Jazz Articles about Josh Maxey

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Album Review

Josh Maxey: Celebration of Soul

Read "Celebration of Soul" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
February 12, 2016

È un nome da tenere a mente quello di Josh Maxey. Non è solo un chitarrista tecnicamente esuberante ma si dimostra un leader fantasioso e un ottimo autore. Celebration of Soul è l'ultimo di dieci dischi autoprodotti nell'arco di tre anni (questo in versione compact disc, gli altri sono scaricabili in formato MP3 o FLAC dal suo sito web. Una produzione che raccoglie 50 composizioni originali incise con 20 differenti musicisti. In quindici anni di permananenza a ...

Album Review

Josh Maxey: Celebration of Soul

Read "Celebration of Soul" reviewed by Mark Sullivan

by Mark Sullivan
September 18, 2015

Celebration of Soul is the tenth and final album in a series of recordings made in just three years by guitarist/composer Josh Maxey. Such a uniquely prolific output did not happen by accident. Maxey says “The key to the series has been having a goal beyond what I would have considered reasonable." The series is a creative declaration from a musician who considers himself an improviser, composer and bandleader in equal parts. It documents 50 original compositions with 20 musicians. ...

Album Review

Josh Maxey: Completing The Cycle

Read "Completing The Cycle" reviewed by Mehdi El Mouden

by Mehdi El Mouden
August 1, 2014

In the midst of the numerous sounds any jazz listener can be exposed to, it's hard for a performer to distinguish themselves from the crowd. Guitarist Josh Maxey ,in an undoubtable effort of seeking original sounds, has taken up that challenge since 2011 and composed ten albums. The ninth in this series, Completing the Cycle, sounds like a quest coming to a close. The sounds are profound enough to give food for thought. Their complexity lies in their agreeable touch ...

Take Five With...

Take Five With Josh Maxey

by AAJ Staff
September 20, 2012

Meet Josh Maxey: Making a series of six albums in twelve months. Doing it without Impulse!, Blue Note, Verve, money or without playing the Village Vanguard. Eating a lot of pizza. One through five-and-a-half available: Incarnate, Approach, The Language of Sound and Spirit, Argument for the Blues, Light Cycles and Blues in the Kitchen EP.Instrument(s): Guitar.Teachers and/or influences? Rodney Jones, John Coltrane, Nathan Page, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, Grant Green, ...

Extended Analysis

Josh Maxey: The Language of Sound and Spirit

by Dave Sumner
April 28, 2012

Josh MaxeyThe Language of Sound and SpiritSelf Produced2012Sometimes it's all about setting the tone.If done right, if the musician finds a way to indelibly stamp the album's vision in those brief opening moments, no matter what comes after, those notes are imprinted on the listener's ears. And if the music varies from opening note to last, the juxtaposition of the memory of the introductory sound and that which follows, potentially ...