Josh Rosen
Josh Rosen has performed/recorded with jazz greats Mick Goodrick, George Garzone, Joe Lovano, Greg Hopkins, Bob Moses, Stan Strickland, Phil Grenadier, John Lockwood, Dennis Irwin, Steve Slagle, Bennie Wallace, George Schuller, The Either/Orchestra and Ethiopian master musicians Mulatu Astake and Mahmoud, among many others.
Rosen co-leads and composes for 3play+, whose CD "American Waltz" was released in 2009 to wide acclaim. He co-leads the Josh Rosen/Stan Strickland Project, which released a stunning duet album, "Instinct", in 2012. Rosen plays piano and composes for the cutting edge jazz collective, "The Outnumbered", with fellow band mates, saxophonists Jason Robinson and Charlie Kohlhase. In addition, Rosen is a member of Adventures in Sound, with guitar maverick David Tronzo; and is featured on electric keys with jazz fusion group, The Infinite Ensemble. Most recently, Rosen has embarked on a boundary crossing project called The Melting Pot, which blends Indian vocals, funk guitar jams, and psychedelic keyboards in an original improvisational stew.
Rosen is Professor of Piano, Improvisation and Jazz Ensembles at Berklee College of Music, now in his 17th year. An international clinician with a Masters Degree from New England Conservatory, Rosen has studied with jazz great, pianist Fred Hersch, and master composers William Thomas McKinley and Robert Cogan. Rosen has composed music and sound design for numerous films and other projects.