Ari Roland

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
This year, jazz bassist Ari Roland and his quartet received traveled abroad as part of American Music Abroad program, visiting countries like Russia, Turkmenistan, India and China. Meanwhile, in New York, he has has appeared hundreds of times at Smalls, more than any other musician in its history. Today he talks about his globe-trotting ways, and shares his new album "And So I Lived in Old New York..."

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