John Medeski, Dave Fiuczynski, and Calvin Weston as Fire Jelly

Famed keyboardist John Medeski is not easily contained to a single project or genre; he is credited on over 300 works to date, most notably as one-third of the groundbreaking trio Medeski Martin & Wood. Equally comfortable behind a Steinway grand piano, Hammond organ, or any number of vintage keyboards, Medeski is a highly sought after improviser and band leader whose projects range from work with MacArthur Fellow John Zorn, The Word (Robert Randolph, North Mississippi Allstars), Phil Lesh, Don Was, John Scofield, Coheed & Cambria, Susana Baca, Sean Lennon, Marc Ribot, Irma Thomas, Blind Boys of Alabama, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and many more. Classically trained, Medeski grew up in Ft. Lauderdale, FL where, as a teenager, he played with Jaco Pastorius before heading north to attend the New England Conservatory. He released his first solo piano record, A Different Time, on Sony’s Okeh Records in 2013, and his current projects include an album with his band Mad Skillet (Terrence Higgins, Kirk Joseph, Will Bernard), and HUDSON (a collaboration with Jack DeJohnette, John Scofield, and Larry Grenadier), plus a documentary on Medeski Martin & Wood.

David "FuZe" Fiuczynski's music is often described as unclassifiable, challenging, and invigorating. Fiuczynski leads the underground cult band Screaming Headless Torsos and has toured and/or recorded with Jack DeJohnette (Miles, Coltrane), Stewart Copeland (the Police), Meshell Ndegeocello, Rudresh Mahanthappa, John Medeski, Hasidic New Wave, Bernie Worrell (P-Funk) and many more. Born in the US, David grew up in Germany, where he was always interested in mixing and “fuzing” different music elements. His recent music melds traditional melodic elements from the Middle East, Asia, and India with rock, funk, electronica, and other styles.

Fiuczynski studied at New England Conservatory, is a 2011 Guggenheim Fellow in composition, and directs the Planet MicroJam Institute for microtonal studies at Berklee. His latest recordings are Gerschlauer/Fiuczynski - MikroJazz with music inspired by Expressionist paintings and Giorgi Mikadze’s Georgian MicroJamz based on microtonal tunings of traditional folk choirs from the Republic of Georgia.

Grant Calvin Weston became interested in drums at the age of 6, when he (and his neighbors) discovered his talent for rhythm as he beat on every car on the block. He lived in North Philadelphia, where he saw musicians like Stevie Wonder, The Jackson Five, and James Brown at the Uptown Theatre. Seeing his attention focused on the drummers, his father bought him a small set. In high school, Calvin learned to read music and played second snare in the drum ensemble. He co-founded the group Bad Influence, which played in cabarets and clubs around Philadelphia.

At 17, Calvin joined Ornette Coleman's Prime Time Band, with bass player Jamalaadean Tacuma, his close friend from Philly, which toured extensively in North America and Europe. After recording four albums with Prime Time, Calvin went on to play and record with guitarist James "Blood" Ulmer, until he joined John Lurie's Lounge Lizards in 1990.