The New Hope Nonet

The New Hope Nonet (NH9) is a 9 piece jazz group of stellar musicians that plays fresh interpretations of Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Jelly Roll Morton, Wayne Shorter, Count Basie, Thelonious Monk, Joyce Moreno, Marvin Gaye, Horace Silver, Paul Desmond, Don Pullen, Gerry Mulligan, Sun Ra, George Adams, and Fats Waller.

FEATURING:

Mike Kaplan - primary arranger and composer, tenor sax

Todd Bashore - alto sax

Dan Monaghan & Peter MacDonald - drums

Anthony Nelson - bari sax

Chris Rogers - trumpet

Peter Rushing - piano

Jim Stagnitto - trumpet

Ian Young - trombone

Steve Varner - bass