“Jim’s music is obviously great stuff. Well played, a good variety of tunes, and plenty of heat generated" Scott Yanow - Jazz Writer

“Jim’s guitar sound is just the authentic thing. I love it, it’s deep, fat and warm, an incredible sound. Great guitar playing and compositions.” Jazz guitarist Telmo Fernandez

Born in Oceanport, New Jersey in 1968, Jim got his first guitar at eleven on a day trip to Nogales, Mexico and he hasn’t put it down yet.

Jim has played and/or recorded with a who’s who of jazz greats including bassist Larry Ridley, saxophonist Jimmy Heath, trumpeter Michael Mossman, pianists Jeb Patton and Jim Ridl and organist Brian Charette and has had the great fortune to study with jazz legends Pat Martino, Ted Dunbar, Kenny Barron, Tony Purrone and Rodney Jones. Jim has played at Lincoln Center, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, The New Jersey Performing Arts Center and various festivals and clubs.

He holds a master’s degree in music performance from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, where in 1998 under the tutelage of Sir Roland Hanna, Jim was the first student to record his original jazz in the Queens College recording studio.

In November, 2020 Jim released “Blues From The Vault” a studio album featuring six of Jim’s original compositions with Kyle Koehler on organ and Noel Sagerman on drums, and followed that up in August of 2022 with “Solitude” an album album six original songs with the same great group.

“Shape Shifter” out in June of 2023, features six more Josselyn originals and Brian Charette on organ, Noel Sagerman on drums and a fine horn section of Caleb Rumley on trombone, Scott Robert Avidon at the saxophone and James Gibbs’ trumpet. 2024 was a big year for recording as “Early Summer Evening” a Brazilian date with German Gonzalez on guitar, Mike Noordzy at the Bass and Mauricio DeSousa’s drums dropped along with “The Road Before Us” a duet with keyboardist Kenny Tam.

Jim’s original music has been licensed for broadcast on over forty television shows, including MTV, PBS, the E! Network, Discovery, TLC, Nickelodeon and more and commercials for Delta Airlines, Rutgers University and the indie films “Cold, Dark and Yesterday” and “Brunch”.  

Jim plays often at clubs throughout New York and New Jersey, including recently the Tipsy Grape in Brooklyn, the Triumph Brewing Company in Red Bank, 3BR Distillery in Keyport and many, many more.

Reach him here for information on booking, master classes and private lessons.

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