In 2001, guitarist Anton Goudsmit organized a band to perform music commissioned by Dutch national radio.

NPR: E.S.T. at the North Sea Jazz Festival

Goudsmit is a mover and a dancer onstage, while Trujillo is California-born, living in Amsterdam since 1980.

NPR: E.S.T. at the North Sea Jazz Festival

The group he formed is the Ploctones: Goudsmit with Efraim Trujillo on saxophones, Jeroen Vierdag on bass, and Martijn Vink on drums.

NPR: E.S.T. at the North Sea Jazz Festival