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The Music Factory Label, February 2023

BY M.V. SMITH

Best known as the founder of Madison Park’s Music Factory music school, guitarist Ari Joshua also operates a label of the same name, steadily releasing choice cuts and album-length statements from his stockpile of genre-spanning studio collaborations with a murderer’s row of musical talent. The watchword is versatility. On his 2021 single, “Say Whatcha Wanna Say,” Joshua conjures Grant…

All new releases are available here for purchase, and sheet music for most of the material is also available in the merch store. It's been a long journey to overcome obstacles and find a way to get this music out there, all your love and support means the world to me and the deep mission of making art! It is a really interesting time, it's a great time to support the arts, and hard working creators :) 

Ari Joshua - Highlighted Releases from 2022 with links

Robert Glasper, KJ Sawka, and Jason Fraticelli 
'Co…

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…

'Siblings' out now for fair trade on this site and the sheet music as well or you can get it on one of the well known music industry distorting sites that most of you and I as well support by way of societal norms  - meaning spotify, apple. 

The beautiful music was recorded by Jonti Simon, Will Lone, and Joel Bean. Will and Joel to my knowledge are not on social media, and not even playing music these days, so I hope you enjoy this rare chance to hear them. Jonti is a beautiful bass player who is playing…

Earshot Jazz Festival will debut 2 new works and a a video mashup of releases from Ari’s 2022 catalogue. Monday 10-17-22 7:30pm.  
‘Jazz in the 2nd Century’  

The mash up includes  segments from 7 Ari Joshua original tracks with collabs from Ray Paczkowski, John Medeski, Russ Lawton, Robert Glasper, Joe Doria, KJ Sawka, Bill Martin, and more.

Doors: 6:30pm show 7:30 followed by Thomas Marriot’s jazz jam session at 9pm 

COVID PROTOCOLS: All our staff are fully vaccinated, and we ask that our patrons be…

March 14, 2022

Earshot Jazz hosted the Golden Ear Awards at the Royal Room in Columbia City, WA.  Ari was nominated for two awards: Emerging Jazz Artist for 2021 and the Alternative Jazz Band for 2021.  The Ari Joshua Band won the Alternative Jazz Band award and gave a short but heartfelt acceptance speech.  

Ari is jazz trained and his style really shines through in every Ari Joshua Band performance.  Ari is paving the way for a new expression of jazz through his new music compositions.  His music can be…