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Ari Joshua: Meeting of the Minds

by George W. Harris • March 6, 2023 • 0 Comments   Guitarist Ari Joshua teams up with groovemeisters John Medeski/key, Billy Martin/dr and Jason Fraticelli for a soul/jazz version of punk rock, with each tune a catchy 1-2 minutes of power before moving on to the next piece. There are 27, count ‘em, 27 songs in all, and they come and go like windows on a train. There are four versions of the title piece, with a mix of tapes and militaristic drums working… Read more

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Ari Joshua - Highlighted Releases from 2022 with links

Robert Glasper, KJ Sawka, and Jason Fraticelli 
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Ari Joshua, John Medeski, Billy Martin, Jason Fraticelli 

This was one of the most magical sessions I have been a part of. I absolutely have loved these players since high school, I saw them around the same time as I discovered Jazz, Phish, and the Dead. My Jazz band was touring the globe and playing festivals and I was exposed to such a core of great music. 

In Woodstock there are dovs on every corner, painted, and left over fairy dust from the festival 50 years ago. John and Billy where presented with…

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Fall 2020 Release Schedule 

9-17 Walz of 1000 Stars 
9-19 Burlington Coat Factory 
(Members of Trey Anastasio Band, Soule Monde)

9-26 Into the Void 
10-10 The Garden 
(Feat Billy Martin of MMW, and Jason Fraticelli of Matiatahu! 

All platforms!  early downloads start 9-11-22 at www.arijoshua.com/music
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When songwriting alot of what I do is record to a tape or now a days a phone.

I let the music sort of just come out. I love to use a looper. The looper allows me to hear what I would write for the rest of the band. Basslines chords melodies.

Here is some demos I made for the Woodstock sessions with John Medeski, Billy Martin, and Jason Fraticelli.

Much Love!

 

RECORDING SESSON WITH MEDESKI AND MARTIN (MMW) TRIO & QUARTET IN WOODSTOCK, NY 

April 2022 , Woodstock, NY... Ari spend a few days tracking  Trio and Quartet John Medeski Billy Martin of Medeski, Martin and Wood! The music was both composed and improvised. Long time music friend and collaborator Jason Fraticelli joined in for a day of songs. Fans of Ari's will know Jason from the Robert Glasper, KJ Sawka sessions of which the first single came out last year. Jason was performing with Cyro Baptista in Boston…

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