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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…

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There is poetry in bearing witness to the pursuit and realization of an artist’s dreams. Guitarist Ari Joshua continues to impress with a heady stream of impressive collaborations. 

This young lion’s run of acclaimed independent releases continues to bring together some of the jam, rock, and jazz scenes’ greatest contemporaries. Each release marks a critical note in his unique…

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 
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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…

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…

After the Ari Joshua Band finished it's set on 5.2.22 it's off to NYC. First - Woodstock, NY home of the summer of 69' music festival is a refuge for many - an oasis out side the big city for a special session with Billy Martin, & John Medski. 

The invitation to a barn in upstate NY to mix minds with some of the most creative improvisors on the scene came after years of brewing. John Medski and Billy Martin had schedules that lined up and it just fell into place. Look our for a release date and for content…