Jean Toussaint (2 Shows) at Vortex Jazz Club

Timings:

1st Show
The first show will feature special guest vocalist Harley Loudon and also the launch of Ms Loudon’s new EP which Jean Toussaint is a featured guest.

Doors 6:30 PM, Music 7:00 PM – 1 set of music
2nd Show
The second show will be a concert of JT5 “the Jean Toussaint Quintet”.

Doors 8:30 PM, Music 9:00 PM – 1 set of music

Line-up:
Jean Toussaint - Tenor saxophone 
Emile Hinton - Piano
Lorenzo Morabito - Double bass
Ben Brown - Drum kit
Joti - Trumpet
Harley Loudon - voice *(1st Show only)*...

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Timings:

1st Show
The first show will feature special guest vocalist Harley Loudon and also the launch of Ms Loudon’s new EP which Jean Toussaint is a featured guest.

Doors 6:30 PM, Music 7:00 PM – 1 set of music
2nd Show
The second show will be a concert of JT5 “the Jean Toussaint Quintet”.

Doors 8:30 PM, Music 9:00 PM – 1 set of music

Line-up:
Jean Toussaint - Tenor saxophone 
Emile Hinton - Piano
Lorenzo Morabito - Double bass
Ben Brown - Drum kit
Joti - Trumpet
Harley Loudon - voice *(1st Show only)*
About:
Saxophonist Jean Toussaint presents a special concert with different line-ups across one night.
Since Jean Toussaint Left Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, he hasn’t looked back. Nor has he spent a career trying to repeat the past. The experiences gained in that world-class hothouse have enabled him to push forward and embrace challenging and often high-profile musical collaborations in many different jazz styles. Today he works out of London, England as a composer, tenor and soprano saxophonist, band leader and educator.

Born on the Dutch Antilles Island of Aruba, Toussaint grew up in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands and studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Toussaint came to London in 1987 and still uses the capital as his base. Since then he has released 8 CDs as a leader. Collaborations with musicians based in the UK have included Julian Joseph, Jason Rebello, Cleveland Watkiss, Tony Remy, Orphy Robinson, Bheki Mseleku, Troy Miller and many others. Toussaint is also an experienced jazz educator, teaching at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Trinity College of Music and Birmingham Conservatoire, as well as on various workshops, most recently the London Philarmonic Orchestra.

Photo credit: Carl Hyde

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