Oliver Schroer-The Stewed Tomatoes

The Stewed Tomatoes are Oliver’s larger Toronto band, and vehicle for Wild World Music explorations. The core of the band’s repertoire are the strong melodies and wild rhythms of Oliver’s tunes, which draw from influences as diverse as French Canadian, Mongolian, Swedish, Balkan, jazz and blues. Add the brilliant ensemble and individual playing of the band, mix in a large dose of high energy, and fun, and you have the Stewed Tomato experience – big on groove, heart, and humour.

The band was formed in 1994 as a vehicle to present Oliver’s compositions from Jigzup and Whirled to a larger audience. The band released an eponymous album in 1996; a second is in the bag and awaiting release.

Stewed Tomatoes are Oliver Schroer on electric violin, David Woodhead on bass, Rich Greenspoon on drums, Ben Grossman on saz and percussion, Rich Pell on electric guitar, and David Travers Smith on trumpet. It is a band of strong musical personalities: lots of interaction, lots of great ensemble playing and lots of inspired improvisation.

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