Jean Toussaint

Jean Toussaint’s state to fame is normally his period (1982-1986) with Artwork Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. After playing calypso locally in St. Thomas, he went to the Berklee University of Music, toured with an R&B music group in 1979, and produced a quintet with Wallace Roney. He was with Blakey through the same period as Terence Blanchard and Donald Harrison. After departing the Jazz Messengers, Toussaint started teaching in London and it has been located in London, mainly playing with British music artists although also gigging with Wynton Marsalis, McCoy Tyner, as well as the Gil Evans Orchestra. Inspired by Wayne Shorter and Joe Henderson, Jean Toussaint’s potential up to now outweighs his achievements.