Jean Toussaint

For the Belgian Olympic hockey player, see Jean Toussaint (field hockey). For the French veterinarian, see Jean Joseph Henri Toussaint. For the Canadian soccer player, see Jean Robert Toussaint.
Jean Toussaint
Toussaint in a 2007 performance.
Toussaint in a 2007 performance.
Background information
Born (1960-07-27) 27 July 1960 (age 64)
Aruba, Dutch Antilles
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentSaxophone
Years active1982–present
LabelsLyte BMG, World Circuit
Websitewww.jeantoussaint.com

Jean Toussaint (born July 27, 1960) is an American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist.

Life and career

Toussaint was born in Aruba, Dutch Antilles,[1] and was raised in Saint Thomas and New York City. He learned to play calypso as a child and attended Berklee College of Music in the late 1970s, studying under Bill Pierce (saxophonist). In 1979 he formed a group with Wallace Roney and from 1982 to 1986 was a member of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers alongside Terence Blanchard, Donald Harrison, Mulgrew Miller and Lonnie Plaxico.[2] With Blakey he recorded three studio albums, including New York Scene, which won a Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance.[3]

In 1987, Toussaint moved to London, England, when he was invited to be artist-in-residence at the Guildhall School of Music by Lionel Grigson, at the time the school's professor of jazz.[4] In the late 1980s Toussaint had a regular slot at the fabled Dingwalls club in Camden Town on Sunday afternoons.[5] Since then, Toussaint has maintained a profile as a band leader in the UK and Europe, playing with British musicians including, among others, Steve Williamson, Courtney Pine, Julian Joseph, Jason Rebello, Cleveland Watkiss.[4] Toussaint has also performed in groups led by McCoy Tyner, Gil Evans, Kirk Lightsey, Cedar Walton, Max Roach, Horace Silver and Jeff Tain Watts. In addition he has collaborated with Lionel Loueke.

Toussaint has released 10 albums as a leader, his most recent entitled Tate Song in February 2014 with LYTE Records.[6]

In 2015/16 Toussaint devised a project dedicated to his mentor Blakey. The project was entitled "Roots & Herbs: The Blakey Project" and featured an all-star lineup of British jazz musicians, including Julian Joseph, Byron Wallen, Dennis Rollins, Jason Rebello and Shane Forbes. The group toured the UK extensively throughout 2015 / 2016.[7][8][9][10]

Discography

As leader

  • Impressions of Coltrane (Fever, 1987)
  • What Goes Around, (World Circuit, 1991)
  • Life I Want (New Note, 1996)
  • Nazaire Who's Blues (Jazz House, 1996)
  • Back to Back (Jazz Focus, 1998)
  • Street Above The Underground (BMG, 2000)
  • Blue Black (Blue Geodesics, 2002)
  • Continuum Act One (Space Time, 2004)
  • Live in Paris and London (Space Time, 2010)
  • Tate Song (Lyte, 2014)

With Art Blakey

With Kirk Lightsey

References

  1. ^ "Jean Toussaint". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  2. ^ Yanow, Scott (2012). "Jean Toussaint Biography". AllMusic review. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  3. ^ Yanow, Scott (2012). "New York Scene". AllMusic review. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Jazz Conversations with Craig Milverton and Special Guest Jean Toussaint" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, recorded at the Blue Vanguard Jazz Club Exeter, August 31, 2014.
  5. ^ Robbie France biography
  6. ^ "Jean Toussaint Saxophone Legend Jean Toussaint To Release His Tenth Album With LYTE Records". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  7. ^ "Jean Toussaint's Roots and Herbs at CBSO Centre, Birmingham". Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  8. ^ "Jean Toussaint's Roots and Herbs Young Lions". Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Jean Toussaint's Roots and Herbs at Scarborough Jazz Festival". Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Jean Toussaint Interview with UK VIBE". Retrieved 12 December 2016.

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