"Rumba Club"

has worked extensively in and around the East Coast Latin and jazz scenes for many years. Best known as founder, bassist and contributing arranger and composer for RUMBA CLUB since its inception seventeen years ago, he can also be found performing in a variety of musical settings playing acoustic bass, Ampeg Baby bass or piano. Josh studied at the Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, New York in the early eighties and lived in Spanish Harlem where his interest in Latin music was nurtured. For several years, Josh studied arranging and composition privately with the late Dr. Asher Zlotnik alumnus of the Peabody Institute of Music. He has had the honor of sharing the stage with well-known jazz and Latin musicians alike (Tito Puente, Billy Higgins, Giovanni Hidalgo, David Williams, Nestor Torrez, John Faddis)