Dudu Pukwana 
Graham Collier 
Ken Colyer 
Jazz in Thailand 
Joe Zawinul 
Jutta Hipp
Pianist Jutta Hipp (1925-2003) had a sadly truncated career - her first recordings were in 1952, her last in 1956...
Shake Keane
Born in St Vincent, Ellsworth Keane (1927-1997) was taught music from an early age by his father. He played trumpet...
Ian Carr
Trumpeter Ian Carr (1933-2005) was one of the most influential bandleaders of the 1960s and 70s. He was born in...
Jazz in Pakistan
Modern Pakistan became formally independent on 14th August 1947, and jazz was there literally from the beginning, with Bombay-based Anglo-Indian...
Jazz in Tasmania
My map seems to treat Tasmania as a separate country, rather than as an Australian state, so I thought I'd...
George Gruntz
Born in Basel, Switzerland, George Gruntz (1932-2013) was gifted enough at the piano to study at Zurich's conservatoire from the...
Duško Gojković
Duško Gojković (born 1931) is a Serbian trumpeter, who established himself as a key figure in European jazz from the...
Fumio Nanri
Japanese trumpeter Fumio Nanri (1910-1975) was the first jazz musician from Japan to build an international reputation. He was born...
Mongezi Feza
Mongezi Feza (1945-1975) was only 30 years old when he died, but in his short life he had a big...
Jazz in Ecuador
The most prominent name in Ecuadorian jazz was saxophonist Lucho Silva (1931-2015). He is described on Wikipedia as Ecuador's first...
