James Emery, guitar; Rob Thomas; violin; John Lindberg; bass. Formed in 1977, New York City. Acoustic jazz and contemporary music ensemble. Celebrated 30th anniversary and released 18th CD in 2008. Performs original works by the members, original orchestrations, such as Ellington, Coltrane, Monk, Mingus, and commissions composers, including Muhal Richard Abrams, Joe Lovano, Dave Douglas, Wadada Leo Smith and Anthony Davis. Collaborations include Oliver Lake, Lovano, Davis, and Bang on a Can All S Has performed hundreds of concerts worldwide. Recent grants: CMA New Works & Encore Pgm., Copland Recording Fund, NYSCA, Orange Arts, USAI.