His playing cuts across styles and genres as he masterfully
executes jazz, rock, and pop sensibilities with a contemporary flavor. Ed Roth
is truly a monster player and his talent shines bright on Jazzland, his debut
album release for Funzalo Records out on February 22.
On Jazzland you will find Roth’s superlative take on Jazz
classics like Charles Mingus’ “Nostalgia in Times Square,” John Coltrane’s “Big
Nick,” Chick Corea’s “Crystal Silence,” and Miles Davis’ “Milestones,” Freddie
the Freeloader” and “Blue in Green” among others. "Haunting melodies and
some adult harmony really drew me to "Peace" (Horace Silver),
"Blue and Green" (Bill Evans/Miles Davis), and "Zingaro"
(Carlos Antonio Jobim). You have so much space in ballads like that, but every
note you play has to mean something" Says Roth
Get a taste here: https://youtu.be/GJ6DKQfthzs
“Some songs and music
are timeless. I tried to pick songs for this record that have that quality, and
that moved me in some way. The different vamps and solo sections that I added
to some of these may not be what you have heard before, but they are what came
out naturally, without a lot of plotting and planning” – explains Roth
Roth worked alongside a total of nine Grammy winners. He’s
performed and recorded with R&B artists the Brothers Johnson and Shuggie
Otis to Pop stars Annie
Lennox and Sophie B Hawkins, Rock legends Ronnie Montrose,
Robby Krieger, Keith Emerson, Deep Purple’s Glenn Hughes, Judas Priest’s Rob
Halford and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith, to Hip-Hop legend Coolio. He’s
also a long time member of CTA (featuring Rock and Roll Hall of fame drummer
Danny Seraphine and 2 time Grammy winner Bill Champlin), and recorded with
critically acclaimed country acts Turnpike Troubadours and Cody Jinks, and the
list goes on.
“The artists I have
most admired never stopped evolving and growing- crossing musical genres and
ignoring boundaries, making each recording another step out from their last
one” – says Roth
A sonic purist, Roth is adept at not only piano, but also
Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, Wurlitzer, clavinet and accordion, (as well as a
Kawai artist grand piano), all of which he records at his own Glendale, CA,
studio, The Keyboard Room.
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