BIO

Drummer and composer Arthur Vint has been described as a ‘musical chameleon’ as he is able to shape-shift to meet the needs of any style of music and always does so with the right colors for the job. Equally adept at playing modern jazz, early jazz, big band, salsa, country, pop or rock, his drumming style is based around a strong sense of time and arrangement, leading the band from behind with creative grooves and textures.

Originally from Tucson, AZ, Arthur moved to New York City in 2007, where he became an in-demand jazz and session drummer, performing and recording regularly in the Tri-State area with bands such as Postmodern Jukebox, Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks, Mike Davis & The New Wonders, Scott Tixier, The Candy Shop Boys, Kelli Scarr, Zephaniah O'Hora, GaDaDu, Arthur Vint & Associates, and a good deal more. 

Arthur has toured throughout North America, South America, the UK and Europe and has performed at some of the world’s finest venues including the Olympia Theater in Paris, the Hammersmith Apollo in London and Vivo Rio in Rio de Janeiro and has appeared at Carnegie Hall, The Blue Note, Jazz @ Lincoln Center, The 55 Bar, Cornelia Street Cafe, Barbés, Joe’s Pub, Le Poisson Rouge and countless other venues in New York City. Additionally Arthur has performed on screen in episodes of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, Cinemax’s The Knick, and the blockbuster film John Wick, to which he also contributed to the soundtrack.

Arthur appears on dozens of recordings as a sideman and has two albums under his name available on Ropeadope Records. His first album as a leader, “Through The Badlands”, was named as one of the “best jazz albums of 2016” by the Huffington Post. Arthur Vint & Associates’ second album on Ropeadope, entitled “Death Rides A Horse”, is a salute to the Spaghetti Western soundtracks of Ennio Morricone. Arthur rearranged Morricone’s often-symphonic works for his 9-piece ensemble making them vehicles for improvisation. The band’s instrumentation includes chromatic harmonica, violin, tenor sax, bass clarinet, two guitars, piano, bass and drums. Arthur Vint & Associates have a new album in the works that will be released soon.

While in NYC, Arthur also worked at the world famous Village Vanguard jazz club from 2010-2020. Based on his experiences there, Arthur opened his own club in February of 2022, the Century Room, located inside the historic Hotel Congress in Downtown Tucson. He now serves as the Artistic Director and General Manager of the Century Room and presents live music seven nights a week including a Friday night Signature Concert series that has attracted artists like Bill Charlap, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Donny McCaslin, Christian Sands, Joel Ross and many more. Arthur performs regularly at the club with the 17-piece Century Room Jazz Orchestra, his own band Arthur Vint & Associates and has also backed up touring solo artists like Ethan Iverson, Geoff Keezer, Armen Donelian, Emmet Cohen, and Benny Benack III, among others. 

Since 2020, Arthur has been on faculty at the University of Arizona School of Music where he teaches jazz drum set, jazz studio and recording studio production. Arthur earned his bachelor’s degree in Jazz Performance from William Paterson University of New Jersey where he studied with Bill Goodwin, Kevin Norton and Rich DeRosa and his master’s degree in Jazz Performance from the Manhattan School of Music where he studied with John Riley, Bobby Sanabria and Jim McNeely.

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