On The Count of Two

Hudson Paul is a 14-year-old saxophonist, arranger, and composer. Hudson plays alto saxophone, as well as soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, and clarinet. Hudson studies jazz saxophone with Chris Lewis, Dan Block, and David DeJesus. He has also had the opportunity to play with Mike Dirubbo, David DeJesus, Eric Halvorson, Steve Johns, and Don Breaden. He has sat in with the Birdland Big Band at the Birdland Jazz Club in NYC. He is also the grandson of GRAMMY award-winning musicians and is very passionate about music. Hudson is also a professional, award-winning actor and has appeared in feature films, TV shows such as Law and Order SVU, Chicago PD, New Amsterdam, and more, as well as off-Broadway.

Ahan Ghosh-Rao, a freshman in high school, has been playing classical piano since the age of 4 and jazz since the age of 12. Ahan studies classical piano with Dorothy Grimm, and jazz piano with David Morgan. Ahan has won the Deborah Kahan piano competition and the Schubert Club Awards competition for classical piano and made it to the finals of the Litchfield Jazz Camp Talent Search. He attended the Fordham University Summer Jazz Workshop in New York and the Rider University’s High School Solo Pianist Week. He brings the dynamics and tone of classical playing into his improvisation in jazz.  

Ikutaro Matsuki is a Japanese American bassist from New Jersey. He started playing double bass from the age of 9 and started studying jazz from age 14. He was awarded honorable mention in the Litchfield Jazz Camp Talent Search. He is studying with Maestro Ron Carter. He combines jazz and traditional music from Japan.

Saul Hirshberg is a drummer from Amherst, Massachusetts. He was, for two consecutive years, a finalist in the Litchfield Jazz Camp Talent Search. He is currently studying with local drummer Jimmy Robitaille, but has studied with Winard Harper, Steve Johns, Earl MacDonald, and Wayne Escoffery in the past. He also played in the Massachusetts Senior Western District Jazz Band, picked from a collection of several top drummers in the Western Mass area. He has had the opportunity to play with musicians including Steve Davis, Mike DiRubbo, local jazz pianist Paul Arslanian, and Luques Curtis. He attended Litchfield Jazz Camp and Jazz In July at UMASS in the summer of 2025. Through his playing, Saul combines his technical facility with his lyrical and melodic contours to create ever-changing rhythms that are both musically interesting and marked by succinct and melodic musical ideas.