Aaron Heick is an American

saxophonist The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to pro ...

and woodwind player, born September 13, 1961 in Seattle, currently living in New York. He is best known for his work on the

CBS Orchestra Paul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Band is an American musical ensemble led by Paul Shaffer. It was David Letterman's house band for 33 years. The band formed in 1982 to serve as house band for NBC's ''Late Night with David Letterman'' ...

for the '' Late Show with David Letterman''. He has worked with Chaka Khan, with whom he recorded and toured through most of the 1990s, Richard Bona, Barbra Streisand, Paul Simon, Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen, Sir Elton John, Carly Simon, Donald Fagen, James Taylor,

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, Lenny Kravitz, Sheryl Crow, Billy Joel, Suzanne Vega, Vonda Shepard, Cyndi Lauper, Audra McDonald, Philip Glass, Vanessa Williams, Boz Skaggs, Christopher Cross, Ben E. King, Bobby Caldwell, Steps Ahead, The Manhattan Transfer, Ray Baretto, Willie Colon, The Caribbean Jazz Project, and Panic! At The Disco.

References

External links

Official Aaron Heick website

CBS.com Aaron Heick bio (Archived)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heick, Aaron Living people Musicians from Seattle American saxophonists American male saxophonists Paul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Band members Year of birth missing (living people) Musicians from New York City 21st-century saxophonists