Guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg has been steadily building his name as one of the most compelling composer/performers in Jazz.  Combining timeless melodicism with forward thinking lines and textures, His style and approach has created a strong following of fans around the world.  He frequently tours worldwide and records with his own groups as well artists such as Dr. Lonnie Smith, who says of Kreisberg "He is a passionate musician with great vision, and he is constantly in fiery pursuit of innovation."

Born in New York City, guitarist and composer Jonathan Kreisberg has fond memories of a childhood steeped in music. “I was lucky to grow up in a household that had a great and wide-ranging record collection,” he recalls, “including Coltrane's My Favorite Things, John Williams playing the ‘Concierto de Aranjuez’ and Cream's Disraeli Gears.”

Jonathan started playing guitar at the age of ten after moving to Miami with his family. At 16 he was admitted to the New World School of the Arts, where his jazz studies took center stage. Intensely dedicated to the instrument, he was featured in Guitar Player and DownBeat while still in his teens. He won a scholarship to the University of Miami, where he held the guitar chair in the acclaimed Concert Jazz Band, touring Brazil and performing with Joe Henderson, Michael Brecker, and Red Rodney.

Upon graduation, Jonathan began playing straight ahead jazz gigs as well as a myriad of other projects. He performed 20th century works with the New World Symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas. He also recorded a C.D. and performed extensively with the progressive rock group Third Wish (including opening slots for rock legends Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen). He also formed the first incarnation of the Jonathan Kreisberg Trio. Based in Miami, this electric based Trio released a C.D. and completed several U.S. East Coast tours, which included opening slots for George Benson and Steve Morse. He also began giving clinics at music schools and universities.

While still in his early 20's, he returned to his birthplace in NYC with his focus on cutting edge acoustic jazz. "My Miami Trio was about coming up with new textures and being communicative while still playing intense musically. When I moved to New York I entered a more introspective phase, really getting deeper into melodies and harmonies." This also coincided with a renewed interest in the jazz tradition. "I found that the deeper I got into the tradition the more possibilities I became aware of for the future."

Since returning to New York City, Jonathan has worked in the bands of many jazz greats including Dr. Lonnie Smith, Lee Konitz, Joe Locke, Stefano Dibatista, Ari Hoenig, Joel Frahm,  Don Friedman, Greg Tardy, Donald Edwards, Jane Monheit, and Yosvany Terry. He has also led groups of various instrumentations featuring artists such as Bill Stewart, Larry Grenadier, Gary Versace, Mark Ferber, Kevin Hays and Scott Wendholt among others.

Jonathan has now recorded Ten CDs as a leader, including his latest two albums, “CAPTURING SPIRITS - JKQ LIVE!” and “KREISBERG MEETS VERAS”, the first being Jonathan’s first live album with his dynamic new quartet and the second a document of his great musical friendship with nylon string genius Nelson Veras.

Although currently based in New York City, Jonathan can be seen on tour worldwide. Entering the major Jazz Festival circuit with their electrifying show at Jazz Baltica (the combined video footage is now at 500,000 YouTube hits and counting), JKQ has subsequently performed many of the major European and American festivals. 

Jonathan is also a respected educator with over 25 years of experience. In 2017 he released his first book of compositions and transcriptions, OFFERINGS OF NOTE, as well as a series of instructional videos called POLYRTHYTHMIC GUITAR. While on tour, he is always making time for masterclasses and residencies as well as his own “NEW FOR NOW music intensive” held every summer for the past 4 years in his hometown of Brooklyn, NY.

When not on tour Jonathan can be found at his steady Wednesday trio hits at Bar Next Door in NYC, as well as at the Jazz Standard and Smalls Jazz Club.

Acclaimed Latin GRAMMY nominated pianist, composer, and educator Martin Bejerano has performed/recorded with numerous jazz luminaries, including his 20 year association with GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award-winning drummer Roy Haynes, Christian McBride Band, Dave Holland, Pat Metheny, Ignacio Berroa, Ron Carter, Dafnis Prieto, Russell Malone,, Luciana Souza, Jonathan Kreisberg, and Roxana Amed, performing at nearly all of the major jazz clubs, festivals and venues around the world, as well as performing on the Late Show with David Letterman. He is featured on over 25 recordings, including his most recent Latin GRAMMY nominated album #CubanAmerican, the GRAMMY nominated Fountain of Youth with the Roy Haynes Quartet, and Roxana Amed’s Latin GRAMMY nominated albums Ontology and Unánim

An award-winning bandleader, Martin’s trio has performed at such notable venues as Symphony Space, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola at Lincoln Center, The Jazz Gallery, Barquisimeto Jazz Festival, El Hatillo Jazz Festival, St. Petersburg Jazz Festival, Festival Miami, and Lucerne Piano Off-Stage Festival.  He has been twice-awarded the prestigious “New Jazz Works” grant from Chamber Music America in 2010 and 2017, as well as composition grants and commissions from the Dranoff International 2 Piano Foundation, Sonos Chamber Orchestra (New York City), and a Provost Research Award grant from the University of Miami, where he is currently a tenured faculty member.

An artist that enjoys working in multiple genres, Martin has also worked with multiple Grammy and Tony award-winning arranger/orchestrator Alex Lacamoire (Hamilton, In the Heights, Dear Evan Hansen) on numerous projects, including Linn Manuel Miranda’s musical “Bring it On”, as musical director/pianist for Tony-nominated composer Gary William Friedman, and on numerous other musical theatre projects in New York City.  He composed the theme song for Arizona Opera’s “UnMic’d” youtube podcast, and was commissioned by the Makrokosmos Project to arrange Prince’s “Little Red Corvette” for classical piano team Duo Stephanie and Saar and the Portland Percussion Group.

Outside of his performing and teaching career, Martin works with numerous music organizations, as a board member for the non-profit arts education organization “Arts for Learning”, Artistic Director for The Dranoff International 2 Piano Foundation, and as a board member for the American Jazz Pianist Competition.

Currently, Martin heads the Jazz Piano Studio at the highly acclaimed Frost School of Music, University of Miami, where he teaches jazz piano, improvisation, and composition, and continues touring and recording with his current project, #CubanAmerican Trio, as well as numerous other artists including Dafnis Prieto, Ignacio Berroa Trio, Jonathan Kreisberg Quartet, and Roxana Amed.     

Joe Martin is one of the most in demand jazz bassists of his generation. Since moving to New York City in 1994, his supportive, lyrical and harmonically inquisitive playing has led to an expansive body of work with many of today’s most influential musicians including Mark Turner, Gilad Hekselman, Chris Potter, and Kurt Rosenwinkel. He has worked with many other great musicians including Andy Bey, Anat Cohen, Donald Fagen, Al Foster, John Ellis, Joel Frahm, Larry Goldings, Billy Hart, Kevin Hays, Dave Kikoski, Michael Leonhart, Brad Mehldau, Mingus Big Band, Jane Monheit, Rudy Royston, Jerome Sabbagh, Edward Simon, and numerous others. He appears on dozens of records as a sideman, including Turner’s Lathe Of Heaven, Return From The Stars, Live At The Village Vanguard, Potter’s grammy nominated The Dreamer Is The Dream, Rosenwinkel’s The Remedy, Intuit, Hekselman’s This Just In, Homes, SplitLife, and Hearts Wide Open. He is also a bandleader and performs regularly with his quartet at NYC clubs including the Village Vanguard, Jazz Gallery, and Smalls.

As a composer and bandleader he has released three albums. His most recent album Étoilée (w/Mark Turner, Kevin Hays, Nasheet Waits) showcases his compositions and has received much critical praise: “The whole Quartet is remarkedly simpatico...an ideal blend of stylistic variety and artistic consistency” 4 stars-Downbeat Magazine. His other recordings as a leader are Not By Chance (2009) with Chris Potter, Brad Mehldau, Marcus Gilmore, and Passage (2002) with Turner, Hays, and Jorge Rossy.

Born in Kansas City, Martin grew up in a musical family in Pella, Iowa where he started on cello at age 8, played trumpet in grade school, and by age 15 had discovered the electric bass which led to a deep dive into jazz and eventually the double bass. He studied at DePaul University in Chicago with Larry Gray before moving to the NYC area, earning his bachelor's degree from William Paterson College where his teachers included Rufus Reid, Todd Coolman, and Harold Mabern. Upon moving to NYC he continued his studies with Ron Carter and Dennis James. He holds a master's degree in jazz arranging and composition from Queens College.

Colorado native and longtime Canopus artist Colin Stranahan began his career in his teenage years when he began actively working in the local Denver scene. From there Stranahan has gone on to record multiple records on the Capri Record label and he has also received the prestigious National Foundation Advancement of the Arts Presidential Scholar award (2005). Stranahan studied at the University of the Pacific as a Brubeck Institute fellow and he also attended the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz (Loyola Univ., New Orleans). In fact, Stranahan was also one of the winners of the 2012 Thelonius Monk Drum Competition.
A first call performer Stranahan has performed with Kurt Rosenwinkel, Jonathan Kreisberg, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Fred Hersch, Terence Blanchard, Dave Kikoski, Kevin Hays, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, to name a few. Stranahan is also part of a collective trio featuring some of the most talented and praised young musicians in New York City. Together, the Stranahan/Zaleski/Rosato trio has recorded and released three successful albums including live at The Jazz Standard.

In addition to performing Stranahan is also an accomplished teacher and he currently holds adjunct teaching positions at the Aarhus Royal Academy of Music and London’s Royal Academy of Music. Stranahan has also taught at the The Brubeck Institute Summer Jazz Colony, The Fara Sabina Summer Jazz School and, The Festival in Fara (Sabina, Italy) and when he’s not busy with the foregoing he gives drum master classes at The Oberlin College, the New England Conservatory, the International Jazz Conference (Thailand), and, the Singapore Esplanade Jazz Festival.