Jorge Roeder

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Jorge Roeder
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Background information
Born (1980-05-26) 26 May 1980 (age 43)
Lima, Peru
Genres jazz
Occupation(s)musician, composer
Instrument(s)bass guitar, double bass
Years active1998–present
Website www.jorgeroeder.com

Jorge Roeder is a Peruvian bass player and composer. He has performed and collaborated with many jazz artists including Gary Burton, Nels Cline and John Zorn. As part of the Julian Lage Group, he received a 2010 Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Jazz Album, for Sounding Point. [1]

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In 2020, Roeder released his first solo album, El Suelo Mío.

Early life

Roeder was born in Lima, Peru and at 14 took cello and electric bass lessons. At 16, he went to Russia to further his study of the cello for a few months. At 18, he took up the double bass. In 2001, he was appointed assistant principal bassist for the Lima Philharmonic and Opera orchestras.

As a fixture on the local rock scene, his first professional recording job was as bassist for the Lima heavy metal band, Ni Voz Ni Voto, on their self-titled debut album released in 2000. [2] Roeder met trumpeter/educator Gabriel Alegría, and performed with him at the 2002 IAJE Conference. There he was noticed by Ken Schaphorst, chair of jazz studies at Boston's New England Conservatory, and was invited to audition for the school. [3]

In 2002, Roeder was given a scholarship to the New England Conservatory of Music to study jazz. Upon completion of his degree in 2005, he stayed in Boston two more years, before he moved to Brooklyn, New York and took gigs in the city's jazz scene.

Musical collaborations

In New York, Roeder got together with both guitarist Julian Lage and pianist Shai Maestro, and began long-standing recording and performing relationships with both. [3] [4]

Roeder's style of playing gelled in that group context. "When we’re about to do a set we all get together backstage. Julian will say something like ‘Let’s keep the idea of patience in our heads, and hold it as much as you can.’ And we'll really try to keep that concept in mind. We’re playing the same music, but it comes out different every time with the help of one word," he told the Boston Globe . [5]

In 2005, Roeder's first jazz recording was on the Before The Storm album from Dan Tepfer. [6] The following year, he appeared on trombonist Michael Dessen's Lineal album, [7] and then again he played with Tepfer on Oxygen, released in 2009. [8]

In 2010, Roeder was nominated for a Best Contemporary Jazz Album Grammy, as a bandmember of the Julian Lage Group and his work on the group's Sounding Point.

Over the years, Roeder played with various bandleaders including trombonist Ryan Keberle, vocalist Thana Alexa, [9] vibraphonist Gary Burton, guitarist Nels Cline, saxophonist John Zorn, [10] vocalist Sofia Rei, [11] pianist and accordionist Carmen Staaf, guitarist Brad Shepik, saxophonist Dan Blake, vocalist Ulita Knaus, among others.

Recognition

Roeder won the International Society of Bassists Jazz Competition in 2007, and reached the semi-finals of the Thelonious Monk Jazz Bass Competition in 2009. [2]

Solo career

In July 2020, Roeder released his debut solo album, El Suelo Mío, a collection that Bass Musician magazine called "thirteen tracks of unadulterated upright bass at its finest." [12] A recording of solely bass music, the album reflects his Peruvian background, and was self-produced. [9]

“El Suelo Mío can be interpreted as ‘the floor of mine’ or ‘the ground of mine’, which I attribute to references to the role of the bass in music. The bass is usually regarded as the foundation of any musical rendition, and the way I see music is and has always been through the lens of the bass part. So when I present this body of work, it comes from the roots, the ‘ground’ of the music that is a part of me." [4]

On the United States’ Presidential election day on 3 November 2020, Roeder performed in the live streaming Deep Tones for Peace 2020, a public Facebook group formed by bassists Mark Dresser and William Parker the previous August with the mission for all bass players "to musically send healing vibrations to be felt worldwide." Membership is over 2,000 international bass players. [13]

Discography

[2]

YearAlbumArtistLabel
2005OjalaSofia ReiCascabelera
Before The StormDan TepferDIZ Productions
Homework Richie Barshay Barshay Music
2007OxygenDan TepferDIZ Productions
2009Sounding PointJulian LageEmarcy
Sube AzulSofia ReiLilihouse Music
Bien SurEmilio SollaFresh Sound
2011GladwellJulian LageEmarcy
Across The Way Brad Shepik Songlines
Augmented RealityAugmented RealityDaywood Drive
2012Primero Amarillo Después MalvaLara BelloGalileo Music Communications
Shai Maestro TrioShai MaestroLaborie
De Tierra y OroSofia ReiLilihouse Music
2013The Road To IthacaShai MaestroLaborie
Music Is Emotion Ryan Keberle and CatharsisGreenleaf
2014Into The ZoneRyan Keberle and CatharsisGreenleaf
Second HalfEmilio SollaEmilio Solla Music
SanctuaryRichie BarshayBarshay Music
Ode To Heroes Thana Alexa Jazz Village
Lonely CityAllegra LevySteepleChase LookOut
2015Untold StoriesShai MaestroLaborie
2016The Stone SkipperShai MaestroSound Surveyor
Azul InfinitoRyan Keberle and CatharsisGreenleaf
Expanding HeartJarrett ChernerBald Hill Records
2017Find The Common, Shine The LightRyan Keberle and CatharsisGreenleaf
2018The Dream ThiefShai MaestroECM
2019Love HurtsJulian LageMack Avenue
The Hope I HoldRyan Keberle and CatharsisGreenleaf
2020Songs For PetraJohn ZornTzadik
AzothJohn ZornTzadik
El Suelo MíoJorge RoederT-TOWN
2021Heaven And Earth MagickJohn ZornTzadik
SquintJulian LageBlue Note
HumanShai MaestroECM

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  6. ↑ Beuttler, Bill (11 March 2005). "The piano is his universe these days". Boston Globe. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
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