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Recent coverage

Selected features from the current Pete Roth Trio press archive.

Screenshot of the Guitar World Pete Roth Trio feature.

Guitar World

Pete Roth: jazz trio that lives on the outer limits of improv

Pete Roth talks about the trio's formation, melodic freedom, gear, and the risk of making every night different.

Byline
Amit Sharma
Date
17 September 2025
Screenshot of the UK Jazz News Bill Bruford interview.

UK Jazz News

Bill Bruford Interview

Bill Bruford reflects on returning to music, playing for fun, and the chemistry of the Pete Roth Trio.

We'll do this as long as it's fun

Byline
John Bungey
Date
15 March 2025
Screenshot of the RingSide Report Bill Bruford Q&A.

RingSide Report

Q&A with Bill Bruford

A focused interview on Bruford's renewed appetite for playing and the pull of the trio's live interplay.

I was thirsting to be part of it again

Byline
Karen Beishuizen
Screenshot of the Jaz.in Pete Roth Trio Japan tour feature.

Jaz.in

The Pete Roth Trio's Japan Tour: The Magic of Unpredictable Interplay

Coverage of the Japan tour and the trio's audience-facing sense of movement, surprise, and exchange.

Date
18 July 2025
Language
Japanese
Screenshot of the ProgJazz Bill Bruford interview.

ProgJazz

Bill Bruford: No vendo destreza, vendo ideas

A Spanish-language conversation with Bill Bruford on ideas, skill, and the musical argument of the trio.

I don't sell skill, I sell ideas

Date
5 May 2025
Language
Spanish
Screenshot of the Jazz Magazine Bill Bruford feature.

Jazz Magazine

Bill Bruford: And there was light

A print feature following Bruford's return to live performance and the creative lift of the Pete Roth Trio.

Byline
Fred Goaty
Date
May 2025
Print feature

Reviews

Press-friendly pull quotes

Absolutely astonishing and amazing musicianship
Erkki-Sven Tuur, ECM recording artist
One sign of the players' immense professionalism was that it did not need to be put on display. Even the most virtuosic solos avoided unnecessary showboating, and rich soundscapes were built at times with striking subtlety.
Satakunnan Kansa, Pori, Finland
'Full Circle' [was] a driving funk original with plenty of effects pedal over a bass-drum groove, and it was here rather than in the jazz tunes that the band sounded as though they had found their natural habitat.
Kathryn Shackleton, UK Jazz News
Jazz, funk, contemporary classical, Dvorak. Nothing is sacred. It's not retro. It's not comfortable. It's just brilliantly unruly.
Fasching Club, Stockholm
With three such talented musicians it shouldn't have been a surprise, but the way they played together exceeded all expectations. This is simply a great band - a strong favourite of ours and all our attendees.
Colin Clark, Director, Petersfield Jazz Festival '24
Pete Roth's solo, incorporating sweeping techniques, reached incredible intensity. Whether responding to Roth or being challenged by his former pupil, Bruford's drumming grew increasingly fierce and intense. As the music pushed toward its climactic peak, Mike Pratt's bass held the balance, grounding the drama with poise and elegance.
Satoyasu Shomura, Rhythm and Drums Magazine, Tokyo
Roth's compositions range from instantly memorable melodies giving rise to filigree-delicate acoustic work.
Vortex Jazz
The audience might have been predominantly Prog aficionados, but they left as Jazz fans.
Darren Walker, The Progressive Aspect
They know the rules and want to break them. Not in order to be perverse or trendy, but so that they can put something rich, worthwhile and fun back into jazz soil.
Edinburgh Music Review