Mikołaj Trzaska

Mikołaj Trzaska - saxophonist, bass clarinetist, composer of film music,

Studied fine arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. He grew up on the grounds of yass - an artistic and social movement. He co-founded the most important yass formation - the legendary Love, and was also the leader of the famous Łoskot. When the momentum of yass faded, he became a leading figure in the domestic avant-garde. His presence in the international world of improvised music began in the early 2000s, when he began his musical travels to Scandinavia, Ukraine, Western Europe and the United States. While touring, he learned the art of music alongside some of the world's most prominent artists in this direction, such as Ken Vandermark, Peter Brötzmann, Joe McPhee and many others. These collaborations as well as his authorial achievements have been documented by dozens of record albums. For years he has been creating projects related to literature. The basis of Trzaska's creative search is the construction of a personal language and individual means of expression. He asks himself the question. “What do we create for? And what do we want to convey? He is known to a wider audience as a composer of film music, permanently cooperating with Wojciech Smarzowski, composing music for films: The House of Evil, The Rose, Wolyn, Under the Strong Angel, The Cleric, The Wedding 2. His latest work can be heard in the music track of Paweł Maślona film KOS.

“Mikolaj's sound on alto is mesmerizing, even at his most lyrical there's the inner tension in the timbre, you could hide entire planets in there, even at his most expansive and screaming, there's something intimate and emotional to what he plays.” – (Free) Jazz Alchemist

John Edwards

John Edwards grew up in London and started experimenting with the bass guitar before he switched in his twenties to play double bass. He is deeply rooted in the creative free jazz and improvisation genre. Since the 80ties he is as soloist and in many groups and ensembles in Europe active and became one of the most renowned bass players. He played/plays regular for example with Peter Brötzmann, Joe Mc Phee, Phil Minton, Maggie Nichols, Evan Parker, Roscoe Michtell, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Mark Sanders, Caroline Kraabel, John Butcher, Pat Thomas, Irène Schweizer, Hans Koch, Florian Stoffner, Gabriele Mitelli,  John Dikeman.

"I think John Edwards is absolutely remarkable: there’s never been anything like him before, anywhere in jazz." - Richard Williams, The Blue Moment

Mark Sanders

Mark has worked with many greats of the British, European and American free jazz improvised music scene including Roscoe Mitchell, Roswell Rudd, Evan Parker, John Butcher, Henry Grimes, Elaine Mitchener, Wadada Leo Smith, Myra Melford, Charles Gayle , Sirone and William Parker

He has also played with Jah Wobble, Harold Budd, Bill Laswell, Christian Marclay, International Contemporary Ensemble, Ilan Volkov and The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

He is a member of many working groups including duos with Nicole Mitchell and Rhodri Davies, Neil Charles' 'Dark Days' with Cleveland Watkiss & Pat Thomas, 'Last Dream of the Morning' with John Butcher & John Edwards, 'Shifa' with Rachel Musson and Pat Thomas and 'Sarost' with Larry Stabbins & Paul Rogers.

As an educator he has taught improvisation at many universities around the country as a lecturer and guest tutor.
Mark has played concerts and festivals around the world and appears on over 220 CD and Vinyl releases.
Mark was a recipient of the Paul Hamlyn Award for Artists 2024

"Drop the needle on the first track — or any track for that matter — and the first thing one is bound to notice is the amazing percussion skills of Mark Sanders" – Peter Thelen... Exposé

"Mark is just incredible and immensely diverse, he is at the center of "Kwingyaw" and it is difficult to tell what he is doing to get some of these sounds." – Bruce L Gallenter, Downtown Music Gallery, NY