Byron Asher is a New Orleans-based saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer known for blending experimental composition with jazz and improvised music. Raised in Maryland, he has performed across Europe and the U.S., including appearances at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and the Montreux Jazz Festival. Asher leads several ensembles, such as Skrontch Music-a large ensemble exploring the histories of New Orleans jazz and anti-Jim Crow activism-and Basher, described as a "free jazz party band." His work has been supported by residencies at institutions like MacDowell and A Studio In The Woods. Asher holds a Master of Music in jazz studies from the University of New Orleans and serves as adjunct music faculty there.

Born in New York City in 1989, Tomas Rawicz Majcherski is a saxophonist and composer who grew up between Long Island and Vermont. He began studying saxophone under Hal McKusick and later pursued philosophy at Columbia University before committing to a music career. Majcherski earned a Master of Music Arts from the University of New Orleans, studying under Edward Petersen, and was awarded the ASCAP Louis Armstrong Foundation Scholarship in 2018 for his compositions. He has performed at festivals like the Montreal Jazz Festival and the New Orleans Jazz Festival. As a co-leader, he has released albums including "Kiss of the Earth" on 577 Records.

Matt Booth is a bassist, composer, and educator based in Durham, North Carolina. Over the past decade, he has worked in various musical styles, both in New Orleans and internationally. Booth has released multiple albums as a co-leader of groups like the piano trio Extended, his quartet Palindromes, and the guitar trio Some Antics. He has performed at festivals such as the Ottawa Jazz Festival and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Booth also performs nationally with celebrated R&B organist/pianist

Doug Garrison has been a prominent figure in the New Orleans music scene since 1993, primarily as the drummer for the roots rock band The Iguanas. He has collaborated with various bands, playing genres ranging from country and rock to traditional and modern jazz. Garrison has recorded eight albums with The Iguanas and toured extensively across the U.S. Before his time in New Orleans, he performed with rock icon Alex Chilton for about a decade, touring internationally and recording five albums. Garrison has also worked with artists like Mose Allison, Milt Jackson, and Gatemouth Brown.