Jazz
Joshua Breakstone - Guitar, Liner Notes, Producer
Eliot Zigmund - Drums
Lisle Atkinson - Bass
Guitarist Joshua Breakstone is back with his New York trio with Lisle Atkinson on bass and Elliot Zigmond on drums. Most of the tunes are originals by Breakstone and Lisle Atkinson with two added standards - Jimmy Rowles' classic The Peacocks and Joe Henderson's burning tune The Kicker. Breakstone has been compared to Grant Green because of his fluid single-note solos.
Katsuhiko Naito - Engineer, Mastering, Mixing
Joshua Breakstone
Active Decades: '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Jul 22, 1955 in Elizabeth, NJ
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Cool, Hard Bop
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 release. During and after teaching guitar at the Rhode Island Conservatory of Music (1979-1981), Breakstone worked in New York with Warne Marsh, Emily Remler, Dave Schnitter, and Vic Juris. In 1983, he recorded his first album (Wonderful!) for Sonora. While that date had Barry Harris on piano, his follow-up featured Kenny Barron. Breakstone went on to record for Contemporary (including a quartet date featuring Pepper Adams), Capri, Evidence, and Double-Time, helping keep the legacy of quiet bop guitar alive.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
