Josh Nelson is an American

United States

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 jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 pianist

Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...

 and composer

Composer

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.

Nelson produced his independent debut album First Stories

First Stories

-Track listing:-Personnel:* Josh Nelson - Piano* Karl Theobald - Saxophone* Corey McCormick - Bass* Nadir Jeevanjee - Drums* Dino Meneghin - Guitar * Reneé McCormick - Vocals...

at age 19. His second album Anticipation

Anticipation (Josh Nelson album)

Anticipation is the second studio album by pianist Josh Nelson. It was released in 2004.-Track listing:-Personnel:* Josh Nelson - Piano, Fender Rhodes * Benjamin Campbell - Bass* Matt Slocum - Drums...

was released in 2004 with all his compositions. In 2007, Nelson signed with the jazz label Native Language Music

Native Language Music

Native Language Music is an independent contemporary jazz record label based in San Clemente, California.-Artist roster:* Four80East* Jeff Kashiwa* Warren Hill* Dan Siegel* Andy Snitzer* Turning Point* Sara Gazarek* Gerry Niewood* Adam Niewood...

 and released his third album Let It Go

Let It Go (Josh Nelson album)

Let It Go is the third studio album by jazz pianist Josh Nelson. It was released by Native Language Music on September 25, 2007.-Track listing:-Personnel:* Josh Nelson - Acoustic Piano, Rhodes, Hammond C-3 organ, Glockenspiel...

along with the guest Seamus Blake

Seamus Blake

-Life and career:Born in London, England, Blake was brought up in Vancouver, Canada. His mother introduced him to jazz when he was a child and he later attended Berklee School of Music in Boston. Upon graduation moved to New York. In February 2002 he won the Thelonious Monk International Saxophone...

, Sara Gazarek

Sara Gazarek

Sara Gazarek is an American jazz musician and singer. Gazarek was born in Seattle, Washington and moved to Los Angeles in 2000 to attend the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. She would go on to win the Downbeat Student Music Award for Best Collegiate Vocalist in...

, and Anthony Wilson

Anthony Wilson

Anthony Wilson is a jazz guitarist and composer. He is the son of bandleader Gerald Wilson.- Education and career :Born in Los Angeles on May 9, 1968, Wilson received his degree in music composition from Bennington College. He counts Duke Ellington, Gil Evans, Wes Montgomery, and T-Bone Walker...

. His fourth album
I Hear a Rhapsody

I Hear a Rhapsody (Josh Nelson album)

I Hear a Rhapsody is the fourth studio album by jazz pianist Josh Nelson. It was released by Steel Bird Music on June 21, 2009.-Track listing:-Personnel:* Josh Nelson - Piano, Fender Rhodes, Trumpet, Voive...

was released in 2009 with Nelson's original music, standard interpretations, and reinventions of rock tunes. In 2011, He released his fifth album Discoveries

Discoveries (Josh Nelson album)

Discoveries is the fifth studio album of jazz pianist Josh Nelson. The album was released by Steel Bird Music on September 6, 2011.-Track listing:-Personnel:* Josh Nelson - Piano, Keyboard* Larry Koonse - Acoustic & Nylon Guitar...

. Nelson wrote new original music based on the writings of Jules Verse, H.G. Wells, Nikola Tesla and other visionaries.

He has been touring worldwide with legendary jazz vocalist Natalie Cole

Natalie Cole

Natalie Maria Cole , is an American singer, songwriter and performer. The daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole, Cole rode to musical success in the mid-1970s as an R&B artist with the hits "This Will Be ", "Inseparable" and "Our Love"...

 for the past two years.

Discography

• First Stories
  First Stories
  -Track listing:-Personnel:* Josh Nelson - Piano* Karl Theobald - Saxophone* Corey McCormick - Bass* Nadir Jeevanjee - Drums* Dino Meneghin - Guitar * Reneé McCormick - Vocals...
  
  (1998)
• Anticipation
  Anticipation (Josh Nelson album)
  Anticipation is the second studio album by pianist Josh Nelson. It was released in 2004.-Track listing:-Personnel:* Josh Nelson - Piano, Fender Rhodes * Benjamin Campbell - Bass* Matt Slocum - Drums...
  
  (2004)
• Let It Go
  Let It Go (Josh Nelson album)
  Let It Go is the third studio album by jazz pianist Josh Nelson. It was released by Native Language Music on September 25, 2007.-Track listing:-Personnel:* Josh Nelson - Acoustic Piano, Rhodes, Hammond C-3 organ, Glockenspiel...
  
  (2007)
• I Hear a Rhapsody
  I Hear a Rhapsody (Josh Nelson album)
  I Hear a Rhapsody is the fourth studio album by jazz pianist Josh Nelson. It was released by Steel Bird Music on June 21, 2009.-Track listing:-Personnel:* Josh Nelson - Piano, Fender Rhodes, Trumpet, Voive...
  
  (2009)
• Discoveries
  Discoveries (Josh Nelson album)
  Discoveries is the fifth studio album of jazz pianist Josh Nelson. The album was released by Steel Bird Music on September 6, 2011.-Track listing:-Personnel:* Josh Nelson - Piano, Keyboard* Larry Koonse - Acoustic & Nylon Guitar...
  
  (2011)

• Friends...Forever (2007) with Ludvig Girdland

External links

• Josh Nelson Official Website - Jazz pianist, composer, and arranger.
• Josh Nelson entry at All About Jazz