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Artie Roth Quartet: Resonants

Read "Resonants" reviewed by Troy Dostert


Although composed during the Covid pandemic, the ten tracks on Artie Roth's Resonants give no ground to despair or gloom. Rather, the Toronto- based bassist aims for a more hopeful register here and, with the help of the sympathetic members of his fine quartet, he delivers. A strong lyrical sensibility and an ability to find a winning groove are also in evidence, resulting in a well-constructed album which holds up well over multiple encounters. This is Roth's third ...

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TuneTown: Entering Utopia

Read "Entering Utopia" reviewed by Friedrich Kunzmann


Just over a year after releasing There From Here, their debut record--and taken from the same sessions, held at the Grant Avenue Studio in Hamilton, Ontario in November 2018-- TuneTown's second outing, Entering Utopia, acts as a resolute continuation of the trio's initial statement and paints the three equal leaders in the light of a varied program, combining lyrical balladry in one moment with uncompromising swing in the next. Each of TuneTown's contributors is a respected leader in ...

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TuneTown: There From Here

Read "There From Here" reviewed by Friedrich Kunzmann


What happens in Canada stays in Canada. Sadly, this worn out phrasing tends to ring true when it comes to Jazz from there. Regrettably so. The jazz scenes in Québec and especially Toronto are as vibrant as they've ever been and produce some of the more interesting releases out there today. The drummer of the acoustic trio going by the name of TuneTown, Ernesto Cervini, is even more aware of this, seeing how next to being a musician, his second ...

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TuneTown: There From Here

Read "There From Here" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Tracing the historic path of this particular trio type--saxophone, bass and drums, no chordal instrument--leads back to saxophonist Sonny Rollins' A Night At The Village Vanguard (Blue Note, 1958). The sound on that seminal recording is raw, rough around the edges, with the trio bumping through a bunch of familiar tunes, enjoying the freedom from chords. There From Here, the debut of the Toronto-based trio Tune Town, employs a smoother approach, with tenor saxophonist Kelly Jefferson sounding more ...

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Artie Roth: Discern

Read "Discern" reviewed by Budd Kopman


It has been quite a while since we have heard from bassist Artie Roth, as almost ten years have elapsed since Parallels. 2013 saw the current quartet on Currently Experiencing, clips of which can be found here. Discern, this quartet's latest offering is a dark, moody and powerful set of compositions brought to life by Roth and band members reedman Mike Filice, guitarist Geoff Young and drummer Anthony Michelli. The quartet plays as a single unit, creating a ...

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Artie Roth: Parallels

Read "Parallels" reviewed by Budd Kopman


Parallels, a collection of original compositions by bassist/leader/arranger Artie Roth, is another entry from the sizzling Canadian jazz scene. The quintet's front line of John MacLeod (flugelhorn) and Kelly Jefferson (tenor and soprano saxophones) receives support from the seemingly ubiquitous David Braid (piano), familiar from Set In Stone, Vivid, Beginnings and William Carn's Other Stories. Musicians who get to know one another tend to play with each other--MacLeod is in Braid's band, Jefferson is on Carn's record, and both end ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Resonants

TPR Records
2023

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Entering Utopia

Three Pines Records
2021

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Tell Him I Said Hello

Vesuvius Music Inc.
2021

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There From Here

Slammin Media
2019

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Discern

Self Produced
2016

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Parallels

Self Produced
2006

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Sky Blues

From: Resonants
By Artie Roth

Blue Gardenia

From: Entering Utopia
By Artie Roth

The Monks of Oka

From: There From Here
By Artie Roth

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