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Josh Mizruchi

About Me

Josh began playing the trumpet at age 10, and quickly became obsessed with it. He attended Interlochen Center for the Arts and Berklee's Summer Program and is a graduate of the University of Michigan. Currently, he is pursuing a Master's Degree at the New England Conservatory, where he is studying with John McNeil and Steve Emery. Josh has been honored by E-Current Magazine and the International Association of Jazz Educators.In addition to the clips above, here are two videos of Josh playing with:NEC Dave Holland Ensemble: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCbMmrNbrkMJohnny Lawrence & Washtenaw Jazz Orchestra http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFhaVxtyQaQ

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/03/2006
Band Website: You're lookin' at it
Influences: On Trumpet: Miles Davis, Clifford Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, Arturo Sandoval, Jon Faddis, Kenny Dorham, Fats Navarro, Roy Eldridge, Maynard Ferguson, Clark Terry, Freddie Hubbard, Lin Biviano, Bill Chase, Seneca Black, Rafael Mendez, Bobby Shew, Maurice Andre, Ray Vega, Wallace Roney, Al Hirt, Claudio Roditi, Tony Frusella, Charlie Sepulveda, Louis Armstrong, Sergei Nakariakov, Harry James, Ingrid Jensen, Terence Blanchard, Lew Soloff, Cat Anderson, Adalberto Lara, Art Farmer, Greg Gisbert, Chuck Findley, Conte Condoli, Lee Morgan, Sonny Berman and the list goes on.
Sounds Like: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~joshmizr/music/Artist - Track 3 - Manteca.mp3
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Dave Holland's "Shadow Dance" at NEC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCbMmrNbrkM Dave Holland's Ensemble at New England Conservatory.
Posted by on Sun, 03 May 2009 23:43:00 GMT

Haven’t written in a while

I haven't updated this blog in a while, but I have a lot to share...Just got back from performing at the Monterey Next Generation Festival...My school's band took 2nd place in the college comp. It wa...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:29:00 GMT

I have a regular website?!

I thought you had to be technically proficient to have a website, but apparently not, thanks to googlepages.  Here's my new regular site: http://jmizruchi.googlepages.com Check it out!  Than...
Posted by on Wed, 16 May 2007 22:19:00 GMT

IF YOU WANT TO HEAR RECENT CLIPS, CLICK HERE!!!!

I've been wanting to post new clips here for a really long time.  AND NOW I FINALLY HAVE SOME NEW CLIPS!  Unfortunately, they either can't be converted to MP3 or are too long to fit on the M...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:23:00 GMT

IAJE and other news

Man, IAJE was one of the best times I've ever had in my life.  I played at jam sessions until 2 AM, played and hung with WAYNE BERGERON, saw so many great concerts it was scar...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:30:00 GMT

2007

As promised, I am going on tour with the U of M Jazz Ensemble over the next week or so. We're going through Ann Arbor, Cleveland, Connecticut and New York, the culmination being that we're playing at...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:16:00 GMT

JUNIOR YEAR UPDATE!

This has been a very busy year thus far for me, as expected.  I'm playing in two big bands, one jazz combo and attending every sit-in opportunity possible (usually in small group setting).&n...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 01:18:00 GMT

NEWS FLASH brought to you by AFLAC

Well, congratulations to the Ultrasounds for winning the Saline Battle of the Bands.  I feel glad to have been a part of it!  I played trumpet in it, not singing (my voice is not very good)....
Posted by on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 18:31:00 GMT

So I have this big band...

I got this big band together of a bunch of my friends. There are a lot of good players in it, and we're working on the music of Stan Kenton, Count Basie, Benny Golson, Maynard Ferguson and Sonny Stit...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 19:24:00 GMT

100+ hits and 700+ plays!

Just wanna thank everyone for checking this thing out.  I think a lot of musicians out there forget the importance of the audience.  They just say, "Come to my concert" like it's mandatory f...
Posted by on Thu, 25 May 2006 14:26:00 GMT