The life of Jean Toussaint has taken him from his birthplace in the US Virgin Islands, to living in New York, studying at Berklee College of Music and being resident in Britain for the last 30 years.
Coming to global attention as part of the Pat Metheny Group, trumpeter Cuong Vu stood out as a fiery leftfield stylist.
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the release of tenor-saxophonist Eddie Harris' boundarybreaking Silver Cycles album.
Patrick McMahon offers a guide to the thriving jazz scene in Mexico, including a list of artists to listen out for.
As one of the few remaining living legends of jazz, saxophonist Charles Lloyd is still exploring the musical continuum that he began in the 1960s, where genres melt away and his sound and soul reach out beyond musical borders.
Leeds-based sax-guitar-drums outfit Roller Trio were thrust prematurely into the media glare with their eponymous debut album's 2012 Mercury nomination less than a year after their inception.
Saxophonist Tia Fuller is back with her most mature album to date, Diamond Cut, which sees her lining-up with jazz luminaires including Jack DeJohnette and Dave Holland, and seamlessly blending with acclaimed guitarist Adam Rogers.
Widely hailed as one of the finest pianists in Europe, 68-year-old maestro Enrico Pieranunzi has established an impeccable reputation as soloist and arranger.
London's burgeoning new breed of genre-blind, rhythmically direct jazz musicians has been attracting youthful, multi-cultural audiences not seen in the UK for a generation, pioneering a radical and overdue shift in perception.
US-born drummer and teacher Jeff Williams has just released his latest long-player, the propulsive Lifelike, with a stellar band brimming with prime UK players, including Kit Downes and Josh Arcoleo.
