Phil Haynes (b. June 15, 1961, OR) is a 25 year veteran New York based artist now teaching at Pennsylvania’s Bucknell University. Haynes is featured on some 90 LP 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 with Yamaha artist Steve Rudolph and Drew Gress.Peyton Pleninger (b. April 7, 1996, PA) studied in High School with Anthony Tidd through the Kimmel Center Creative Music Program. During this time he also began studies with Steve Coleman. Upon his arrival in New York City in 2015, Pleninger formed the first iteration of his band Biotonic, performing throughout NYC at such venues as The 55 Bar, The Jazz Gallery, and Seeds Brooklyn, while releasing Heartbeat Music (2017), extro (2016), and alive (2019). Pleninger worked as a mentee of Milford Graves, from spring 2019 until Graves’ passing in early 2021, helping Graves prepare artwork and archival materials for his retrospective exhibit Milford Graves: A Mind Body Deal at the ICA Philadelphia, Heart Harmonics: Sound, Energy and Natural Healing Phenomena at the Fridman Gallery, and Milford Graves: Fundamental Frequency at Artist's Space. Plenninger also performed with Henry Threadgill’s "One" and "The Other One", as well as working with John Benitez’ Latin-Bop, Roy Ben Yosef's Moringa trio, Colin Hinton’s Glassbath, Michel Maurer’s Meridian, Quinn Bachand’s Brishen, among many. Highlight performances include the Toronto Jazz Festival, Montreal International Jazz Festival, and CBC Canada.Hilliard Greene (b. February 26, 1958, IA) originally studied at the Berklee College of Music and at the University of Northern Iowa, including privately with trumpeter Paul Smoker and bassist Ron Rohovit. As a young professional, Hill worked as musical director for singer Jimmy Scott for more than 20 years. With Cecil Taylor, he served as concertmaster for the ensemble Phtongos and played in the trio with pianist Don Pullen. He has also appeared on notable recordings by Charles Gayle, Billy Bang, Dave Douglas, Marc Edwards, William Hooker, Klaus Kugel, Jameel Moondoc, Perry Robinson, and Patrick Brennan. Under his own name, Hill recorded three albums with The Jazz Expressions. He also recorded with Steve Swell & Gebhard Ullmann’s quartet featuring Barry Altschul. In 2003, Hill released his solo album Alone. Besides a richly diverse international touring schedule, Hill currently works as a music instructor at the Bass Collective in New York City, where he presents master classes and gives private lessons in double bass and bass guitar.