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Michael Pallas

Michael Pallas is a seasoned trombonist based in New York City, known for his clear tone and melodic improvisation. Over the past decade, he has performed within various contexts of the African music diaspora, including mambo, hard bop, afrobeat, and hip-hop. Michael has shared the stage with notable acts such as Abdullah Ibrahim, Antibalas, Soul Science Lab, and The Steven Oquendo Latin Jazz Orchestra.

Born in California and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, Michael pursued his music studies in the Northeast, earning a B.M. from the Jackie McLean Institute at The Hartt School of Music and an M.M. from New Jersey City University. His performances have graced prestigious venues like The Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, and Lincoln Center, and he has toured extensively across North America, Europe, and North Africa.

Saskia Laroo

Born: July 31, 1959

Saskia Laroo (1959) was hailed by American public and press at large as “Lady Miles of Europe”. She is one of the few women trumpet stylists and a delight on the music scene for almost four decades.

Born July 31, 1959 in Amsterdam, it began for her on trumpet at age 8, never dreaming herself becoming a professional musician.

That all changed when Saskia, turned 18, after briefly majoring in Mathematics at University of Amsterdam switched her focus to a career in music. She worked extensively in various groups from this point, primarily on upright bass, though eventually, on both bass and trumpet. Saskia Laroo combines today’s music by uncontrived romps into new styles, eagerly limned as “nu jazz” or “swingin’ body-music”–a vivacious blend of hip-hop, jazz, salsa, funk reggae, and world, that a select few others would dare venture.