Simona Premazzi - A fearless modernist composer and improviser with a deeply lyricism at her core, New York based pianist Simona Premazzi has developed an impressive body of work as a composer and bandleader through her seven critically acclaimed recordings. Originally from Italy, Premazzi hails from a small town in the outskirts of Milano, where she began playing piano at age eight and a half. After obtaining master’s degrees both in classical and jazz music, she moved to New York in 2004, where she earned recognition for her improvisational work and skillful approach as a composer.
Premazzi has performed in all major New York jazz venues including the historic and prestigious Village Vanguard, jazz festivals around the US, South America and abroad. Highlights of her musical path include a few years collaboration with The Greg Osby 4 and with The Jeremy Pelt 5et. She has performed, toured and/or recorded with: Jeremy Pelt, Greg Osby, Dayna Stephens, Mark Shim, Tineke Postma, Melissa Aldana, Seamus Blake, Wayne Escoffery, Kyle Nasser, Billy Drummond, Victor Lewis, Ari Hoenig, Nasheet Waits, Clovis Nicolas and many more fine artists.

Kyle Nasser - A Massachusetts native and graduate of both Harvard and Berklee, Kyle Nasser has been described as possessing, "superlative musicianship as a performer, writer and a bandleader…ardent creativity and urbane artistic composure” (Hrayr Attarian, All About Jazz). Since moving to New York City in 2010, he has played at many of the city's most prestigious venues—including the Blue Note, Smalls, Jazz Gallery, Iridium, 55 Bar, Lunatico, Bar Bayeux, Django, and Ornithology—and has toured in the U.S. and South America. In addition to two releases with his own band, Nasser has co-led three albums with the collective Beekman and two albums with the collective Triple Blind. With the latter, he won the 2021 Chamber Music America New Jazz Works commission grant.