Jazz Articles about Joshua Breakstone

The Joshua Breakstone Trio: No One New

by Jerry D'Souza
September 13, 2009

No One New is a reference to guitarist Joshua Breakstone's long career. Over the last 30 years he has etched an impressive record as a leader with 19 recordings to his credit. It is easy to see why he has been around for so long; his music rises above the mundane with a compact sense for the lyrical that draws out the aura of a composition. His writing is facile and melodic, and opens the door to his technique. He ...

Joshua Breakstone: A Jamais

by Michael P. Gladstone
June 8, 2004

On a balmy evening in mid-January, 2003 on Duval Street in Key West, I was quite surprised to find Joshua Breakstone just concluding his second set at an outdoor cafe. After another hour of music and introductions, I changed my travel plans in order to catch Breakstone two nights later at another Key West venue teamed with the reclusive legendary vibraphonist Teddy Charles in a quartet setting. It's been twenty years since I purchased my first Breakstone album, 4/4=1, on ...

Joshua Breakstone: A Jamais

by Jerry D'Souza
May 25, 2004

Joshua Breakstone is back with what he loves doing best: playing guitar with a melodic grace. One could even see it as an immaculate articulation, his lines clean, his notes uncomplicated, doublets that augment the shape, improvisations creating craft of a high order.

Breakstone has been in his straight-ahead groove over the space of 17 albums. He continues to exhibit that innate strength in his writing, which he takes to a laudable plateau. What makes it all ...

Joshua Breakstone: A Jamais

by John Kelman
May 18, 2004

Joshua Breakstone may well be the torch bearer for traditional jazz guitar that few have heard. While he has released some fourteen recordings in the past twenty years for a number of labels, his work on other people's recordings is sparse indeed. And that’s unfortunate because one of the ways that an artist gains exposure is through collaboration. Why Breakstone is so underutilized is a mystery, because he is a lyrical and understated player who comes from the same places, ...