The Joshua Breakstone Trio

"Fire in velvet. A fitting description of Joshua Breakstone's jazz guitar," wrote Paul Weidman in The Santa Fe New Mexican. "His flowing lines on up-tempo cookers are impeccably clean and fiery, bearing the mark of a first-rate improviser, while his chordal work on heartbreaker ballads is the final word in finesse," has raved Guitar Player Magazine. Japan's Jazz Hihyo recognizes that "The style in which Joshua develops his fluid single-note solos used to be thought of as the Grant Green school, but now this man leads the school." Charles Alexander wrote in his Masters of Jazz Guitar, "With a firm grasp of the bebop language, Breakstone nevertheless avoids its cliches, instead unfolding a storyline in his solos, all the while building interest with economical, elegant lines and sustaining longer notes with a clear, rounded guitar sound."

With 24 recordings out as a leader with such greats as Kenny Barron, Barry Harris, Tommy Flanagan, Pepper Adams, Jimmy Knepper, Jack McDuff, Mickey Roker, Al Harewood, etc, Breakstone tours four to five times each year all over Japan, across Europe, in Australia, and just about everywhere in the US. 

Joshua is the author of "Jazz Etudes: Studies For The Beginning Improviser" (Hal Leonard Publishing). He has presented workshops throughout the world. As Eric Harabadian wrote in the Feb 2014 Jazz Inside, "Breakstone is, simply, a tasteful and melodic master."

The Band:

Joshua Breakstone - guitar

Connor Perkins - bass

Dominic Machen - drums

GIG DETAILS:

Thursday 5th March 2026

$20 Entry (+GST & BF)

Doors open from 7:30pm

Music starts at 8pm

ALL AGES (people under 18 need to be accompanied by a guardian)

LICENSED BAR