Dudu Pukwana 
Graham Collier 
Ken Colyer 
Jazz in Thailand 
Joe Zawinul 
Lalo Schifrin
Lalo Schifrin (born 1932) is best known today for his film soundtracks, in particular the memorable 'Mission Impossible' theme, written...
Coleridge Goode
Bassist Coleridge Goode (1914-2015) had a rich, varied and very long career after moving to the UK in 1934, where...
Hugo Fattoruso
Multi-instrumentalist Hugo Fattoruso (born 1943) was a South American pop star before becoming a key figure in the development of...
George Chisholm
George Chisholm (1915-1997) was one of the first UK jazz musicians to attain a level of musicianship and improvisational skills...
Jazz in Italy
Italy's first homegrown jazz band is likely to have been the house band at the Mirador Club, set up in...
Hermeto Pascoal
Hermeto Pascoal (born 1936) was born in Lagoa da Canoa, a small muncipality near the Atlantic coast, which was still...
Jazz in The Caribbean
Sadly it appears my map is not very useful when it comes to identifying the individual Caribbean countries, so for...
Harry Beckett
Harry Beckett (1923-2010) had one of the most distinctive trumpet sounds in British jazz. Born in Barbados, he took up...
Don Burrows
Don Burrows (1928-2012) was an extremely influential mainstream saxophonist/clarinettist/flautist, whose long professional career spanned six decades. He was born in...
Marian McPartland
NEA Jazz Master, Marian McPartland (1918-2013) was one of the most important broadcasters in the history of jazz. As a...
