Aimee Nolte
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Aimee Nolte is originally from Weaverville, CA. Aimee started playing piano and singing at age 5 and began playing professionally at age 14. She graduated from Brigham Young University with a music degree and emphasis in jazz in 1998. For the next couple of years, Aimee resided in New York City before moving to the LA area in 2001 where she now resides and is the happy mother of 4 children. Aimee started her YouTube channel in 2016 and now has over 100K subscribers. She performs all over the LA area and is a highly-sought-after guest artist and clinician in the jazz world.
She continues to play and sing regularly all over Los Angeles County. January, 2006 marked the release of her first album, “Up Til Now”. She sings, plays piano and harmonica, and wrote and produced all of the tracks on the album.
In 2010, Aimee released her second album with her longtime guitarist, Hideaki Tokunaga, entitled, "Just Us". Aimee composed 7 of the CD's 11 tracks, and co-wrote 2.
Aimee has had the opportunity to perform in the past with greats such as John Clayton, Jeff Hamilton, Ken Peplowski, Frank Vignola, Lenny White, and most recently, the Aimee Nolte Trio (with Mike Scott and Roger Shew), and her duo, "Skirt & Suit (with Joshua Payne on guitar) with regular gigs around the LA area.

The Making Of My New Single: The Loveliest Girl

The Loveliest Girl is the first music I've released in 9 years. It is my arrangement of a Matthew Clark composition, and in this video I walk you through how it came to be; the instrumentation, the orchestrations, the recording techniques and texual painting - everything that went into the creation and production of this piece, and I hope you enjoy it. Stay tuned for the soon-to-be-released single!

Aimee Nolte & Nicki Parrott Live At The Roasting Room

On July 11, 2018 in Bluffton, South Carolina at a great listening space/bar called "The Roasting Room," I got to perform with one of my favorite people on the planet. Hope you enjoy it!

Oleo Vocal Duet With Tama Shutts

My good friend, Tama Shutts came over today for a vocal duet over Rhythm Changes. Super Fun! If you'd like to see more duets from Tama and I, check Jam Of The Week on Facebook. You can see Tama perform if you're in So Cal over at Cal State Long Beach with "Pacific Standard Time."

Name That Tune With TUNE TWISTER

Hang out with me and let's play my favorite game!
Gear: Earthworks PM40 piano mic Earthworks SV33 vocal studio mic Presonus Studiolive AR8 Hallet, Davis, & Co 5'3 baby grand

Are You Tone Deaf?

Is anyone out there really tone deaf? Let's take a survey of sorts. I'll walk around asking strangers to sing A 440, and you see how you measure up! By the end, I hope you realize that there is hope for EVERYONE. (Video shot in Claremont and Montclair, CA)

Jazz Lesson: How To FREAKING SWING

Chances are, if you're a beginning jazzer, you don't swing yet. You may think that you do... but you probably don't yet! I was once you. This is how I learned to swing. Hope it helps all you future swingin cats.

Summertime: How To Play With A "2 Feel"

Taking the tune, Summertime, we discuss what a "2 feel" is, and how the different players of the rhythm section go about playing it, and when to use it. Also shown, is an accompaniment style for playing this tune.

If I Should Lose You

This is one of my favorite standards. I really had a nice time playing this one. I hope you enjoy it. Thank you for your support and for subscribing and sharing with your friends! Aimee Nolte