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Josh Irving

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CD now available on iTunes Music Store .. CDBABY LINK for JOSH IRVING QUINTET:A Common Thread -- A Common Thread is now available at http://cdbaby.com/cd/joshirvingquintet. It is also available on iTunes for purchase. Recorded in March '06 with George Dulin, Alan Ferber, Mark Ferber and Ike Sturm. A New York Myth has Garzone on it. And I put up a different version of 9 Goes to 10 recorded live at Detour on 5/27/06. Same band as above, except Francisco Mela is on drums.Regarding the first CD: The music is thoughtful, beautiful, sophisticated, and well-constructed ... This Quartet deserves further listening." -JazzReview.comPerforms regularly as a sideman as well as with his own group The Josh Irving Quartet/Quintet. He has performed at such well-known Jazz venues as The Knitting Factory, Cornelia Street Caf, Detour, and 55 Bar. In February of 2004, Irving recorded his first solo CD, entitled Outside to Play. The CD contains 8 original tracks, 6 by Irving. In June 2005, The Josh Irving Quartet was a featured group at the 2005 Rochester International Jazz Festival.

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Member Since: 11/02/2004
Band Website: www.joshirvingjazz.com
Band Members: Josh Irving - Saxophones George Dulin - Piano Danny Zanker or Ike Sturm - Bass Greg Ritchie, Francisco Mela, or Mark Ferber - Drums Alan Ferber - Trombone
Influences: John Coltrane, George Garzone, Paul Smoker, Cannonball Adderley, Charlie Parker, Wayne Shorter, Jimi Hendrix, Branford Marsalis, Joshua Redman, Elvin Jones, Kenny Garret, Joe Lovano, Chris Potter, Brian Blade, and several of my friends and contemporaries, such as Bob Reynolds, Jaleel Shaw, Patrick Cornelius, Walter Smith III, Avishai Cohen(trumpet player), Anat Cohen, my good friend/pianist George Dulin, and many others I'm sure I'm forgetting.
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