Jean Caze
TRUMPET Winner of the 2006 International Trumpet Guild Jazz Competition, and the 2004 National Trumpet Jazz Competition, Jean Caze has emerged as one of today’s most beautiful new voices in jazz. Jean has performed and/or recorded with Herbie Hancock, Aretha Franklin, Michael Bublé, Mariah Carey, Al Jarreau, Roy Hargrove, Arturo
Russ Johnson
TRUMPET Trumpeter Russ Johnson is a recent Midwest transplant after spending 23 years as an important member of New York City’s jazz community. He has 7 recordings as a leader or co-leader and performed on more than 75 recordings as a sideman. Russ has worked alongside many of the legendary
Joe Beaty
Trombone Trombonist Joe Beaty began playing professionally in his home state of Texas at the age of 14. His early talent earned him a full high-school scholarship to the world-renowned Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan. He continued his education at the New School University for Jazz and Contemporary Studies,
Peter McEachern
TROMBONE Peter McEachern has toured and recorded three CDs for Polygram with Blues legend Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown; has worked and recorded with minimalist composer Lamonte Young, and is featured on “Insomnia” with the Thomas Chapin Trio on Knitting Factory Works. McEachern played on Pavone’s acclaimed “Song for Septet” as well
Kris Allen
Saxophone Saxophonist, composer and recording artist Kris Allen was born and raised in Connecticut. He began musical studies at an early age, but his desire to pursue a life in jazz was catalyzed by an apprenticeship with legendary alto saxophonist Jackie Mclean, first at Hartford’s Artists Collective and later
Mike DiRubbo
SAXOPHONE “Something about the sound Mike DiRubbo elicits from the alto saxophone – deep, dark, immense, with a machete edge that denotes a ready-for-anything urban sensibility – immediately grabs the ear. It’s a sound familiar to the cream of New York’s hardcore jazz community since the mid-‘90’s” – writes Ted
Andrew Hadro
BARITONE SAXOPHONE Andrew Hadro [Hey-dro] Andrew Hadro is a professional musician in Brooklyn, New York. Hadro’s primary instrument is Baritone Saxophone, though he also performs on Bass Clarinet, Bb Clarinet, Flute, and is one of the only working musicians in New York City to play the Bass Saxophone and Contra-bass
Jen Allen
PIANO Jen Allen is a pianist, composer, author and educator. She frequently performs in New York, the Northeast US and in venues throughout the world including the Winnipeg Jazz Festival, Cambridge Festival of the Arts, Litchfield Jazz Festival, Greater Hartford Monday Night Jazz Series, as the leader of her own
Zaccai Curtis
PIANO Zaccai Curtis is an acclaimed pianist, recording artist, producer and author. In 2025, he was honored with the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album, Cubop Lives! He leads his own groups, the Zaccai Curtis Quintet and Sonido Solar. After five successful releases, his sixth, Sonoluminescence, is set to
Julian Shore
PIANO Pianist Julian Shore is known for his “deep maturity as a composer and bandleader” (DownBeat), and his work as both a versatile sideman, and experienced bandleader has JazzTimes calling him one of the “leaders of the young jazz piano scene.” Bandcamp glows “his melodies are fueled by a powerful blend