Sonny Bradshaw

It is almost impossible to imagine where modern Jamaican music might be without the presence of island jazz pioneer Sonny Bradshaw. A skilled trumpeter (he also plays piano, flügelhorn, clarinet, trombone, and saxophone), Bradshaw has distinguished himself in a long six-decade career (he was born in 1926) as a musician, bandleader, composer, producer, arranger, and promoter as well as a ...more