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Josh Maxey: Celebration of Soul

Read "Celebration of Soul" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


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 ...

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Josh Maxey: Celebration of Soul

Read "Celebration of Soul" reviewed by Mark Sullivan


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. ...

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Josh Maxey: Completing The Cycle

Read "Completing The Cycle" reviewed by Mehdi El Mouden


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 ...

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Take Five With Josh Maxey

Read "Take Five With Josh Maxey" reviewed by Joshua Maxey


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, ...

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Josh Maxey: The Language of Sound and Spirit

Read "Josh Maxey: The Language of Sound and Spirit" reviewed by Dave Sumner


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 ...

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Josh Maxey's Cycles Of Sound: A Series Of 6 Albums In 12 Months

Josh Maxey's Cycles Of Sound: A Series Of 6 Albums In 12 Months

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Cycles of Sound by Josh Maxey will be released on January 31st, 2013. It is the sixth album in a series of 6 recordings in 12 months. The album is a set of live music featuring songs from the previous five albums in the series. There are nine tracks, eight original songs plus Robert Johnson's Hellhound On My Trail. The band is Josh Maxey, Chase Baird, Jeremy Noller, David Nicholson, David Lantz and John Tate. The series of recordings ran ...

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Seven Weeks Of New Music Continues By Josh Maxey

Seven Weeks Of New Music Continues By Josh Maxey

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Starting on August 14th we began releasing seven weeks of new music.

8/14 was the single release of Mountain View 8/21 was the single release of Light Cycle One 8/21 new album: Light Cycles - Album number 5 in a series of 6 records in 12 months. September Blues in the Kitchen - 4 Song EP Serial Release 9/4 Blues in the Kitchen 9/11 Plain View Next two weeks will ...

“Josh Maxey is at the forefront of the continuing evolution of jazz and in particular the jazz guitar. In an era where there are so many truly gifted musicians, Josh stands out because of the feeling of his music and playing. His music reflects a deeper purpose and a more mature evolvement than many of the “Young Lion’s” of jazz today who garner so much media coverage. His music and playing reflect his awareness that it is not mechanics, or complexity that define great art, but the intent and awareness of the artist and the ability to reach the heart of the listener in a transformative way.”

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Guitar

Credentials/Background

I am a full time musician and guitar teacher living in NYC.

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Celebration of Soul

Miles High Records
2016

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Celebration of Soul

Miles High Records
2015

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Completing The Cycle

Self Produced
2014

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Josh Maxey: The...

Self Produced
2012

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Live at the...

Warrantmusic/iti Records
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Cycles of Sound

From: Celebration of Soul
By Josh Maxey

Completing the Cycle

From: Completing The Cycle
By Josh Maxey

Hold Up the Sky

From: Rhythm of the Sound Current
By Josh Maxey

Hiding In Plain Sight

From: Rhythm of the Sound Current
By Josh Maxey

The Key

From: Live at the Lighthouse -1979
By Josh Maxey

Dear Ones

From: Cycles of Sound
By Josh Maxey

Mountain View

From: Light Cycles
By Josh Maxey

Riviera Paradise

From: Argument for the Blues
By Josh Maxey

Part III

From: The Language of Sound and Spirit
By Josh Maxey

Intent

From: Approach
By Josh Maxey

Incarnate

From: Incarnate
By Josh Maxey

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