The Perry Joslin Project is instrumental jazz in smooth, fusion with overtones of the blues. His first CD comprises eleven compositions. On his first CD, Joslin is joined by such eminent jazz artists as drummer Lee Levin, guitarist Dan Warner, Javier Carrion, bass; Ed Calle on the sax, percussionist Richard Bravo, Doug Emory on the keyboard and Nestor Torres on the flute. His second CD, "It's a Strange Thing", Perry showcases the depth of his performance catalog. He highlights the energy and excitement of the Perry Joslin Project. He has assembled a top-flight team, with two surprise additions, that love to play this unique combination of jazz fusion. In addition to the well established musicians on the first CD, two highly esteemed artists join the fray. Andy Narell, master of the steel drum, appears on the track "There's Something About Perry". World renown saxophonist, Warren Hill, joins Perry's band in their jazz rendition of Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir".

Perry Joslin

Perry Joslin:
Behind his corporate success lies the heart of a musician.
Perry Joslin began playing the piano at age three, hearing minor chords "backwards" running through his head. This was the beginning of a unique musical talent.

Throughout his school years, Perry took weekly piano lessons and by the time he was 16 years old, he was playing chamber and classical music with summer's practicing Tanglewood artists in the New England Berkshires. That led to further exploration of contemporary tempos at many of the Berkshire hot spots, such as the Music Inn and Toad Hall where his music attracted the attention of the far-flung audiences that flock to the culturally elite town of Lenox, Massachusetts.

Joslin went to Tilton School in New Hampshire, where he played piano continuously, and then went to college at Ohio Wesleyan where Music Professor Dr. Charles Keller first heard those discordant notes in Joslin's music and "changed my life." From then on it was jazz and by the time he graduated in 1983, he'd formed State Red, an eccentric electric fusion band, written all the songs for the band and opened for the Dixie Dregs, Alex Bevin and Robert Palmer, among others.

Lee Levin, drummer for Ricky Martin and Jon Secada, among others, heard Joslin's music. "I was living like a hermit with my music and at the time didn't even know who he was," Joslin reveals. "I had met Lee at some social function and he asked me to a concert he was playing. After I saw and heard him play, I realized who he was!" Guitarist Dan Warner, Saxophonist Ed Calle, Percussionist Richard Bravo and Javier Carrion, Bass, all followed suit and began recording with Joslin.

How'd he get there? Joslin is as eclectic as his music. At 43, he has played with and watched hundreds of musicians. He studied, worked and composed endlessly, and while he became an indisputably successful businessman, a talent he will undoubtedly bring to his music career, he never neglected his music for prolonged periods of time. It is always there, never dormant, while it traverses the creative process within his head. It comes in waves of sound that he transfers immediately to the Yamaha C-7 Grand Piano in his home studio as a song emerges. Subsequently, he scores the music. "I know the chords so well the songs come directly from my head to my fingers and the scoring, well, though I didn't write anything down for years, I do now."

'Purely Perry'
Joslin's inspiration came from Steely Dan, Chicago, Jeff Beck, Traffic and Miles Davis. He does not try to replicate their sounds, but rather how to replicate the feelings they generated with their influence "My style is unique," he says. "Strangely enough, I love E-minor and the inverted chords. None of my business associates ever knew I was a musician, but my music has always been a top priority, the minor chords in my head all my life", thus the accolade Purely Perry.

The first CD marked his nationwide debut reveals a deep commitment, not without risk, to his music, that inner mechanism that has been his lifelong friend. A combination of jazz styles - smooth, fusion with overtones of the blues - bring variety to the songs. The kick-off number "Here We Go" celebrates Joslin's new beginning; "MiDoe" is dedicated to his wife, Deborah, who encouraged him to commit to his music, while "Traveler" is Joslin's journey back in time to childhood and his progression from Jazz student to successful business executive to fulltime composer.

The second CD was released nationwide earlier this year.

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