Dred Scott
Dred Scott has gained a reputation as an innovative and eclectic pianist and multi-instrumentalist and has recorded seven self-produced cd’s as a leader and have performed on over 35 others. The co-founder of the ground breaking hip-hop jazz group, Alphabet Soup, Scott has also recorded with Anthony Braxton, Cecil Mcbee, Andrew Cyrille, Joe Morello, Charlie Hunter, Bob Mintzer, Dave Samuels, Don Byron, Marshall Crenshaw and have performed with Zigaboo Modeliste, Steve Smith, Mike Clark, the Paul Dresher Ensemble, Pete Seager, Arlo Guthrie, Levon Helm, Norah Jones, Moby, Bob Weir, Joe Henderson, the Berkeley Symphony, Ricky Lee Jones, Dave Garibaldi, Larry Schneider, Nina Hagen and Peter Apfelbaum. Currently based in New York City and regularly perform with Richard Julian, Jay Collins, Rene Risque, Carol Lipnik, Sasha Dobson, the Bari Koral Family Band and the Dred Scott Trio.

a disciple of psychedelic subterfuge, coupled with post-cool intensity.
Victor Haseman, SF Weekly

reorienting the compass of jazz.
Derk Richardson, Bay Guardian

Blending pop, bop, pulse, and clatter, they get to a place that swings on its own terms. And they entertain as well. Prep for the Halloween gig by donning your "anything goes" psyche.
Village Voice

Scott builds the tension slowly, along the melody/harmony like a formula 1 driver.
Terrel Holmes, All About Jazz, NYC

Bill McHenry
Bill McHenry is a saxophonist, composer and bandleader living in Brooklyn New York. He is known for his melodic/free form composing and improvising, demostrated most recently on his newest CD "ROSES."

New York Times critic Ben Ratliff writes: "Any musician who works so effectively against a common language, and uses cliché so little in the process, is worth listening to. There are tons of young jazz saxophonists out there pursuing ideas of harmony and structure and rhythm, but he has something rare going for him. He has a sound. Mr. McHenry is a fresh new voice: He can play with un-orthodox structure and get as free as you want, but he maintains a ripe, lovely tone straight out of the 1950's. Lyrical is probably the most overused word in jazz criticism, but if anyone deserves the word, Mr. McHenry is the one.".