For many years the teams Herring / Kikoski and Essiet / Dudli have a special chemistry when they play each other. Their new collaboration brings forth swinging and always extremely soulful jazz of today. Vincent is a saxophone virtuoso with a unique and intense sound. In the early 80s he toured Europe and the United States with the Lionel Hampton Big Band and began shortly after a 9 year commitment with Nat Adderley. Subsequently he worked with Cedar Walton, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Hayes, Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, Horace Silver Quintet, Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition, The Mingus Big Band, Kenny Barron, Nancy Wilson and Dr. Billy Taylor. As a guest soloist he has played with Wynton Marsalis at Lincoln Center and John Faddis with the Carnegie Hall Big Band.
During the 90s in New York Dave's career rose rapidly. Both as a sideman and as a leader he established himself alongside jazz greats such as John Scofield, Ravi Coltrane, Chris Potter, Dave Holland, Mike Stern, Chick Corea, Bill Stewart, Tom Harrell, Marcus Miller, Michael Brecker, Jack Dejohnette and many others. 2001 Roy Haynes invited him with Dave Holland, Roy Hargrove and Kenny Garrett in his all-star band. For this project, "Birds of a Feather" appeared also Christian McBride and Nicholas Payton with and the album. "Caribbean Jazz Project" was nominated for a Grammy of 2004.
As Vincent Herring was also bassist Essiet Essiet many years a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Essiet is originally from Nigeria and was moved to the West Coast first, but then mid-1980 to New York. On the international jazz scene, his name has become indispensable. He played for many years with Abdullah Ibrahim- Dollar Brand, Bobby Watson's Horizon, with Billy Cobham, Bobby Hutcherson, Danilo Perez, Kenny Barron and va
Joris Dudli could distinguish complex musical particularly during his nearly 10-year stay in New York. Previously, he was already in recent years, first in Austopop and later established with the Vienna Art Orchestra and the Art Farmer Quintet. This is followed by many more countless concerts with international musicians such as Benny Golson, Chicco Freeman, Johnny Griffin, Joe Henderson - 2002 it was with the Joe Zawinul Syndicate.
