"Tobias Klein grew up in Saarbrücken (Germany), lives in Amsterdam since 1990, studied saxophone and bass clarinet, with a.o. Jasper Blom and Harry Sparnaay; South Indian musical concepts with Rafael Reina. He moved to Amsterdam in 1990 and studied saxophone and bass clarinet at the Conservatory of Amsterdam with, among others, Jasper Blom and Harry Sparnaay.

He has been busy leading his own bands Spinifex and Lackritz, Maw Sit Sit and Full Fathom Five, co-leading bands/projects like Spinifex, Almeida/Duynhoven/Klein, Man Bites Dog (with Damien Cluzel) and Dalgoo (with Meinrad Kneer), collaborations of Spinifex with bands from France (Umlaut Double Trio), Germany (The Bliss), Turkey (Gevende) and with South-Indian master musicians (Dr. Mysore Manjunath, Dr. Suma Sudhindra, BC Manjunath, Pramath Kiran), working in duo with Oguz Büyükberber and in quartet with Oguz, Claron McFadden and Kristina Fuchs, playing as a sideman in Esra Dalfidan's Fidan and Boi Akih 'Liquid Songs', exploring the work of some Russian poets with the projects Dalgoo New Anatomy and President of the Globe, bands and projects involving impro & Balkan music such as Man Bites Dog Eats Amsterdam Klezmer Band and Deep Fried Angel Fish, playing with the psychedelic Folk band Gevende from Istanbul, fusing impro & Karnatic music with Bhedam, writing for large jazz orchestras David Kweksilber Big Band and Tetzepi, writing chamber music for ensembles like Lyrisch Laag (Fie Schouten/Jelte Althuis), Kaïda, To Be Sung, So Low, Duometrie and Duo X.

As a performing musician, his focus lies mainly on improvised music and contemporary jazz, enriched by his studies of contemporary composed music, live-electronics and techniques derived from African, Eastern European and Asian music. He currently (co-)leads the groups Spinifex, Almeida/Duynhoven/Klein, Omelette (with Jeroen Kimman, Tristan Renfrow and Jasper Stadhouders), 37Fern (with Claron McFadden, Kristina Fuchs and Oguz Büyükberber) and the duo Oguz Büyükberber/Tobias Klein. As a sideman he performs with Boi Akih 'Liquid Songs' and with Esra Dalfidan's Fidan. Tobias composes for both contemporary jazz groups and for chamber music ensembles.

In 2018, six of his chamber music compositions were recorded by a.o. Fie Schouten and came out on the CD 'Chambery', released by the Dutch label Attacca in their series 'Composer's Portraits'.

In 2010, he was awarded the North Sea Jazz Composition Commission. Tobias has toured or recorded with many great musicians such as Jasper Blom, Joost Buis, Oguz Büyükberber, Andrew Claes, Damien Cluzel, Esra Dalfidan, Benoït Delbecq, John Dikeman, Marc Ducret, Jozef Dumoulin, Kristina Fuchs, Oene van Geel, Onno Govaert, Mark Haanstra, Sylvia de Hartog, Gerri Jaeger, Gijs Levelt, B.C. Manjunath, Claron McFadden, Lothar Ohlmeier, Claudio Puntin, Timuçin Sahin, Emmanuel Scarpa, Chris Speed, Jasper Stadhouders, Raphael Vanoli and Teun Verbruggen."

"Frank Rosaly (Francisco Javier Rosaly Amoros Rosello - b. 5/30/74 Phoenix, AZ) is a drummer and composer living in Chicago. He has been involved in the improvised and experimental music community since 2001 where he has become an integral part of Chicago's musical fabric, navigating a fine line between the vibrant improvised music, experimental, rock and jazz communities. He contributes much of his time to performing, composing, teaching, as well as organizing musical events, while also touring regularly domestically and internationally.

Frank is currently active in many projects throughout Chicago as well as New York and in Europe. Some groups include Bobby Bradford/Frode Gjerstad Quartet, Matana Robert's Chicago Project, Rob Mazurek's Mandarin Movie, The Rempis Percussion Quartet, Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten Quintet, Scorch Trio, Nicole Mitchell Ice Crystal Quartet, Jason Stein Quartet, Jeff Parker/Nels Cline Quartet, Josh Abrams' Natural Information Society, Fred Lonberg-Holm's Valentine Trio, Keefe Jackson's Project Project, The Fast Citizens, The Jeb Bishop Trio, Jason Adasievicz's Rolldown, Jorrit Dijkstra's Flatlands Collective, Chicago Lucern Exchange, Hearts and Minds, Slow Cycle, Outskirts, Darren Johnston's Chicago Quintet, Anchor and others."

"Pianist Marta Warelis (1986) is a vibrant performer with a strong preference for improvisation and experimentation in all genres. She continually aims for instant composing on the basis of new sounds and influences. Her work draws inspiration from music across the globe including cumbia, Angolan dance music, as well as jazz, western classical music and the various schools of free improvisation. Born and raised in Poland where she graduated with honours from WSJiMR in Wroclaw, Marta moved to Groningen in 2010 to attend the Prins Claus Conservatory. In 2014 she found her place in Amsterdam, very quickly becoming an active member of the local improvisers' scene. Marta has appeared frequently in the Bimhuis, where in 2017 she was given a Carte Blanche in recognition of her remarkable talents. She performs with a variety of creative musicians including Michael Moore, Ab Baars, Mike Reed, Andy Moor, Joost Buis, dancers Lily Kiara and Michael Shumacher, as well with such groups as Hupata!, Omawi, Future Neighbor, Polyband, Edge Ensemble, Strings5, Xavier Pamplona, Warelis/Rosaly/Lumley/Dikeman and Bazooka."