The New Hope Nonet (NH9) is a 9 piece jazz group of stellar musicians that plays fresh interpretations of Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Jelly Roll Morton, Wayne Shorter, Count Basie, Thelonious Monk, Joyce Moreno, Marvin Gaye, Horace Silver, Paul Desmond, Don Pullen, Gerry Mulligan, Sun Ra, George Adams, and Fats Waller.
Mike Kaplan - primary arranger and composer, tenor sax
Todd Bashore - alto sax
Dan Monaghan & Peter MacDonald - drums
Anthony Nelson - bari sax
Chris Rogers - trumpet
Peter Rushing - piano
Jim Stagnitto - trumpet
Ian Young - trombone
Steve Varner - bass