"Aaron Rhines is a native of Washington, D.C. and now resides in Baltimore, MD. His interest in music began at five years of age with the trumpet, progressing to the baritone horn, and then to piano.

He attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, where he was invited to play piano with the jazz ensemble. This experience fueled a desire to further his development as a jazz pianist and led him to New York City where he received professional jazz training under the renowned Michael Cockran and Greg Murphy.



In 1996 Aaron was part of a musical tour to Jakarta, Indonesia with funk meister Dennis "Menace" Weeden. He has traveled as a producer/studio musician with the legendary house music dj Bert Bevans. As part of this project, he worked in studios in Melbourne, Australia; London, England; and Geneva, Switzerland. Upon returning to the United States, Aaron formed his independent record label and production company, 9th Galaxy Music, and formed his own band which performs throughout Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware.

In February 2010, Aaron was featured at Delaware Technical Community College in Wilmington, De where he introduced students to technical aspects of his composition tool Apple Logic Pro. The highlight of the evening was a performance with his trio the Groove Unit.

In April 2011, he was the featured artist, along with his band, at the event AA Dinner Theater@ held at Modern Maturity, in Dover, DE. Later that year in August, he was again the featured artist for the event AA Sunday Matinee@ at the Delaware Technical Community College in Dover.

Aaron enjoys performing straight ahead jazz, r&b covers, and his repertoire of originals that range from straight ahead jazz, to contemporary jazz, to r&b, and house. His freshmen CD, "Nothing But Love" is available online through the major independent digital distribution outlets."