"Introducing The New 5" is a fresh post-bop debut with a classic quintet vibe. This compilation is the perfect fusion of classic and contemporary jazz. “Listening to this music is pure pleasure. I highly recommend it" -JoAnne Brackeen (Charlie Haden, Art Blakey, Joe Henderson, Stan Getz, John Patitucci, Jack DeJohnette).

The New 5 was born out of the doctoral music program at the University of Texas @ Austin. Thomas Heflin (trumpet) has played with Grammy-winner Stephon Harris, Donald Brown, James Williams, Lou Rawls and Ron Westray. In 2005, Mr. Heflin won second place in the Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition (http://trumpet.music.sc.edu/Caruso/index.html) in Seattle. Michael Arthurs (tenor sax) has studied with Joe Lovano and George Coleman among others and was named the Outstanding Soloist at the Notre Dame Jazz Festival. Peter Stoltzman (piano) is the son of two-time Grammy-winning clarinetist Richard Stoltzman and has performed in prestigious places such as Carnegie Hall and The Hollywood Bowl. Mr. Stoltzman has been described as a “monster jazz piano player" by the late Jack Elliot (music director of the Mancini Institute and the Grammy Awards).

The New 5 is a premium example of the whole being greater than the sum of it's parts. They dynamic interplay between these rising stars is the reason jazz lovers push “repeat". Watch for the active touring and master class schedule for The New Five in late 2009.