Jean Toussaint at Mas i Mas Festival

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Jean Toussaint. Photo Courtesy of Jamboree.

Jean Toussaint, one of the greatest tenor sax players in recent history of jazz  made his name at the beginning of the 1980s when the legendary drummer, Art Blakey called him to join the legendary Jazz Messengers.

It was the beginning of a glorious career, with contemporaries such as Wallace Roney, Terence Blanchard, Mulgrew Miller and Donald Edwards, with whom he collaborated.  Toussaint has always maintained that Blakey was an amazing drummer. “Art was one of the most inspiring band leaders–one of the greatest,” he says, adding: “I owe him everything and I will be a Jazz Messengers for the rest of my life.” With a brand new line-up formed by Perico Sambeat and Bruce Barth, Toussaint recreates the music of the Jazz Messengers exclusively for the Mas i Mas Festival.

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