Josh Rosen

Josh Rosen has performed/recorded with jazz greats Joe Lovano, Mick Goodrick, George Garzone, 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 Ahmed, among many others.

A pianist and prolific composer, Rosen has released seven albums. “American Waltz” features jazz masters George Garzone and Mick Goodrick.

With Boston legend Stan Strickland (woodwinds, vocals), Rosen has produced three stellar albums: the intimate duo Instinct, Seasons (a jazz quartet; 2019) and Three Moments, a brilliant improvisational trio with master percussionist Ra Kalam Bob Moses.

Josh Rosen: Beneath the Radar

by Steve Plever
September 9, 2025

They say that a college teaching gig has become the new record contract. Pianist Josh Rosen's 30+ years on the Berklee College of Music faculty have indeed made a career in music possible, but the downside is that without record label promotion, few outside of Boston have heard of him. Perhaps this review of two of ...

Monet's Haystacks

By Josh Rosen

Label: Ziggle Zaggle Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: Grainstack in Sunshine, 1891; Haystack, Morning Snow Effect, 1891; Wheatstacks (Sunset, Snow Effect) 1890-91; Grainstack (Sunset) 1891.

Three Moments

By Josh Rosen

Label: Ziggle Zaggle Music
Released: 2019
Track listing: Some Other Jungle; Celestial Bodies from Afar; We Shall Overcome; Three Moments; Motian; Three Mo' Moments; Twelve-ish; Death Is Not an Ending; We Shall Overcome (Reprise)

Seasons

By Josh Rosen

Label: Ziggle Zaggle Music
Released: 2018
Track listing: Seasons; TriCycle for Punky; Third Way; Resurgence; Waltz Eleven; You Never Give Me Your Money; Hawthorn; Echo Park.

Brothers

By Josh Rosen

Label: Ziggle Zaggle Music
Released: 2016
Track listing: My Old Friend * 5:41 Set Sail 7:40 Inner Terrain 3:59 Puddingstone 6:06 A Maze 7:15 One Key * 4:28 Accelerando 11:52 Our Blues 6:26 Epilogue 2:22 * composed by Josh Rosen. All others by Ralph Rosen/Josh Rosen.

Sparks

By Josh Rosen

Label: Ziggle Zaggle Music
Released: 2016
Track listing: 1. Two 2. A Slight Chance 3. Ahh... 4. Resources 5. Sparks 6. Variations in A

Instinct

By Josh Rosen

Label: Ziggle Zaggle Music
Released: 2012
Track listing: Ziggle Zaggle, 6:38 Break Out, 7:29 Puffer Pond, 5:26 Hello, Young Lovers, 7:36 Slowdance, 4:22 Rhythm, 5:38 Christmas Carol, 4:06 Lady Jaguar, 5:18 Goin' Down, 3:31 For All We Know

Art Spaces and Institutions Are Part of the Heart of Jazz Week from JazzBoston

April 28, 2011

Jazz Week begins at lunch hour in Downtown Boston with several free public performances by area music students including the Ecce Trio, led by Henrique Eisenmann (Brazilian jazz, Latin rhythms) holding court at the Prudential Center. South Garden, Fausto Sierkowski's Unit (Improvised music) manning Downtown Crossing and the Gypsy Jazz Duo (Gypsy jazz, folk, blue grass)enhancing ...

American Waltz

By Josh Rosen

Label: Ziggle Zaggle Music
Released: 2009
Track listing: American Waltz; Buttah; Happy Cramping; How Do I Know What I Don't Know?; Be A Battery; Old Fashioned; Soupy's Comin' Home; Bulletrain. All compositions by Josh Rosen, except for Happy Cramping (Rosen, Grenadier, Molinari, Pellitteri)