Jean Toussaint Quintet

Originally from St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands, saxophonist Jean Toussaint left Berklee College of Music, Boston, in 1982 to join Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. It was the beginning of an inspired four-and-a-half years spent with musicians including Terence Blanchard, Mulgrew Miller, and others. While in New York, Jean also worked with Gil Evans, McCoy Tyner, and Wynton Marsalis.

Jean has toured with many visiting American bands, including Max Roach, Cedar Walton, and David Murray, as well as with his own bands. The Jean Toussaint Trio, Quartet, and Quintet play swinging, surging, straight-ahead contemporary jazz with a strong emphasis on melody. Nazaire, his electrocute band, plays a blend of jazz-funk and club music.

Toussaint is also often invited to join tours with US musicians visiting Europe and most recently was on tour with pianist Cedar Walton and Donald Brown, trumpeter Eddie Henderson, and an extensive tour of Europe, the Middle East, and New York with the great Jeff Watts.

**Line up:**

Jean Toussaint – tenor sax

Joti – trumpet

Emil Hinton – piano

Lorenzo Morabito – double bass

Ben Brown – drums

Presented by Ladbroke Hall.

This is an 18+ event