Pianist Aaron Diehl is the 2011 Cole Porter Fellow in Jazz. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Diehl was asked to tour with the Wynton Marsalis Septet immediately following high school graduation. A 2007 Juilliard School graduate, Diehl has performed with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, The Boston Symphony Orchestra, Hank Jones, Wycliffe Gordon, Wess "Warmdaddy" Anderson, and Benny Golson, among others. He currently resides in Manhattan, where he serves as music director of St. Joseph of the Holy Family Church in Harlem.
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