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= Arthur Vint = Arthur Vint (born October 1, 1988) is an American drummer, composer, bandleader and educator from Tucson, Arizona. Known for the Spaghetti Western inspired jazz played by his band Arthur Vint & Associates, Arthur has also performed, toured and recorded with artists as varied as Postmodern Jukebox, Zephaniah OHora and Scott Tixier. He is responsible for opening up a jazz club inside the historic Hotel Congress in Downtown Tucson called the Century Room.

= Early Life = In a June 14, 2022 interview with Tucson Lifestyle Magazine, Arthur revealed his early inspiration:"“I always wanted to be a drummer,” he says. “I remember when I was four — the first time I saw The Beatles’ Hard Days Night. Watching Ringo play the drums was what really introduced me to music...My parents got me a drum set a couple of years after that, and I would kind of bang it around, and make some noise, but it wasn’t until I was 12 that I started to practice and study the instrument seriously.”"By high school Arthur was performing professionally in Tucson, playing drums with local jazz groups like the Arizona Jazz Academy and the Arizona Roadrunners, plus gigging and recording with more alternative southwestern artists like Andrew Colberg, Naim Amor, and Howe Gelb. In 2004, Vint started an afrobeat band with his high school friends called the Afrodelic Stegosaurchestra, after hearing the band Antibalas perform live at Solar Culture Gallery in Tucson. In 2006, the Afrodelic Stegosaurchestra went on to win the John Lennon Songwriting Contest "Battle of the Bands" held at the Rialto Theater and recorded a self titled album.

In 2007, Arthur moved to New York City to attend the jazz program at William Paterson University where he studied with drummers Horacee Arnold, Bill Goodwin, Kevin Norton and Rich Derosa. He went on to earn his Masters degree from the Manhattan School of Music where he studied with John Riley and Bobby Sanabria.

Career
Settling in Brooklyn, NY in 2008, Arthur became embedded in New York's creative music scene and performed regularly at the Cornelia Street Cafe jazz club with musicians like Tom Chang, Sam Trapchak, Greg Ward, Dan Rufolo, Darwin Noguera, and Matt Vashlishan. He soon joined Scott Tixier's band "String Theory" where he met pianist Jesse Elder, who would become a frequent collaborator. They recorded an album in 2011 joined by Massimo Biolcati and Doug Bradford titled "Brooklyn Bazaar" released on the Sunnyside record label. Jesse and Scott invited Arthur to join another band they were in called the Candy Shop Boys, founded by singer and burlesque star Melody Sweets. The band played hundreds of jazz, burlesque and comedy shows in and around New York City from 2009-2016 and released one album with vocalist Sophia Urista in 2013 called "Sugarfoot Stomp." Arthur and the Candy Shop Boys were also featured in a scene and on the soundtrack of the 2014 action movie John Wick.

After the Candy Shop Boys parted ways, Jesse and Arthur joined the band Postmodern Jukebox and toured the UK and Europe together in the spring of 2017. Arthur went on to band lead for several more PMJ tours including the band's first tour of South America in the summer of 2017 and several US tours in 2018 and 2019.

Arthur has also played hundreds of gigs at the Williamsburg, Brooklyn honky tonk "Skinny Dennis" with New York country musicians Zephaniah OHora, Austin McCutchen, Kelli Scarr, Luca Benedetti, Jason Loughlin, Scott Colberg, Jon Graboff, Jim Campilongo, John Shannon and many more.

Since 2020, Arthur has been on faculty at the Fred Fox School of Music at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ. In 2022, he opened the Century Room jazz club inside the historic Hotel Congress in downtown Tucson that features regional and national jazz artists.

Arthur Vint & Associates
In 2014, Arthur formed his band "Arthur Vint & Associates" with Rich Perry on tenor saxophone, Andrew Halchak on bass clarinet, Tony Scherr on guitar, Jon Cowherd on piano, Ian Stapp on bass and Arthur on drums, compositions and arrangements. They performed regularly at Rockwood Music Hall and the Cornelia Street Cafe and recorded an album released in 2016 on Ropeadope Records entitled "Through The Badlands," which was named one of the best jazz albums of 2016 by the Huffington Post. Ralph A. Miriello of HuffPost wrote:"'One of the most refreshing, melodic and successfully themed albums that I have heard this year comes from drummer Arthur Vint & Associates on his debut release Through the Badlands...a superb musical journey that takes you through Vint's view of the American West...recommended for those who love entertaining, expertly played music that straddles the seams between rock, country and jazz.”"The band released a follow up album on Ropeadope Records in 2017 entitled "Death Rides A Horse," dedicated to the music of Maestro Ennio Morricone. The band of Perry, Halchak, Scherr, Cowherd, Stapp and Vint was joined by violinist Blanca Cecelia Gonzalez, guitarist Roy Williams and chromatic jazz harmonica player Yvonnick Prené for a nine-piece ensemble.

Equipment
Arthur has plays and endorses Canopus Drums, Paiste Cymbals, Remo Drumheads, Vic Firth Sticks, Protection Racket Cases and RTOM Accessories.

Discography
As a leader

• Through The Badlands (Ropeadope, 2015)

• Death Rides A Horse (Ropeadope, 2016)

• 3:10 To Yuma (Ropeadope Single, 2020)

• Show Low (Ropeadope Single, 2021)

As a sideman

• Afrodelic Stegosauchestra, Self-Titled (Afro Baile Records, 2006)

• Gabriel Sullivan, By The Dirt (Fear City Records, 2009)

• Naim Amor, Soundtracks Volume III (2009)

• Andrew Colberg, On The Wreath (2010)

• Dan Rufolo Trio, Novelty (2010)

• Marianne Dissard, L'Abandon (2011)

• Jordan Piper, Colors (2011)

• Sam Trapchak, Put Together Funny (2011)

• Dan Rufolo Trio + 2 feat. Rich Perry, Laughter (2011)

• Scott Tixier, Brooklyn Bazaar (Sunnyside 2011)

• Christian Ravaglioli, Ephemera•Distance (2011)

• Max Goldschmid, Maximum Exposure (2011)

• Naim Amor, Dansons (Vacilando '68 Recordings, 2012)

• Andrew Collberg, Dirty Wind (Ft Lowell Records 2012)

• The Pointless Forest, Harry Nilsson's The Point! (2012)

• Richard McGraw, Popular Music (2012)

• The Candy Shop Boys, Sugar Foot Stomp (2013)

• The Candy Shop Boys, John Wick (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Varese Sarabande, 2014)

• Merrily & The Poison Orchard, Diminish (2014)

• Malena Cadiz, Deep Below Heaven (2014)

• Basak Yuvuz feat. David Liebman, Things (2015)

• Bobby Sanabria MSM Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra, ¡Que Viva Harlem! (2015)

• Matt Bauer, Dreams End (2015)

• Vanessa Phillipe, My Man (2016)

• Jesse Elder & The Synesthetics, The Art of Circus (2016)

• Howe Gelb, Future Standards (Fire Records, 2016)

• Postmodern Jukebox, Fake Blues (2017)

• Sammy Decoster, Sortie 21 (2017)

• Gadadu, Outer Song (2018)

• Joanna Wallfisch, Far Away From Anyplace Called Home (2019)

• Kelli Scarr, Far Western (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2020)

• Zephaniah OHora, Listening To The Music (Last Roundup Records, 2020)

• Adam Minkoff & Morricone 90, Elogio (Vaalbara, 2021)

Compilations

• Naim Amor, Christmas in Tucson (2007)

• Afrodelic Stegosauchestra, Contemporary Afrobeat (Tramp Records, 2011)

• Marianne Dissard, The One & Only (Le Pop Musik, 2011)

• Amy Rude & Naim Amor, Tucson Songs (2011)

• Adam Minkoff & Morricone 90, The Complete Collection (Vaalbara, 2020)

• Zephaniah OHora, Highway Butterfly, The Music of Neal Casal (2021)