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Jon Madof has performed at the Mellon Jazz Festival, the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, the Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival, and the Knitting Factory.  Called "one of the most promising guitarists around" by renowned jazzman Jimmy Bruno.

Jon Thompson has a degree in jazz performance from Temple University. He has performed with the University of the Arts Big Band, Mingus Ensemble, Latin Ensemble, Jon Blake Ensemble, Terrel Stafford’s Big Band, Taylor-Madof Quartet, the Jon Thompson Trio, and the Jonathan Kelly Trio, among others.

Scott Schaffer has an unusual background combining acoustic and electronic music over two and a half decades. His focus has been bonding improvisation and traditional forms. He's performed in multi-genre bands in Pittsburgh, Boston, Woodstock and Philadelphia.  He also founded the widely-acclaimed folk-world quartet Bala Hounds, called "superb" by Relix Magazine, "clever" by Dirty Linen, and "weird" by WHYY-FM.

Michael Taylor is founder of the bass trio Freebass, co-founder of the Taylor-Madof Group and a fixture in the Philadelphia jazz scene. He has performed with jazzmen Tom Lawton and Elliott Levin, Mia Johnson’s touring band, Greg Giovanni’s "Big Mess Theater", Fred Goldfine’s "Shoestore", and the Ausdruckstanz Dance Company. His credits also include Mellon Jazz Festival, the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, the Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival,and the Knitting Factory. He studied with downtown New York City luminary Mark Heliaf. The Philadelphia Weekly praises the "smooth toughness" of Taylor's playing as well as his "open-minded improvisations."

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   The Edge City Collective
   Jon Madof (guitars)
   Scott Schaffer (guitars, bass guitar, mandolin)
   Michael Taylor (double bass, bass guitar)
   Jon Thompson (tenor saxophone, flute, melodica)
   Ranji Kumar (accordion)

The first of a three-part triology...Breakthrough ideas come from the edge -- that point at which the levels of stress and tension are pushed beyond the comfort zone.  Let the act of searching define the results rather than use maps to familiar destinations.   The Edge City Collective delivers on this mission with heart and great passion.   The music ebbs and flows with a sophistication rarely heard in improvised music.   Recommended.

"Through an amalgam of styles and recording techniques - including improvisation - the fearless  musicians of Edge City take the intrepid listener on an awe-inspiring ride through musical consciousness. Not for the complacent." -- Tropia.com

"Edge City Collective is a remarkable confederacy of quiet grace, swinging jazz and musical invention. They are unclassifiable-and happily so... this is just the beginning of far-reaching recognition of Philadelphia's burgeoning avant-garde scene." -- Philadelphia Weekly

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