Joshua Breakstone

Joshua Breakstone
Born: Jul 22, 1955 in Elizabeth, NJ
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Styles: Cool, Hard Bop
Biography: A fine bop-based guitarist, Joshua Breakstone discovered jazz when he was 14. He studied for several years with Sal Salvador, yet at the time was gigging regularly with a rock group. He attended Berklee, and in 1977, toured Canada with the reed player Glen Hall, making his recording debut on Hall's Sonora ...Read full biography
Evening Star
Released: 1992
Label: Fan/Cont.
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As with his initial Contemporary date, guitarist Joshua Breakstone utilizes two well-respected veterans (trombonist Jimmy Knepper and pianist Tommy Flanagan) on a quintet set, along with two younger players ...Read full review
Self-Portrait in Swing
Released: 1989
Label: Fan/Contem
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Throughout his series of recordings for Contemporary, Joshua Breakstone consistently showed that he was one of the top bop-based guitarists to emerge in the 1980's, playing in the tradition of Charlie ...Read full review
More Joshua Breakstone albums: Main Albums (16)
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