Phil Haynes’ Double Trumpet Trios

Spontaneous: Thomas Heberer (trumpet), Ken Filiano (bass) & Phil Haynes (drums) ~ Three Shamans: Herb Robertson (trumpet), Ken Filiano (bass) & Phil Haynes (drums)

Thomas Heberer (born September 24, 1965, in Schleswig, Germany) is a trumpeter, quarter-tone trumpeter, cornetist, keyboardist and composer, primarily focused on jazz, creative improvised music and contemporary chamber music, has lived in New York City since 2008. During his formative years in Germany, he was a lecturer at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts, and the recipient of both the prestigious “SWR Jazzpreis” and the “Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik.” In addition to recording 100+ projects as sideman, he has released 20 CDs under his own leadership. His current album ‘The Day That Is’ won critical acclaim around the world, ranked among the top jazz recordings of 2021 in The New York City Jazz Record. Collaborators past and present include: Muhal Richard Abrams, Pina Bausch, Han Bennink, Karl Berger, Anthony Braxton, Peter Brötzmann, Eugene Chadbourne, Chico Freeman, Maria João, Joachim Kühn, Steve Lacy, Oliver Lake, Dieter Manderscheid, Misha Mengelberg, Butch Morris, Alphonse Mouzon, David Murray, The Nu Band, Evan Parker, Michael Riessler, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Harald Schmidt, Elliott Sharp, Steve Swell and Aki Takase. Die Zeit critic Konrad Heidkamp called him “The master of German trumpet.”

Clarence ‘Herb’ Robertson is internationally renowned as an innovative instrumentalist, composer, and arranger in both traditional and avant-garde jazz idioms of the new music. In 1981, Robertson became one of the original members of Tim Berne’s ensemble and shortly after joined Mark Helias’s band, rapidly accumulating international fame for his post-Ellington plunger & mute work, extended techniques, all tied to unpredictable and contagious freedom. From 1985 to 1992, Robertson recorded as a leader with JMT musical productions in Munich, Germany, producing five albums under his own name. On various other labels, he has recorded with Bill Frisell, Wayne Horvitz, John Zorn, Anthony Davis, Simon Nabatov, Andy Laster, Barry Guy, Rashied Ali, Dewey Redman, David Sanborn, Paul Motian, George Gruntz, Klaus Konig, The London Composer’s Orchestra, Bobby Previte, Charlie Haden, Joe Fonda/Michael Stevens, Phil Haynes, and Paul Smoker, among many. Robertson’s music is simultaneously a game of equals and a parody of excesses, with an irreverent use of structured freedom. Among Robertson’s performances and recordings for theatrical and dance productions are the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation with composer David Behrman as well as the Public Theater production of “Track and Field” with composer John Zorn.

Ken Filiano (born 1952) is an American jazz and orchestral bassist based in Brooklyn, NY, and featured prominently on the international new music scene. Since the 1970s, Filiano has played or recorded with Anthony Braxton, Nels Cline, Bill Dixon, Vinny Golia, Fred Ho, Paul Smoker, and Fay Victor, among many. Filiano serves on the teaching roster at the New School in New York, providing master classes in bass and improvisation and maintains an active private studio in Brooklyn. Ken has appeared on literally dozens recordings since the start of the new century, including on trumpeter Bill Dixon’s final recording, ‘Envoi’, as well as albums with Anthony Braxton, Connie Crothers, Herb Robertson, Michael McNeil, Taylor Ho Bynum, Nate Wooley and Anders Nilsson, among scores of others. Filiano’s performances continue to be featured at festivals and clubs around the world, including his presentations for bass soloist, alone.

A 25 year veteran New York based artist now teaching at Pennsylvania’s Bucknell University, Phil Haynes (June 15, 1961) is featured on more than 85 LP, DVD and CD releases by numerous American and European record labels. The international media have compared his drumming to masters Jack DeJohnette, Roy Haynes and Elvin Jones, and his compositions to Duke Ellington, Charles Ives, Charles Mingus and the Art Ensemble of Chicago. His recording credentials include many of the seminal musicians of this generation: saxophonists Anthony Braxton, Ellery Eskelin, and David Liebman; trumpeters Dave Douglas, Herb Robertson, and Paul Smoker; bassists Mark Dresser, Ken Filiano, and Drew Gress; keyboard artists David Kikoski, Denman Maroney, and Michelle Rosewoman; guitarists Ben Monder, Steve Salerno, and Jim Yanda; vocalists Theo Bleckman, Nicholas Horner, and Hank Roberts; violinist Mark Feldman, and the composers collective Joint Venture. Current Haynes touring ensembles include his: definitive saxophone trio, No Fast Food, featuring NEA jazz master David Liebman; romantic Americana string band, Free Country, featuring vocalist/cellist Hank Roberts; Double Bill, w/trumpeters Thomas Heberer & Herb Robertson with bassist Ken Filiano; plus the romantic piano trio, Day Dream, a cooperative w/ Yamaha artist Steve Rudolph and Drew Gress.