For over 20 years, Aaron Easley has been one of the most in-demand drummers in Austin, Texas. He is a member of EARS, which formed in 2024 and features his original compositions alongside those of guitarists Carter Arrington and Matt Read, and bassist Billy Satterwhite. Other regular projects include the Kenny Williams Quartet, Double Vision with John Mills and Hank Hemsoth, the Tony Bray/Toro Flores Quintet, Kevin Flatt and Friends, and the Urban Achievers Brass Band. He’s performed and recorded with musicians including Adrian Ruiz, Gabriel Santiago, Andre Hayward, Ephraim Owens, Mitch Watkins, Elias Haslanger, Alex Coke, Rich Harney, Tony Campise, Jeff Hellmer, and John Fremgen.

Aaron is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the jazz department at Austin Community College, and has taught in High School and Middle School band programs across Central Texas since
2003. Drumlines under his instruction have won both the PASIC and Lone Star drumline competitions, and his private students have achieved Texas All-State honors in Jazz Band, Concert Band, and Orchestra.

A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and New York University, he’s studied with Ari Hoenig, John Scofield, Chris Potter, Wayne Krantz, Jean-Michel Pilc, Brannen Temple, and Wayne Salzmann II.