Kim Cass (bass), Kristin Slipp (vocals), Ned Ferm (saxophone)

Kim Cass is a bassist and MDI native who graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusettes, and has since relocated to Brooklyn to further pursue his music.

Kristin Slipp is a vocalist, improviser and composer based in Brooklyn. She spent her formative years in the woods and lakes of southern Maine, cultivating her adventurous spirit. Singing since she could speak, Kristin eventually left home for Boston, where she attended the New England Conservatory. There she studied with renowned vocalist Dominique Eade, saxophonist Alan Chase and John McNeil, trumpet.  

Kristin has performed all around North America, sharing stages with a wide number of musicians including Fred Frith, Zeena Parkins, Carla Khilsted, Chris Cutler, Jewlia Eisenberg, Ran Blake, Mark Ferber, Kim Cass, Ned Ferm, Joe Moffett, Dov Manski, and many others. In the fall she will be headlining the Rock In Opposition festival in Carmaux, France with Frith/Cutler's Art Bears.


Ned Ferm: Tenor Saxophone
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Ned Ferm was born and raised on Mount Desert Island, where he started playing saxophone at age 9. He skipped his senior year of high school to attend William Paterson University in New Jersey as a Jazz Studies major, where he met band mates Sam Barsh and Mark Guiliana. After two years in the NYC area he left for Copenhagen, Denmark as the first American accepted into the prestigious Rhythmic Music Conservatory there (where he would stay for five years). 
A former student of Yusef Lateef, he won a Danish Grammy as the 2003  “Jazz Discovery of the Year” with the band Anderskov Accident. 
Ferm now performs all over the US, Canada, and Europe regularly as both a bandleader and sideman, and has been fortunate enough to have shared the stage with names like Roswell Rudd, Airto Moreira, Cuong Vu, Chris Speed, Kenny Wollesen, Jesper Zeuthen, and Jakob Bro. His versatility and unique sound enable him to shine in many musical settings, while always remaining true to himself and being easily identified by listeners.  
Ned leads several bands, including The Ned Ferm Failure, and is a sideman with dozens of groups throughout the year. He is featured on more than 20 recordings worldwide and is currently working on his first album in his own name. Most recently, the Anderskov Accident album "NEWSPEAK" was named to the Best-Of-2008 lists in both Down Beat Magazine and the Polish music magazine Hi-Fi-Muzyka.

In case of rain, all outdoor events will be held at Carmen Verandah, right next to the Village Green.