Jazz pianist, Joey Alexander, became the first Indonesian musician to chart on Billboard 200 with his album, My Favorite Things, released when he was 11 years old – in 2015. He is one of the youngest musicians ever nominated for a Grammy Award in a jazz category.

Toronto-based Turkish clarinetist and saxophonist, Selçuk Suna, a member of KUNÉ – Canada’s Global Orchestra and the Istanbul Trio, plays “jazz (but still with busy, virtuosic melody lines), touches of funk and evocations of Turkish clubs replete with belly dance rhythms” (The Wholenote).