Born in 1980 in Luxembourg, Jeff Herr studied music at the conservatories of Luxembourg and Maastricht. He currently works as a professional musician and drum teacher at the Pétange music school. Although known for his various jazz projects (notably the Jeff Herr Corporation, Tele-Port, and the Sigurdur Flosason (De) Lux 4tet), Herr is above all a versatile artist inspired by different musical styles. Among his projects as a leader or sideman, you can also find pop (The Gazmen), electronic (Pascal Schumacher's Drops & Points), and rock (Lata Gouveia).

Jeff Herr has made a name for himself across Europe by performing in major clubs and festivals, and through his numerous collaborations with internationally renowned musicians. In recent years, he has collaborated with artists such as guitarist Adam Rogers (for the Jeff Herr Corporation's album "Manifesto"), Russian saxophonist Zhenya Strigalev (for Tele-Port), Icelandic saxophonist Sigurdur Flosason, and Iranian singer Shahab Tiam. In 2015, he was named "Export Artist of the Year" in the jazz category.

From the moment Pol played his first note on an instrument, sometime in the 90’s in a small town in Luxembourg called Tétange, his curiosity was awakened to create music. After extensive tutelage at local schools in classical percussion, piano, drums and theory, a fair amount of classical orchestra as well as rock band experience and a good first imprint in the local scene, he set sails to study in Brussels and Amsterdam, earning a master’s degree “cum laude” in bass guitar in 2014. He has forged himself a strong credo consisting of two main ingredients: polyvalence and creativity.
His numerous projects vary in both conception of style and the instrument(s) he plays, and since the first childhood composition try-outs (which were mainly transcribing and rearranging video-game music), he has grown to a prolific composer who is not afraid of taking advantage of his diverse musical background.
Now back in Luxembourg, in the heart of Europe, Pol leads his own bands Force (a modern jazz quartet/quintet) and Urban Voyage, an 11-piece crossover mammoth project based in Amsterdam. In addition to that, he is a member of DillenDub, a co-lead electro-groove-jazz trio.
He is also a welcomed sideman on the bass guitar for Pascal Schumacher, MetroMara (DE), Little Known Facts (NL) as well as on the vibraphone for Nelson Ogliastri’s Birth and Death of a Star and many other projects.
Willing to share his experience with studious young music lovers, Pol is teaching in local music schools, and to keep up to date on what is happening in an around Luxembourg, he regularly hosts a radio show at Radio 100,7 FM.
Achievements: 2012 – Prix de la Musique, Rotary Esch-sur-Alzette (Promotion Nr. 2) – XL-Jazz Brussels with The Unrevealed Society – Jong Jazztalent Gent with The Unrevealed Society – Composition contest by Orchestre National de Jazz du Luxembourg (Spring is one of the winning compositions) – Prinses Christina Jazz Concours Amsterdam with Floris Kappeyne Trio 2013 – Criss Cross Europe (selected by music:lx) 2014 – Winner of Keep an Eye “The Records” Amsterdam with Pol Belardi’s Urban Voyage – Price of the Stiftung zur Förderung junger Künstler in Mamer, Luxembourg

Bender constantly seeks to evolve, be it as an instrumentalist or as a composer. As leader of different bands, he takes advantage of the particular natures of these projects to showcase his versatile facets as a composer and leader. He has released a number of albums, the most recent being Infinity Of Sound (with Joachim Kühn, Stéphane Kerecki & Daniel Humair) under the Belgian label Igloo Records.

Today, Maxime Bender is well known in the European jazz scene, having performed at several reknowend festivals as well as many clubs and other venues across the world.