Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt (1910-1953) is almost certainly the most influential jazz artist to have come out of Europe, with a whole...
Europe
Jazz in Europe
Tete Montoliou
Blind Catalan pianist Tete Montoliou (1933-1997) was a virtuoso performer, born in Barcelona in Catalonia. He began to learn the...
Amancio D’Silva
Amancio D'Silva (1936-1996) was born in Bombay to Goan parents. Keen to learn the guitar after hearing jazz on the...
Albert Mangelsdorff
Albert Mangelsdorff (1928-2005) was a regular German Jazz Echo poll winner on trombone in the 1950s, playing in some of...
Krzysztof Komeda
Krzysztof Komeda (1931-1969) is probably better known today as a film composer, especially for his scores for some of Roman...
Igor Butman
Born in St Petersburg in 1961, Russian saxophonist Igor Butman studied clarinet at the Rimsky-Korsakov School of Music, where he...
Kenny Wheeler
Born in Canada, Kenny Wheeler (1930-2014) was a pivotal figure in British jazz across more than six decades, following his...
Norma Winstone
Norma Winstone (born 1941) first attracted attention in the late 60s appearing at Ronnie Scott's on the same bill as...
Ivy Benson
Ivy Benson (1913-1993) led an all female big band was one of the most popular British jazz orchestras in post-war...
Tubby Hayes
Tubby Hayes (1935-1973) is (along with his similarly multi-talented contemporary, Victor Feldman) one of UK jazz’s most extraordinary prodigies. He...
