Buck Hammerstein (sax) & Clear River Chapaukee (trumpet) are two Boston based improvisors.

After meeting in 2010 at the New England Conservatory in Boston, where they both studied with Anthony Coleman, Joe Morris and Ted Reichman, they released their first duo album in the fall 2012, and recently recorded a trio record with Joe Morris, soon available.

They have collaborated with Anthony Coleman, Joe Morris, Ikue Mori, Karl Berger, Jack Wright, Tanya Kalmanovitch, Jorrit Djikstra, Phillip Greenlief, Mike Cooper, Hayden Chisholm, and have played in Europe, Hong-Kong and across North America in venues such as The Stone, Issue Project Room etc.

Hammerstein/Chapaukee