Jody Redhage Ferber Trio bio

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 classical and jazz projects (including Alan’s 2010 Chamber Songs and Jody’s 2013 Rose & the Nightingale). Collaboration took on new meaning with the marriage of Jody and Alan, the birth of two wonderful sons, and solidification as a bona fide working duo with the couple’s appearance at the 2017 Jazz & The City Festival in Salzburg. 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 at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall just days before the pandemic lockdown, 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 challenges beyond its public unveiling at the World Chess Hall of Fame in November 2020, the three 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. Visit scarlettreerecords.com for more information and to hear Confluence.

The members of the trio draw on their experiences as collaborators with artists across the classical and jazz spectrum, including esperanza spalding, Fred Hersch, Anna Clyne, and Sufjan Stevens (Jody); Miguel Zenón, Charlie Hunter, Peter Gabriel, and The National (Alan); and Lee Konitz, Gary Peacock, Billy Childs, and Marc Copland (Mark). The trio members have also appeared at venues worldwide, including Festival international de Jazz de Montréal, Montreux Jazz Festival, NN North Sea Jazz, Newport Jazz Festival, the Barbican in London, Blue Note Tokyo, and Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.