Splendor in the Brass
from "14 Ways to Stay Cool when the Weather's Not"
Seven Days
June 15, 2005

by Casey Rea

Alex Toth is one busy fella. At the ripe old age of 21, he's already among Burlington's most in-demand musicians. You might've already noticed the lithe kid with the trumpet, blowing hot with the likes of Gua Gua, Rob Duguay, Mountain Mojo Authority and, most recently, the Spielpalast Cabaret Band and alt-rockers Swale. He's also been jamming with Beboparaka, a free-form collective combining spoken word, funk and jazz. "It can happen at anywhere at any time," Toth says of music making. A student in UVM's jazz program, he enters his senior year this fall. Where he goes after that is anyone's guess. If you haven't caught him yet, do it -- so you can say you heard him back in the day.