Conway Campbell Jr. is an up-and-coming, New York City-based bassist, composer, arranger, and educator. Conway began playing the cello in the seventh grade and switched to the upright bass within less than a year. Raised in Worcester, MA, Conway began his study of the music with the Assumption College Jazz

is one of the most distinctive and sought-after jazz bassists in the world. Critics across the globe have praised him for his rich tone, supple sense of swing, stylistic range and inventiveness. These qualities have not only earned him a place on the bandstand with jazz legends as diverse as

Born in Hartford, CT, Dwonszyk started playing the electric bass at age eleven. His journey into the world of jazz began at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts High School where he began playing the upright bass. He also started attending the Artists Collective after school program playing in

Alec Safy is a native of Buffalo, New York and a current resident of the Bronx. He attended SUNY Purchase where he studied privately with Doug Weiss, Scott Colley, and Todd Coolman. Alec has had the opportunity to perform with Gary Smulyan, Kenny Washington, Jon Faddis, Pete Malinverni, Eric Alexander,

ALEX “APOLO” AYALA Puerto Rican Bassist Alex “Apolo” Ayala-Berríos embodies the spirit of the multi-lingual musician. His vast knowledge of both Latin music and Jazz languages makes him one of the few Bi-lingual bassists in the music scene. A native from San Juan,Puerto Rico, he blends his Afro-Caribbean roots with

Bassist, Ryan Berg was born into music. Originally from Minneapolis Minnesota the Berg name is known for their musical contributions throughout the midwest. In his career, based in New York, he has carried the musical tradition and made himself a staple on the New York jazz scene. He has traveled

BASS Luques Curtis was born 1983 in Hartford, CT. After having formal training on piano and percussion, he found himself wanting to play the bass. Luques studied at the Greater Hartford Academy of Performing Arts, Artist Collective, and Guakia with Dave Santoro, Volcan Orham, Nat Reeves, Paul Brown, and others.

BASS An excellent bassist, Avery Sharpe is best known for his longtime association with the McCoy Tyner Trio. He originally played piano (starting when he was eight) and accordion, switching to electric (and eventually acoustic) bass a few years later. At the University of Massachusetts, Sharpe had the opportunity to

BASS Joris Teepe is a jazz bassist (acoustic & electric) and was born in 1962 in The Netherlands. He didn’t get into jazz until he was 18 years old playing in bands with friends from high school and college. After graduating at the Conservatory in The Netherlands he moved to