Aaron Matson is a North Carolina native, originally hailing from Denver. He started playing guitar at the age of eleven, eventually finding his voice in jazz. Matson is a recent graduate of The Juilliard School, where he received his Masters in jazz studies. Matson has performed at The Kennedy Center, Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Chris’ Jazz Café in Philly, Smalls Jazz Club, Ornithology, Yoshi’s in Oakland, the Chat Bavard in Rennes, France, and the Bern Jazz Festival in Switzerland, among many others.

Since 2023, Aaron has been a member of Bryan Eng’s Circle Room trio which holds a residency at Bemelman’s Bar in the legendary Carlyle Hotel in New York’s Upper East Side. In 2021, Matson was commissioned by FENDI and the Juilliard School to compose a piece entitled “Rollerblading in Harlem” for a collaboration video.

Matson’s most ambitious project is the Aaron Matson Nonet, a nine-piece ensemble which released its debut album, Holding on to Yesterday, in July of 2019. He is an avid composer and arranger, having penned arrangements for many groups including The Duke University Jazz Ensemble, the Planet D Nonet out of Detroit and the Jazz Ensemble at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Aaron also holds a Bachelors of Music in Jazz Guitar from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.