments with the soprano saxophone now being his main instrument.

He has produced six albums to date: Always, Christmas Dream, Secret Place,[3] Rebirth, which made the 54th Grammy ballot, Legacy 55th Grammy ballot Otra Parte De Mi which is a favorite contender in the Latin Jazz category for the 14th Latin Grammy Awards and the album “Awakening” featuring a vocal duet with Tevin Campbell 58th Grammy ballot.[4]

Aaron Bing's vision is to continue to produce albums as well as build and establish his own record label. He has a very strong intention to give back and help schools keep their music programs in place by supporting initiatives such as MusiCares and VH1's Save The Music Foundation.[5]

AARON BING Technical Requirements
(SMALL VENUES, WEDDINGS & SOLO PERFORMANCES)
1 small mixer with (six (6) inputs or more) for L-R audio backing tracks feed, wireless mic for. saxophone and talkback mic. (Powered mixer recommended)
2 Mains speakers along with 2 floor monitors
Power outlets near performance area

AARON BING Technical Requirements
(LARGE FORMAT CONCERTS)
A full Line Array actively crossed over speaker system capable of producing at least 110db SPL at any seat in the house. (Ver Tec, V Dosc Meyer,EAW)
Front of House
Only professional mixing consoles are acceptable: Midas Heritage 3000/2000
Midas XL 4
Yamaha PM-5000/4000
Sound Craft Series 5
48 mic input channels minimum and 4stereo returns. Each input shall have 4 band, fully parametric EQ, phantom power, phase reversal, high pass filters, 20db pads and input gain control, 8 stereo sub master or VCA’s aux sends, left-right masters out (mic input list to follow)
Inserts: Front of House
8 channel comp/LIM-BBS, Aphex, Summit, DBX 160x/166
6 Channel gates/Aphex 622 or Drawmer DS 201, BSS 402 Dual 1 EQ DBR-901 Dynamic-Lead Vocal Channel
Processing: Front of House
1 Yamaha SPX 1000,990 or Lexicon PCM 70, MPX 550, TCMI 1 Lexicon 480L PCM-81/91,223XL, 300 or M5000, M3000
1 Roland SDE 3000 or TC2290 (with Tap function)
Korg Tap delay TCD1
Drive and Control System: Front of House
2 1/3 Octave White 4640, Klark-Teknik DN 300 graphic EQ, BSS 1 RTA analyzer w/mic
1 System Crossover Processor
1 DAT (record) or CDR
1 CD player (playback)
Monitor System
MidasH3000 / H 2000 or Yamaha PM4000M 52 channel (NO DIGITAL CONSOLES) 12 Bi amp wedges (low profile) Firehouse, EAW, Meyer, Clair 12a
1/3 Octave Equalizers on each mix Klark Technik or BSS (10 mixes)
2 tri amp side fills
1 Bi amp drum fills
1 Lexicon PCM 81 or 91 reverbs
1 Yamaha SPX 1000 0r 900 Processors
2 Tube Compressors (Summet, HHB, and Joe Meek)
8 DBX 160 or BSS, compressors
8 Gates (DBX, Dramer)
2 Shure PSM 700 in Ear Monitor Systems with spare belt packs on same frequency 2 Shure U4D Beta 98’s with Belt packs
2 Shure U4D or UHF R Beta 87 C handheld Mics
Consoles are not shared
NO Exceptions to Sound Requirements unless approved by Artist’s Representative.
Misc. Items needed
12 (twelve) Duracell Procell 9 volt batteries 12 (twelve) Duracell Procell AA batteries
1 (one) Box of Alcohol wipes
Stage Manager/ Production Coordinator: Marlen Adams (phone number hidden) (email hidden)
Road/Production Manager: Tony Peterson (phone number hidden) (email hidden) Armond Jackson Front of House Engineer: (phone number hidden) (email hidden)


AARON BING
Lighting Requirements and Sound Check
Lighting System
2 Truss 120k minimum of PAR 56 instruments
Four color wash (all warm colors) with two banks of ACL units and audience blinders. Floor units are also options, six to ten cyber units to be operated from one main board (Whole Hog, AVO)
Spotlights
2 Super Trouper carbon arc or Xenon spotlights in perfect working order positioning of these spotlights shall be determined the day of show by production manager. Purchaser shall provide at no expense to Artist enough headset units, stations, and cable for all spotlight operators, dimmer racks, and lighting console.
Sound Check
Artist requires 1 hour for sound check on the day of engagement. Sound check time to be mutually decided by Purchaser and Production/Stage manager, no one is allowed to be in concert area during sound check.