Hesse’s Hot Jazz ranges from a trio to a quintet and features Chris Heslop on sax, Josh Taylor on banjo, and Ken Kemmerer playing tuba. Equally at home on the back deck or in the concert hall, Hesse’s Hot Jazz perpetuates the early jazz traditions. Strong melodies coupled with complex rhythms and the freedom of …
The Hot Club of Reading consists of Josh Taylor on guitar, Chris Heslop on sax, Ken Gehret playing violin, accordion, and guitar, Trey LaRue on bass, and Josiah Taylor on guitar. The group focuses on early hot jazz stylings made popular by Django Reinhardt, Louis Armstrong, and Sidney Bechet. Each member is featured as a …
Djangoholics Anonymous consists of Josh Taylor and Michael Nikolidakis on guitar, Bill Nixon on violin, Chris Heslop playing saxophone, and Dave Turanski on bass. This group primarily plays songs written and recorded by the legendary Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli.
Josh & Trey is an acoustic jazz duo consisting of guitar and upright bass. The duo has a diverse repertoire includes swing, blues, bossa nova, funk, reggae, hard bop, and latin jazz. Even though it is only two players the sound is very full.
Josh has played in many venues in the Greater Philadelphia and Reading, Pennsylvania, areas including: Reading Planetarium Reading Fightin’ Phils Stadium Miller Center for the Arts Ware Center Gerald Veasley’s Jazz Base Building 24 Doubletree Sofrito Reading Museum GoggleWorks Center for the Arts Canal Street Pub Cafe Waldorf Landhaven Grand Estonian Berks Jazz Fest MJ …
