BIO

Josh Rutner is an academic editor/indexer and jazz saxophonist living in Beacon, NY.

As an editor/indexer, Josh has worked with some of the finer researchers, thinkers, and writers in the humanities.

He is a co-founder of The Respect Sextet, a long-standing institution of jazz and improvisation, called by Signal to Noise magazine “one of the best and most ambitious new ensembles in jazz.” The New York Times raved: “They looked like the sort of guys who might peel off at any moment and start doing your taxes.”

He has collaborated and recorded with new music ensembles such as Ensemble Signal, and, as a sideman, is a member of several other ensembles, including Sarah and the Stanleys, HappyFunSmile, and Salo. 

On New Year's Day 2016, Josh released his first album under his own name, Rockabye Battleship. "A fine and odd, crazy-ambitious, bent and off-center record,” wrote Kelly Bucheger​ of Harder Bop​. “It makes no sense at all, it's riveting and wonderful... I'm smitten."

While currently on hold, Josh at one time produced a weekly podcast—Josh Rutner's Album of the Week—which spotlights great albums from across space, time, and genre: a well-crafted "nudge in the ribs" about some great stuff.