Transcendental Numbers

Born in Brooklyn, New York, guitarist Terrence McManus grew up in New Jersey and Connecticut. He has performed with John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Tim Berne, Ellery Eskelin, Herb Robertson, Mark Helias, Gerry Hemingway, Anthony Cox, Kermit Driscoll, Russ Lossing, Marty Ehrlich, Mat Maneri, Billy Mintz, Michael Sarin, and Gene Bertoncini. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, the New York Guitar Festival, Ellis Island, and the inaugural month at John Zorn's The Stone. In 2008 Terrence was featured in the book, State of the Axe: Guitar Masters in Photographs and Words(Yale University Press), by legendary photographer Ralph Gibson, and in conjunction with The Museum of Fine Arts, in Houston, TX, where the book's images were on exhibition. Actively involved in education, Terrence has taught at William Paterson University, the University of Nebraska, and The New School in New York City.

Gerry Hemingway has been at the forefront of creative improvised music for three and a half decades. He joined and remained a member of the Anthony Braxton quartet for eleven years from 1983 - 1994, and has also worked with, among others, Anthony Davis, Leo Smith, Derek Bailey, Leo Smith, Oliver Lake, Kenny Wheeler, Frank Gratkowski, George Lewis, John Cale and Hank Roberts. In the late 1970's, Hemingway, trombonist Ray Anderson, and bassist Mark Helias formed the collective trio BassDrumBone, which celebrated it's 30th anniversary in 2007. As a composer, he is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, fellowships from both the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Foundation on the Arts, and commission from the Parabola Arts Foundation, and the the Kansas City Symphony. He be heard on over 100 recordings from many different record labels, among them: Tzadik Records, Enja, Palmetto, Random Acoustics, Auricle Records, and Hat Art.

Bassist/composer Mark Helias is seen regularly at venues in New York City ranging from The 55 Bar to Carnegie Hall. After his studies with Homer Mensch at Rutgers University and Yale School of Music, he embarked on an international performance career with the Anthony Braxton quartet in 1977. Since then he has enjoyed long musical associations with Edward Blackwell, Anthony Davis, Dewey Redman, Ray Anderson, Don Cherry and Gerry Hemingway. A prolific composer, Helias has composed music for two feature films as well as chamber pieces and works for large ensemble and big band. He continues performing and recording with BassDrumBone, a three decade long collaboration with Gerry Hemingway and Ray Anderson. Mr. Helias performs solo bass concerts and can also be heard in the innovative bass duo, "The Marks Brothers", with fellow bassist Mark Dresser. He teaches at Sarah Lawrence College, The New School and SIM (School for Improvised Music) and is committed to broadening the scope of musical education.