Josh Paris was born and raised in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. His life was constantly filled with music and it wasn’t long before Josh started to play. Getting his start on piano, Josh had interests in trying as many new instruments as possible. After a few tries he finally decided on the bass. He started to teach himself the electric bass while in Middle School and once he joined the jazz band in High School his passion turned to the upright bass. His early teachers included Fred Schrank, Henry Boehm and Steve Sveum.
Josh attended Northern Illinois University to earn his Bachelors degree in Music Education. While at Northern, Josh studied with Joey Sellers, Marlene Rosenberg and John Floeter. He also participated in the Chicago jazz scene playing with various groups such as: Fareed Haque Group, Jazz Education Project, Scantily Clad, Gravy Crisis Quartet, and the Doug Stone Big Band.
Wanting to pursue his musical interests further Josh moved to his current home, in New York City, and received his masters degree from the Manhattan School of Music. Some of his teachers included: Jay Anderson, Chris Rosenberg, Justin DiCioccio, Dave Liebman, Phil Markowitz and Mark Soskin. Some of the jazz luminaries he has had the opportunity to share the stage with have been: Joe Lovano, Dick Oatts, Dave Liebman, Bill Cunliffe, Marc Copland and Dave Binney. You can find Josh playing in and around New York City with BoLT, the Vito Chiavuzzo Group, C Phineas, Avi Wisnia and many more to come.
Josh also is very dedicated and interested in pedagogy and has been a guest artist for the Celebration Iowa Jazz Band, Sun Prairie Jazz Festival, Prairie View Jazz Festival and Birch Creek Summer Music Camp. While at Manhattan School of Music he was a teaching assistant for ear training and theory courses. Currently Josh is a member of the jazz faculty for the Manhattan School of Music Pre-College program as well as the MSM summer camp.
Hey Josh! Great to run into you the other night, let's set up a session soon, maybe at City College when my friend Nonoko returns from Japan. Keep groovin' Peace, DM
Ja... nach langer Zeit mal wieder Grüße Josh! Schönen Donnerstag Nachmittag und noch ein kleines bisschen Promo ;o): "DONT WANNA DANCE", mein neues Album ist seit Freitag im Handel ;o) Gruß, Tom
Great playing with you last week. I think things are going to work out with my bass player from miami. Thanks for being willing to play otherwise. Here's the show stuff, at Goodbye Blue Monday. I hope you can make it out. Thanks!
Thanks for the comment! My boyfriend was playing around with the camera. I hope all is well with you. I heard that you got Aaron hooked on the show Heroes... Enjoy the upcoming spring :)
joshy!!! im sorry that i missed your message over a month and a half ago . . . . i havent been on myspace forever! i hope you had a good time in madison! send me an email or facebook me next time you are in town!
