The Cri de Coeur Band

Marvin Ayres - ambient string soundscapes - Marvin Ayres website
Ambient orchestral composer and co-producer of Cri de Coeur. Has released critically acclaimed CDs "Cellosphere" and "Neptune." He creates
soundtracks for film and other media and his collaborations with filmmaker Pete Gomes have been screened at the ICA and Whitechapel Art Gallery.

Brian Edwards - alto sax, flute
Ex Jazz Warriors and Jazz Jamaica. Regular on both jazz and reggae circuits. Played on
Tsivi Sharett's current CD. Plays regularly at the Spitz on fridays with Miles Danso Quintet.

Ben Hasleton - double bass
Performed with artists such as Mervyn Africa, Damon Brown, Alison Moyet…..
member of b3. Recently participated in Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead programme
playing concerts at the Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.

Photo by Allan Titmars

Sean Hargreaves - piano
Sean, who is based in London, studied at the prestigious Berklee College of Music and in New York with
Barry Harris. On his return to the UK in 1998 he received an Arts Council grant to record his
debut album, ‘Do You Know Who You Are?’ and formed his own label, Terrapin, for its release.
The album was released in Japan on February 20th, 2003.

His second album, ‘Rush Hour’ is due for release on Terrapin in autumn 2003. Recorded in London by
Simon Changer, it features contemporary production techniques, as well as expanded instrumentation
on some tracks. Sean’s trio works regularly in the UK, including gigs at the 606 club,
South Bank and Barbican foyers and the Brecon Jazz Festival.

In 2002, the trio completed a very successful tour of Sweden, and Sean was also musical
director for an album with French singer Caroline Nin, recorded in Adelaide, Australia .

Photo by Volker Strater

Tsivi Sharett - piano and arrangements
Musical director and composer, born in Ashdod, Israel. Tsivi Sharett studied music at the Rubin Academy, Tel Aviv, before travelling to Europe, where she spent several years composing, arranging & performing Jazz music. In recent years Ms. Sharett has concentrated on developing her own musical identity, an accomplished composer and arranger, she has just launched her new CD "Open Toes & Everything."