Identical twin brothers Grammy-nominated trombonist/composer Alan Ferber and acclaimed jazz drummer Mark Ferber began collaborating as preteens in their California basement. Cellist Jody Redhage Ferber “has been at the forefront of creative music for two decades, effectively straddling the line between jazz and classical settings” (All About Jazz), and began collaborating with the twins in 2006 on projects spanning classical and jazz contexts (Alan’s 2010 Chamber Songs and Jody’s 2013 Rose & the Nightingale). Collaboration took on new meaning with the marriage of Jody & Alan, the birth of two wonderful sons, and solidification as a bona fide working Duo with the couple’s appearance at the 2017 Salzburg Jazz Festival.
When the couple was tasked with reimagining J.S. Bach’s Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major to infuse improvisatory elements for a premiere just days before the pandemic lockdown at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, the resulting work proved ripe terrain for further tinkering—and Mark Ferber was invited into the ensemble mix to tease out the suite’s rhythmic intricacy and cross-play. With the trio version of the suite providing irresistible ongoing playful challenge beyond its public unveiling at the World Chess Hall of Fame in November 2020, the three further developed complementary material for the ensemble including works by Kenny Wheeler, Bill Evans, McCoy Tyner, Todd Sickafoose and Alan Ferber. Their resulting album, Confluence, was released in July 2025 on Jody’s label Scarlet Tree Records.
The ensemble’s repertoire requires in-the-moment mindfulness— allowing for interactive magic that can unfurl with hugely open ears. The trio’s playful reworking of existing materials for this unique instrumentation proves an engaging ongoing process—creating a confluence of the trio’s collective experiences as collaborators with artists across the classical and jazz spectrum including Esperanza Spalding, Fred Hersch, Anna Clyne, and Sufjan Stevens (Jody); Miguel Zenon, Charlie Hunter, Peter Gabriel, and The National (Alan); and Lee Konitz, Gary Peacock, Billy Childs, and Marc Copland (Mark) and at venues worldwide including the Montreal, Montreux, North Sea and Newport Jazz Festivals, London’s Barbican, Tokyo’s Blue Note, and LA’s Disney Hall. Visit scarlettreerecords.com for more information and to hear Confluence.
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