Bokani Dyer (piano, vocals), Timothy Norton (bass), Lumanyano Mzi (drums) Bokani Dyer is a multi-award-winning South African pianist, composer, and producer whose work traverses the intersections of jazz, soul, electronic music, and African rhythm. A deeply thoughtful and boundary-pushing artist, Dyer has spent over a decade cultivating a sound that is both deeply rooted in [...]

Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Matt Mitchell (piano), John Hébert (bass), Ches Smith (drums) Ralph Alessi is an ECM recording artist and acclaimed American jazz trumpeter, composer, and educator known for his distinctive and innovative approach to jazz improvisation and composition. Born in San Rafael, California, in 1963, he was raised in a musical family. His father, [...]

Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Matt Mitchell (piano), John Hébert (bass), Ches Smith (drums) Ralph Alessi is an ECM recording artist and acclaimed American jazz trumpeter, composer, and educator known for his distinctive and innovative approach to jazz improvisation and composition. Born in San Rafael, California, in 1963, he was raised in a musical family. His father, [...]

Jon Irabagon (reeds), Matt Mitchell (piano), Chris Lightcap (bass), Dan Weiss (drums), Nate Wooley (trumpet) First-generation Filipino-American Jon Irabagon (b. 1978, Chicago) has been influenced by the self-empowering and individualistic philosophies and aesthetic of the great AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians) ensembles as well as the historic world-class tenor saxophone lineage from [...]

Steve Dyer (saxophones), Aaron Rimbui (piano), tba (bass), tba (drums) "Steve Dyer ...is a visionary, a pioneer and a symbol of a new Africa." -Vasco Zama Ndebele, Cue magazine Steve Dyer believes that no single culture owns the monopoly on human wisdom. Every human life born into whatever culture, ethnicity or spiritual belief system has [...]