Born in London, Lucy spent her childhood in New York and The Netherlands. She released 6 solo albums and collaborated with sung legends such as Rod Stewart, Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand, Chaka Khan and Joe Cocker. Her collaboration with Snarky Puppy on their Grammy-winning album Family Dinner, Vol. 1 includes the hauntingly bluesy »Too Hot To Last«. Lucy has performed with big bands, such as Frankfur Radio Big Band, WDR Big Band, Danish Radio Big Band, Odense Jazz Orchestra, Orchestra Jazz Siciliana and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande all over Europe. She will be releasing her first jazz orchestra album in summer 2024. In 2018, Lucy teamed up with guitar virtuoso Charlie Hunter and toured extensively in the US & Europe. She has sung on movie soundtracks such as What a Girl Wants, The Blind Side, Music and Lyrics, Last Vegas and Ice Princess. She will be releasing her 7th album in april 2024, with the legendary Tim Lefebvre and Larry Goldings as co-writers and instrumentalists on the album.

Reinier Baas is a guitarist and composer based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He is recognized as an innovative musician by critics and peers alike, and is known for his avant-garde harmonic inventions, exceptional rhythmic abilities and textures that suggest two guitarists playing simultaneously. He has won two Edison Awards for his albums, of which he has released 10 to date. He has written music for and performed with Pynarello Symphony Orchestra, the WDR Big Band and the Metropole Orkest. As a guitarist, he has worked with outstanding musicians such as Ben van Gelder, Louis Cole, Gregory Porter, Fuensanta, Benjamin Herman and Han Bennink. He is on faculty at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and Siena Jazz University, Italy. He has released a ‘magazine’ on modal harmony, and is currently working on a book detailing his composition method: the Parameter Approach.

New York pianist Henry Hey is no stranger to jazz audiences. As a bandleader and composer, Henry has brought his jazz groups RUDDER (with Chris Cheek, Tim Lefebvre, and Keith Carlock) and FORQ (with Chris McQueen, Michael League/Kevin Scott and Jason ‘JT’ Thomas) to essentially every major jazz festival in Europe and to stages throughout the world. As a sideman, Henry has appeared around the world with renown jazz leaders such as Donny McCaslin, Alex Sipiagin, Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts, Theo Bleckmann, Joe Locke, Seamus Blake, Till Bronner, Bill Evans, Cassandra Wilson, Chris Botti, Rosario Giuliani and many more. In addition to his passion for jazz and creative music, Henry is a musician who is fascinated by all areas of music. He’s been fortunate to work in top circles with pop and rock icons such as Rod Stewart, George Michael, Vanessa Williams, Empire of the Sun, and perhaps most notably with David Bowie, where Henry not only played on David’s penultimate album, The Next Day but also collaborated one-on-one with David as orchestrator arranger and musical director for what would be Bowie’s last work – the theatrical piece Lazarus.

Jim Black is at the forefront of a new generation of musicians bringing jazz into the 21st century. In addition to being one of the most influential drummers of our time, he is also the leader of one of the world’s most forward-thinking bands, AlasNoAxis, featuring his longtime collaborators Chris Speed, Hilmar Jensson and Skúli Sverrisson. Based on the foundation of his virtuosic but highly personal approach to jazz drumming, Black’s aesthetic has expanded to include Balkan rhythms, rock songcraft and laptop soundscapes. Though he is revered worldwide for his limitless technique and futuristic concepts, what many listeners treasure in most Jim Black’s work is the relentless feeling of joy and invention he brings to his performances. Jim Black’s smiling, kinetic, unpredictable presence has enthralled and inspired audiences worldwide for over twenty-five years.

Bassist/composer/songwriter/lyricist Robert has released 16 albums featuring his original compositions, as well as appeared on over 70 records of other artists of many different genres. His compositions are performed by small jazz bands, big bands, smaller chamber ensembles, and both popular and alternative performers.

Ben van Gelder is regarded internationally as an authority on the alto saxophone. Peers and critics alike praise him for his unique sound, lyricism and personal approach to composition. His music is firmly rooted in jazz tradition but embraces many other musical genres and disciplines. Visual art in particular plays a prominent role in his musical practice, and often serves as a framework for his writing. Regular performances have allowed him to experiment with different groups and repertoire throughout the years. He has since played and recorded with many contemporary jazz luminaries including David Binney, Mark Turner, Ambrose Akinmusire and Ben Street. Van Gelder won multiple awards such as the Deloitte Jazz Award, the Gold Award, granted by the National Endowment for Advancement in the Arts and the Princess Christina Concours as a duo with his brother Gideon. Most recently, Ben van Gelder was commissioned by the BIMHUIS in Amsterdam for their first ever composition assignment. Besides leading his own quartet, Van Gelder frequently performs with guitarist Reinier Baas. They released SMASH HITS (a live registration of their performance with the Metropole Orkest) and Mokum in Hi-Fi. Ben currently resides in The Netherlands and is on faculty at the Conservatory of Amsterdam.

Jazz festivals worldwide have seen Alex Sipiagin performing with the likes of Dave Holland, Michael Brecker, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, the Mingus groups and Eric Clapton, Dr. John, Aaron Neville, Elvis Costello, Dave Sanborn, Deborah Cox and many more. After 30 over years of living in New York City, he has since relocated to Italy. He currently holds residencies at Academy of Music in Basel Switzerland and Siena Jazz in Italy. Alex Sipiagin has recorded at least 20 solo albums for the prestigious jazz label »Criss-Cross Jazz«, featuring several notable musicians such as Chris Potter, Eric Harland, David Binney, Adam Rogers, John Escreet and Matt Brewer.

Jaka Arh is a sound artist and saxophonist based in Basel, Switzerland, active in experimental and jazz music fields. He is currently a master student of Audio Design at Musik Akademie Basel. Both as an electronic and acoustic musician he is a member of various musical projects, with sound-poetry trio LILAMORS and electro-jazz band Trokut in the foreground. His latest work Obris is a representation of his solo musical endeavors — an electronic work, inspired by the aesthetics of glitch, that blurs the border between controlled randomness and repetitive musical structures.