The Joshua Breakstone Trio: Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Tribute - "Children of Art" CD release event at Rendon Hall

October, 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the great jazz drummer Art Blakey. Guitarist Joshua Breakstone will be touring throughout the US from September-November in support of the October release of his new recording on Capri Records, ÒChildren of ArtÓ, a tribute to Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. On the new recording, Joshua plays with drummer Eliot Zigmund (well known from his years with Bill Evans) and bassist Martin Wind (current member of the trios of Bill Mays, Dena DeRose, Bill Cunliffe, Ann Hampton Callaway, Ted Rosenthal, and Matt Wilson's Quartet "Arts and CraftsÓ). We are happy to have him at The California Jazz Conservatory as part of his fall Õ19 tour, appearing bassist Jeff Chambers and drummer Jason Lewis...

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October, 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the great jazz drummer Art Blakey. Guitarist Joshua Breakstone will be touring throughout the US from September-November in support of the October release of his new recording on Capri Records, ÒChildren of ArtÓ, a tribute to Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. On the new recording, Joshua plays with drummer Eliot Zigmund (well known from his years with Bill Evans) and bassist Martin Wind (current member of the trios of Bill Mays, Dena DeRose, Bill Cunliffe, Ann Hampton Callaway, Ted Rosenthal, and Matt Wilson's Quartet "Arts and CraftsÓ). We are happy to have him at The California Jazz Conservatory as part of his fall Õ19 tour, appearing bassist Jeff Chambers and drummer Jason Lewis. Band Members and Instrumentation: Joshua Breakstone- guitar, Jeff Chambers- bass, Jason Lewis- drums. Bios: "Fire in velvet. A fitting description of Joshua Breakstone's jazz guitar," wrote Paul Weidman in The Sante 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 (aka Jazz Critique) 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 book, 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." Steve Day wrote in sandybrownjazz.co.uk that "Joshua Breakstone is a fabulously exciting player to listen to." 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 twice each year in Japan, plays across Europe every year, in Australia, and tours just about everywhere in the US. Joshua is also the author of "Jazz Etudes: Studies For The Beginning Improviser" (Hal Leonard Publishing), a standard text at colleges and universities worldwide. He has both performed and presented workshops throughout the world. As Eric Harabadian wrote in the Feb 2014 Jazz Inside, "Breakstone is, simply, a tasteful and melodic master."

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