Jean Toussaint

Gifted, London-based US tenor saxophonist Toussaint has a CV which includes stints with Art Blakey's legendary Jazz Messengers, Brit-jazz collective the Jazz Warriors, Wynton Marsalis, Max Roach and McCoy Tyner. His melodic post-bop approach and reedy tone cut through and illuminate the most hackneyed blues phrase, while his fine band features inventive piano star Andrew McCormack.