Producer, songwriter, musician/multi-instrumentalist Rod Antoon (bassist, keyboardist/organist, drummer, programmer), arranger/composer, and vocalist/singer has toured with artists and groups such as En Vogue, MC Hammer, Cameo, and the Commodores.
Bassist and composer Aron Caceres graduated with honors from the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music after studying performance and composition with luminaries such as Reggie Workman, Kirk Nurock, Alexis Cuadrado, Ben Allison, and others. In the past several years Aron has performed in nationally and internationally acclaimed venues including Jazz at Lincoln Center, The United Nations, Webster Hall, The Westport Country Playhouse, and Auditorio Ibirapuera in Sao Paulo Brazil. He has performed alongside artists such as Jane Monheit, New York Voices, Robin Eubanks, Luis Bonilla, Jon Faddis, Dave King, Bill Watrous, Bobby Black, Armen Donelian, Lew Tabackin, Monika Herzig and Mark Ferber. In the spring of 2019 Aron was the bassist for Lin Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning musical “In the Heights” for its commission in Westport, CN. He has toured the USA, Europe, Asia, and South America and has made appearances at Monterey Jazz Festival, NYC Winter Jazzfest, the Bern Jazz Festival, Ridgefield Jazz Festival, and the San Jose Jazz Festival.
Pianist Caelan Cardello has played and studied with some prominent figures in music today including pop songsmith Bruce Hornsby and jazz artists Jimmy Cobb, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jack Dejohnette, Wallace Roney, and Christian Mcbride and many other jazz greats in New York City’s legendary jazz haunts like Dizzy’s Club, Minton’s Playhouse, Smalls Jazz Club, and The Jazz Standard. Caelan’s musical accomplishments and live performances have garnered him several prestigious awards including the New Jersey Governor’s Award, the James Moody College scholarship award for “outstanding musicianship,” the 2021 BMI Foundation’s Future Jazz Master Award, and the “outstanding soloist” award at the Charles Mingus HS Competition & Festival. Caelan plays both solo and with his trio in New York City, around the tri-state area, and tours throughout the USA. Currrently, he is working toward a Master’s degree in jazz performance at The Juillard School.
Drummer and composer Julian Miltenberger has performed internationally in countries such as Togo, France, Switzerland, Uruguay, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Canada. He has accompanied musical artists such as Paquito D’Rivera, Diego Urcola, Yosvany Terry, Alain Mallet, Darren Barrett, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Julian graduated with a Master’s degree from Berklee’s Global Jazz Institute in 2023, and is currently based out of Brooklyn, NYC.