Ashley Hutton is a Brisbane-based saxophonist, composer, and contemporary session musician working across jazz and modern commercial music. He has performed and recorded with BARKADA (VIC), Dr. Jeff Usher, Joshua Breakstone (JP/NYC), Rowan Pattinson (VIC), THNDO (VIC), and is slated to support five-time Grammy Award winner Victor Wooten on his 2026 Australian tour. As a bandleader, Ashley directs the Primetime Sextet, the Ashley Hutton Quartet, and his Trio, and is an active presence in Brisbane’s improvised music scene.
In 2024, he received the Simon Hatton Saxophone Bursary from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University, supporting study in Toronto and New York City. In 2025, he founded Found Sound, a bi-weekly Brisbane concert series and jam session, and works as an instrumental music educator and guest clinician. From April to July of 2026, he will be attending the Tribeca Jazz Institute in NYC.
Alongside his jazz work, Ashley is an in-demand session musician. His credits include touring the UK and Ireland with JUNO (QLD) in support of Drax Project (NZ), performing with LEISURE (NZ), and recording with ARIA Award–winning producer Konstantin Kersting on projects including Kita Alexander’s All Night and Keli Holiday’s ARIA #1 single Dancing2. He has also performed with Grammy-nominated artist Stonebwoy (Ghana), supported Lawrence (USA), and contributed horn arrangement and performance to JUNO’s 2025 QMA-winning single I’m the Man.
The Band:
Ashley Hutton - tenor saxophone
Eden Armstrong - piano
Connor Perkins - bass
Chris Evans - drums
GIG DETAILS:
Thursday 19th February 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
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