Joel Ross in Chicago

Joel Ross is an American jazz vibraphonist and composer from Chicago. He leads the ensemble Good Vibes and is known for modern post-bop built around close group interplay, documented on the Blue Note albums KingMaker, Who Are You?, The Parable of the Poet and nublues. Good Vibes has performed at New York’s Village Vanguard and at the Newport Jazz Festival, placing Ross in both an intimate jazz-club setting and a major outdoor festival program. His international appearances have also included the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam.

Warren Wolf is an American jazz vibraphonist, composer and multi-instrumentalist, born in Baltimore in 1979. His modern straight-ahead jazz is represented by albums including Warren Wolf, Wolfgang, Convergence and Reincarnation. He is also known for his work with Christian McBride & Inside Straight and the SFJAZZ Collective. Warren Wolf toured and recorded as a member of Christian McBride & Inside Straight, appearing on Kind of Brown and People Music. He later served in the SFJAZZ Collective, performing annual programs that combine new arrangements of a featured composer’s music with pieces written by the ensemble’s members. He also leads small groups under his own name, including Warren Wolf and the Wolfpack.