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Jean Toussaint
Jean Toussaint (born July 27, 1960) is an American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist.
==Life and career==
Toussaint was born in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, 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 saxophonist Billy Pierce. 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. With Blakey he recorded three studio albums, including ''New York Scene'', which won a Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance.
Toussaint moved to London in 1987, when was he invited to be artist-in-residence at the Guildhall School of Music by Lionel Grigson, at the time the school's professor of Jazz.〔("Jazz Conversations with Craig Milverton and Special Guest Jean Toussaint" ), recorded at the Blue Vanguard Jazz Club Exeter, August 31, 2014.〕 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.〔 He 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 ten albums as a leader, his most recent entitled ''Tate Song'' in February 2014 with LYTE Records.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jean Toussaint Saxophone Legend Jean Toussaint To Release His Tenth Album With LYTE Records )〕
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