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Josh Irving
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Born in Rochester, NY in 1977, Josh took to music at an early age. He started playing saxophone at the age of 11 in the 5th grade. He studied classical for several years all the way through High School. His Junior year in High School, he was introduced to the great trumpeter Paul Smoker. It was with Smoker that Josh first started to learn what was involved in becoming a Jazz musician. In January of 1996, Josh started his studies at Berklee College of Music where he was able to study with many extraordinary musicians. But when he saw George Garzone perform for the first time, he had found the teacher the wanted to study with
A Common Thread
By Josh Irving
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2007
Track listing: Gratitude; 9 Goes Into 10 (But Not Always); A New York Myth; A Common Thread; Russ Sends His Regards; Intersections; Those We Love; Under the Influence; Never Good Enough; Crooked.
Josh Irving Quintet: A Common Thread
by Laurel Gross
Josh Irving impressively soldiered on during a live celebration in July, 2007, of the release of A Common Thread at New York City's Smalls--an event at which only two of the six musicians featured on the recording were present. That he could successfully make the best of what would not seem optimal circumstances ...
Outside to Play
By Josh Irving
Label: Acoustic Recording
Released: 2004
Track listing: Up and Down; Song for the Sons; Arise; Durruti; Swept Away; Whatfore Art Thou?; Misteriovum; Outside to Play
Josh Irving Quartet: Outside to Play
by Franz A. Matzner
Stylistically amorphous, the Josh Irving Quartet's freshman effort, Outside to Play, suffers from an inability to establish a consistent voice, which ultimately distracts from the musicians' talents. Vacillating between bop, hard bop, and more contemporary directions, the four musicians clearly possess a comprehensive--albeit studied--background in jazz forms, and the group's original tunes reveal ...
