Aaron Choulai

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Tunes by Aaron Choulai

Biography

Improvising pianist Aaron Choulai is an albino, born in Papua New Guinea. He lives in Melbourne. His ancestry is Papuan, Chinese, Polish & Jewish. Publicists remind us of his early years in a Papuan village, fishing & eating mud crabs, mangos & coconuts.

 

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"In essence, Choulai is a meticulous technician via a richly lyrical, yet often, animated type of delivery. . . .No doubt, Choulai's music is cerebral yet soothing, and emphatic. . . "The Return of Dixon," augmented by Wendholt's supercharged soloing endeavors. We surmise, that the best is yet to come from this bright, twenty-one year old artiste." (Glenn Astarita, JazzReview.com)
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"A starlingly good first-up effort. . . Given the breadth of Choulai's performing interests, this is just the beginning of a beautiful career - but it's a mightly fine start." (Kenny Weir, Sunday Herald Sun)
- cd review