Effective period / Period of releases: 1983 - 1987

Members: Tom Ranier, John Heard, Sherman Ferguson

Jazz trio consisting of bassist John Heard, pianist Tom Ranier and drummer Sherman Ferguson. They played a few live gigs around town. They were referred to by Jazz Times with the phrase, "the most captivating new jazz combo in town is known as Heard. Ranier & Ferguson" with John Heard as the organizer. Their 1983 self-titled album was the 3rd release for the ITI label. Musician and journalist Leonard Feather gave the album a 4 star rating. Any idea of a follow up album by the trio never came to be due to the label and artists going in different directions.

Drummer Sherman Ferguson died on 22 January 2006. John heard died on December 10, 2021.