"Mike Moreno is a masterful composer, with a sense of sophistication that belies his age, and an extraodinary improviser..." -Andrew Lienhard, jazzhouston.com

 

Recognized as one of the leading voices in the Jazz guitar world, Mike has toured extensively and recorded as a leader of his own band, playing his original music to high critical acclaim. As Nate Chinen describes in his 2007 “The Gig” article in JazzTimes, "There are many other guitarists out there pushing towards a modern ideal, but none with the precise coordinates that Mike Moreno has charted."

 

 

Since moving to New York in 2001, bassist Matt Brewer has played with some of the most important musicians in the jazz world including Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Greg Osby, Mark Turner, Steve Lehman, Aaron Parks, Ben Monder, and many others. He is currently a member of The SF Jazz Collective, Ben Wendel’s Seasons band, and Antonio Sanchez’s group Migration. Originally from Oklahoma City, Matt spent most of his youth in Albuquerque NM where at age 10 he began studying the bass, learning jazz from his father Dr. Paul Brewer (a trombonist/educator) and studying classical bass during the summers at the Interlochen Arts Camp. He later attended high school at the Interlochen Arts Academy, and afterwards joined the inaugural class of Juilliard’s jazz program. As an educator Matt has frequently lectured at the Banff Center, is an adjunct faculty member at the New School, and is the jazz bass instructor at the San Fransisco Conservatory of Music. He has recorded three albums as a leader- ‘Mythology’, ‘Unspoken’, and ‘Ganymede’.

 

New York-based pianist and composer Taylor Eigsti started playing the piano when he was four years old. Growing up in Menlo Park, CA, Eigsti was quickly labeled a prodigy, and has since released 7 albums as a bandleader, in addition to appearing on over 50 albums as a sideman. Eigsti has garnered multiple individual GRAMMY Award nominations over the years for his work as a recording artist and composer, including Best Instrumental Composition, and Best Jazz Instrumental Solo. Recently, Eigsti also co-wrote a featured composition with Don Cheadle for the 2017 GRAMMY-winning soundtrack to the motion picture “Miles Ahead”.

 

Guitar: Mike Moreno

Piano: Taylor Eigsti

Bass: Matt Brewer

Drums: Obed Calvaire