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Sketches from a Bassist's Album

Label: Smalls Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: The Lion of Yerevan; Most's Paradise; Replaceable Me; Swamp Thing Goes to the Indy 500; Mensch Blues; Ah, Transcarpathicus; Thou Swell; Byars-a-Maki; Mo's On; I'll Walk Alone.

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Ari Roland: Sketches From A Bassist's Album

Read "Sketches From A Bassist's Album" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

by Terrell Kent Holmes
August 9, 2006

Bassist Ari Roland makes a declarative statement at the top of Sketches From A Bassist's Album. His bowed solo near the beginning of “The Lion of Yerevan establishes that his leadership will consist of more than metronomic background timekeeping. Sketches is mostly comprised of Roland's diverse originals, with a couple of standards included for balance; a ...

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Ari Roland: Sketches from a Bassist's Album

Read "Sketches from a Bassist's Album" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
April 3, 2006

Any session led by a double-bassist has to have pizzazz to work. Ari Roland proves this axiom true as he solos with authority, walks the bass for a confident rhythmic foundation, and encourages his sidemen to turn it loose. From New York, just over thirty, and a standard fixture at Smalls, Roland finds it easy to ...