Composer

Pianist / Composer / Producer / Visual Artist

Roscoe Mitchell is the rare jazz musician who also moves comfortably within the realm of contemporary classical music. It might even be said that Mitchell is a more convincing artist when working in European-influenced forms. When relying on structural and formal jazz conventions, Mitchell can often come off as stilted and unswinging.

Ari Brown is a composer, arranger and educator whose principle instrument is the saxophone. He performs at Urban Gateways and Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. He has performed with many music greats including: Anthony Braxton, Muhal Richard Abrams, Lou Rawls, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Elvin Jones, Andrew White, Della Reese, Billy Eckstein. Mr.

Stephen Harold- Cattouse, born in the Central British Isles of Belize City, Belize.

Rahmlee Michael Davis, trumpeter, , arranger, producer, Chicago native, recorded early in his career as a studio musician with such labels as Brunswick, Chess, Dakar, Curtom, Columbia and Capitol Records just to name a few.