With a warm dark sound and effortless sense of swing, Canadian-born Josh Brown has become one of the leading young trombonists in New York City. Josh has performed with some of jazz's leading figures, including Charlie Persip, Jimmy Cobb, Grant Stewart, Joe Cohn, William Ash, Ari Roland, Pat LaBarbera, Don Thompson and Jake Wilkinson among others. Currently, Josh spends most of his time as a member of Grammy winning Warner artist Michael Buble’s band, and is featured on the Michael Buble DVD, 'Caught in the Act’. Josh has enjoyed a steady and diverse musical career, having played with non- jazz artists such as Merl Saunders, The Philosopher Kings, Jann Arden, and as an orchestra member in the Broadway musical Fame. When home in New York, Josh leads his own Trio and Quartet, frequently collaborating with guitarist Randy Napoleon.
Josh has appeared on the Today Show, the Late Show with David Letterman, the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Oprah, B.E.T. Bet on Jazz, the Juno Awards, and PBS Great Performances. Josh was a nominee for Jazz trombonist of the year at the 2003 National Jazz Awards in his native Canada, as well as a semi-finalist in the prestigious 2003 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trombone competition, where Josh was one of ten musicians invited to perform at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. A two time Recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts Grant, Josh also received the Chevrolet High Note Award, the highest award offered at Humber College, and a Civic Recognition Award from his home town of Burlington for receiving the highest mark in the country for his Royal Conservatory exam.
Josh grew up in a musical home, the son of a piano teaching mother and jazz loving father, and soon after first picking up the Euphonium, played his first professional gig at age thirteen. A keen-eyed teacher sensed his interest in jazz and suggested a switch to trombone. Josh quickly excelled at the new instrument, winning local and national competitions.
Josh attended Toronto's Humber College of Music, as well as the Banff School of Fine Arts and the Thelonious Monk Institute (Jazz Aspen Snowmass).
Josh’s teachers have included Don Thompson, Marc Donatelle, Alistair Kay, Slide Hampton, Steve Davis and Barry Harris, among others.
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I was looking forward to seeng the whole MB band, and only half were there. They left out the best. the brass. Looks like from the historian, that you will all be on the road again. Hope you will either come back to RI or CT. Have a good holiday season
Been a long time! haha so fantastic at how your life has turned out! Who would have thought that funny guy from High School would become such an awesome Jazz musician. You deserve your sucess Josh. I was looking through some old pictures the other day and I have a couple of you. I will send them to you and you can have a good laugh! haha I hope you're keeping well Josh.
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