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"There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats." - Albert Schweitzer

Karl Latham

Karl Latham, initiator of the project, is a very versatile drummer, who has worked with musicians from Claudio Roditi to Clark Terry, but also–among others–with Joe Lovano, Michal Urbaniak, Don Braden and even rock musicians such as Johnny Winter. He has toured internationally and can be heard on numerous CDs.
Mark Egan is one of the most well know living e-bassists. He was a student of Jaco Pastorius and many years a member of the Pat Metheny Group, bassist in the Gil Evans Monday Night Orchestra and the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band. He has also worked in the studio with Sting and Marc Cohn, among others.
Ryan Carniaux from New York studied in Berklee and then switched to Maastricht (NL). He currently lives in Cologne and is considered a rising star among young trumpet players. He has played with numerous German (Pablo Held, Norbert Stein) and international (Mark Murphy, Benny Golson) jazz musicians.
Nick Rolfe was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Seattle, Washington. He already had (classical) piano lessons when he was six years old. He studied in New York and has been seen and heard time and again on the side of known musicians from Slide Hampton to Roy Hargrove as well as Lizz Wright, India Arie and Nona Hendryx. He is also a successful actor and has acted in various TV and film productions.

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Karl Latham / Ryan Carniaux / Mark Egan