Aaron Weistrop

Who is Aaron Weistrop?

Aaron Weistrop is an American guitarist and composer based out of Chicago. His distinctive, sincere, and soulful sound has contributed to numerous jazz, blues, funk, r&b, classic rock, americana, fusion, singer/songwriter, comedy, gospel, commercial, and country music projects.

Weistrop has played coast to coast, at venues like The Mint in LA, Schubas, The Jazz Showcase in Chicago, Jazz Estate in Milwaukee, Douglas Corner in Nashville, Johnny D’s near Boston, The Knitting Factory in New York. Aaron has performed on, produced, and written music that has been played on radio stations nationally and internationally. Hanukkah Blues, co-written with Ted Wulfers, was chosen for 93XRT’s on-air feature Hear First as a way of introducing Ted as a “promising new artist.” Some artists chosen in the weeks following and preceding were The Cribs, The XX, The Bravery and other major label acts.

Aaron scored the opening and closing credits for the 2009 Split Pillow Productions full length film, Eye of the Sandman. He also was awarded a fellowship for music composition by the Illinois Arts Council in 1998.