Haynes is an improvising composer, arts advocate and educator, and a product of the historic and fertile Black Music Division at Bennington College, directed by Bill Dixon. Early foundational studies were with Frank Baird, who chaired the brass department at the University of Colorado's Boulder campus during the sixties and seventies. Current focus is the development of his own music for a variety of ensembles ranging from duo to nonet. He is very concerned with the plight of the local artist in his hometown and region, and with the importance of well-developed support for those of us who enjoy working close to home and being treated properly.

Over the years he has worked with a range of musicians, with a primary interest in large ensembles and composition: George Russell, LaMonte Young, Butch Morris, Rhys Chatham, Bill Dixon, Leroy Jenkins, JD Parran, Cecil Taylor/AHA! Orchestra, Adam Rudolph/Go: Organic Orchestra, Gunter Hampel and the Dells.

Stephen Haynes - brass

Josh Berman - cornet

Peter Maunu - guitar, violin, mandolin

Katinka Kliejn - cello

Matt Lux - Fender Bass 6

Hunter Diamond - reeds