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Josh Ginsburg

About Me

Brooklyn, NY-based bassist, Josh Ginsburg has had the pleasure of performing throughout the world with some of the greatest musicians of our time. Some, but not all, of the more noted musicians he has played with are: Kenny Barron, Terence Blanchard, Tom Harrell, Mulgrew Miller, Bobby Watson, Terrell Stafford, Ralph Peterson, Mark Turner, Kurt Rosenwinkle, George Colligan, Marcus and E.J. Strickland, Robert Glasper, Craig Handy, Mark Whitfield, Winard Harper, John Ellis, Jeremy Pelt. Equally important are the seemingly countless others in the jazz world who every day challenge and inspire him.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 17/02/2008
Band Website: you're looking at it.
Band Members: I perform with a whole lot of folks- I'll be putting up tracks from recent and not-so recent gigs from time to time so you can hear what I'm up to.
The tracks up now- "Voyage"(Kenny Barron) is with Matt Ray and Aaron Thurston, "Undertow" is my original featuring Terrell Stafford, John Cowherd, and Vins Valega, and "Claire de Lune" is my arrangement of the Debussy hit with Myron Walden, Danny Grissett (on that beautiful upright piano), and Quincy Davis.

Influences: Hey Kids! if you want to be like me, check out- Paul Chambers, Ray Brown, Ron Carter, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock, Wynton Kelly, Philly Joe Jones, Charlie Haden, Charles Mingus, Oscar Pettiford, Jimmy Blanton, Scott LaFaro, Sam Jones, Israel Crosby, Ahmad Jamal, Thelonious Monk, Bob Hurst, Cachao, Christian McBride, Larry Grenadier, James Jamerson, Jerry Jemmot, Jaco Pastorious, Meshell Ndgocello, Paul Jackson, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Ornette Coleman, Freddie Hubbard, Charlie Parker, Jackie McLean, Keith Jarrett, Caetano Veloso, Milton Nascimento, Tom Jobim, Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McCrae, Frank Sinatra, Elis Regina, James Brown, Oumou Sangare, Claude Debussy, J.S. Bach, Warne Marsh, Mark Turner, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Brad Mehldau, George Colligan, Igor Stravinsky, Bela Bartok, Wynton Kelly, Bowtie Barstow, P-Funk, Bob Marley, Aston(Family Man) Barrett, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Led Zepplin, The Beatles, The Clash, The Police, The Monkees, The Fuggs, The The's, The The The The's, Samuel Barber, Glenn Gould, Isaac Stern, Mstislav Rostropovich, Gary Karr, Steve Reich, Bjork, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Tribe Called Quest, Branford Marsalis, The Jungle Brothers, Mos Def, Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn, Eric B and Rakim, Eric B and Rakim!, Bela Bartok, Fela Kuti, Michael Jackson, all the great players in NYC, Vipassana, Slow Food, Gruner Veltliner, "No-Knead Bread", San Marzano Tomatoes, Roland© White Anchovies with Garlic and Parsley...
Sounds Like: what it is...
Record Label: Unsigned

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