Jeff Lederer is a saxophonist and clarinetist with a polyglot musical identity, based on the intersection of jazz with improvised music and characterized by the multiplicity of discourses fluidly harmonized in a single narrative. His discography as leader and his background of collaborations with other musicians reveal a restless musician with an heterodox approach to music, as proved by the work with his band Shaker n’ Bakers, an experimental project devoted to the reinterpretation of classical compositions from the nineteenth century and musical pieces by contemporary music composers such as Arvo Part and Ligeti, and the ensemble Sunwatcher, in the context of which Lederer invokes Albert Ayler’s musical legacy, alongside with a remarkable group of instrumentalist featuring drummer Matt Wilson and Jamie Saft, a leading figure of New York’s avant-garde scene. In parallel, Lederer is also a teacher and a collaborator of New York’s public school system, as well as jazz consultant to the Lincoln Center.

Joe Fiedler is one of the most renowned trombonists of contemporary jazz, with an impressive career of more than twenty years as sideman for some of the most important contemporary jazz musicians, having participated in the recording of more than one hundred albums. The beginning of his career was decisively shaped by the invitation to join Cecil Taylor’s ensemble, in the context of which he had the opportunity to work with some musicians with whom he would later collaborate, such as Steve Swell, Susie Ibarra and Chris Lightcap. In parallel, Joe Fiedler has a consistent career as musical director and as leader of his own groups.

Mary LaRose is a vocalist and visual artist from New York. Since she decided to focus exclusively on music, Mary La Rose gained some notoriety doing vocal interpretations of the compositions of legendary jazz musicians such as Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk and Anthony Braxton. Mary La Rose released her first critically acclaimed solo album, Cutting the Chor, in 1995 and, since then, she continued to develop her work under her own name, accompanied by a set of artistic accomplices from the New York jazz scene, such as Jeff Lederer, Jamie Saft and Matt Wilson, among others. Her work is mainly focused on the creation of versions and reinterpretations of musical pieces composed by very different composers of her choice, namely Henry Purcell, Albert Ayler, Paul McCartney and Eric Dolphy, just to name a few.

Nick Dunston is a young bassist of only twenty years old and one of jazz’s most promising musicians. A student of music composition and musicology at the New School, Dunston performs regularly in the United States of America and in Europe, with his own projects and as sideman of musicians such as Jeff “Tain” Watts, Matt Wilson, Rene Marie and Bruce Barth.

A native of New York, George Schuller is a drummer and composer with a long and prolific career, having collaborated with some of the most relevant musicians of successive generations of jazz, such as Joe Lovano, Fre Hersch, Lee Konitz, Ran Blake, Dave Douglas or Myra Melford, just to name a few. In parallel, Schuller is active as a composer and member of several ensembles in the context of which he has established some fruitful artistic partnerships with musicians of undisputable relevance within the jazz circuit, such as Tony Malaby, Donny McCaslin or Mark Feldman, among others, while at the same time pursuing an interesting career as producer.