Arty Roth is a Toronto-born jazz bassist, active composer, bandleader, performer and educator in the Canadian and international jazz communities.

He has been recorded on over 35 CDs including Richard Underhill's 2003 JUNO award winning “Tales from the blue lounge” and Rockit 88's 2004 JUNO nominated “Too Much Fun”.
Artie has toured extensively in Canada, performing with jazz vocalist Melissa Stylianou, as well as with The Sean Bray Quartet (1995) and The Rez Abassi Quartet (2000). Tours in the U.S.A. have included performances with The Greg Runions Sextet featuring Kenny Wheeler (1994) and The Lynne Arriale Trio (1997).

Artie's overseas engagements have included performances with The Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band in Germany (1996) and The Steve Koven Trio in Mexico (2003) and Columbia (2005). As well as being nominated for a National Jazz Award in the category of bassist of the year, 2005 also brought Arty the honour of accompanying such jazz legends as Anita O'Day, Curtis Fuller and Marcus Belgrave. In addition to his active composer/band-leading and freelance career, Artie currently holds the position of Bass Instructor at York University.