Emily Kuhn -  trumpet 

Artie Black - tenor  

Euan Edmonds - trombone

Erik Skov - guitar 

Kitt lyles - bass 

Gustavo Cortiñas - drums  

Downbeat Magazine: “Cortiñas' music is uplifting, robust, melodic, and gets your body moving; it's an exciting blend of the artist's musical influences from jazz and Latin America, including his native Mexico."  

Here are three of the Ensemble's official videos:  Dialectics of Freedom (studio) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd5_QXp_SGM  Ubermensch (live at the Jazz Showcase) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ1_CUXPzoY  Arete (live at the jazz showcase) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCNahnJXD6U 

Modern Drummer Magazine: "An emerging drummer to watch. Cortiñas is a highly musical and grooving drummer, as well as a laudable composer... his music is surprisingly danceable...groove-shifter, high-energy precision soloing, framed by vivid ideas. A joyful meeting of mind and spirit." 

Chicago Jazz Magazine: “With the cohesive and captivating Esse, Cortiñas has created superb work that balances refreshingly inventive ideas with high-caliber musicianship. This exquisite and continuously gripping record is a testament to Cortiñas’ triple threat of skills as dynamic performer, agile bandleader and brilliant composer."  

All about Jazz: "A fascinating musical realization, exploration, and distillation of the works of Hegel, Aristotle, Descartes, Plato, and other brilliant minds...statements that are both studious and thought-provoking in nature...Gustavo Cortinas has worked everything out in his musical neck of the woods."  

Please visit  www.gustavocortinasmusic.com