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Joshua Bayer

Six By Five

By Joshua Bayer

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2016
Track listing: Arc 2; Six By Five; Not A Single Note; So Far; Sweet G; Three Layers Of Players.

Joshua Bayer Jazz: Six By Five

by Dan McClenaghan
March 11, 2016

Joshua Bayer can't be called a prolific artist in terms of CD releases. The bassist/guitarist has offered up only two previous albums this millennium: Lines and Grooves (Jazzhead Records, 2003) and New Voice: Old Voice (Self Produced, 2006). Both sets grooved nicely, lively mainstream quartet sets, with a saxophone out front riding the waves of surging ...

New Voice: Old Voice

By Joshua Bayer

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2006
Track listing: Nostalgia in Times Square; Skating; Off Kilter; Matchmaker Matchmaker; New Voice; Society's Blue; Beatrice; Bethena's Bridge; Bounce; Old Voice.

Joshua Bayer: New Voice: Old Voice

by Dan McClenaghan
June 27, 2006

A couple of alto saxophones, wailing sweet and lovely on Charles Mingus' “Nostalgia in Times Square," open up Washington, DC-based bassist Joshua Bayer's New Voice: Old Voice. The rhythm section--Bayer, drummer Luther Gray and keyboardist Bob Sykes--inject a propulsive light touch into the swing; Sykes' Fender Rhodes floats in with a vibraphone-like sound.Bayer's last ...

Lines and Grooves

By Joshua Bayer

Label: Jazzheads
Released: 2003
Track listing: J Cess, Tre, Line, Third Line, Prelude, Blues for Now, Three for Mr. Evans, Product of Block, Second Line

Joshua Bayer: Lines and Grooves

by Dan McClenaghan
March 21, 2003

It's sort of retrograde--or perhaps it's a loop. The most exciting and innovative recordings in jazz are coming out on small labels these days. Just like in the early days of recorded jazz, small independent labels are bringing out the real sounds. Case in point: Jazzheads' new release from bassist/composer Joshua Bayer. Lines and ...