Tim Shawcross - Woodwinds
Tim has been interested in composition for the last 10 years, and has been largely self-taught up until 2003 when he received his first formal tuition with Stuart Greenbaum at the Faculty of Music at The University of Melbourne. Tim completed his Masters of Music in composition, revceiving first class honours in 2006. He is currently enrolled in a PhD (in composition) and holds a Melbourne Research Scholarship for the degree. As a saxophonist and woodwind player, Tim has taught and performed extensively throughout Melbourne as a sideman and with his own ensembles.

Adrian Shaw - Trumpet
It is completely natural for Adrian to do such diverse music as record an album with a popular Samba Funk band Avenida Brasil in Barcelona, play sultry trumpet on Time after Time with Cyndi Lauper as a guest at her show in Melbourne or play 400+ gigs around all the small venues with original funk band Bakehouse. He gained invaluable soul experience playing with blues man Wiley Reed from the age of 13 to 15, 7 nights a week in school holidays.

Alistair Parsons - Trombone
Alistair has been working as a professional trombonist in Melbourne since 2003 and completed Bachelor of Music Performance (Improvisation) at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2005. He has performed with groups and artists such as GUD, the B# Big Band, Bennett's Lane Big Band, James Morrison, and Los Rumbreos to name a few. He also writes and performs original music with groups such as 'Monopod' and his own quintet 'The Al Parsons Group'. Alistair is also currently a full time member of the Victoria Police Show Band that performs regularly at venues all over the state.

Gideon Brazil - Woodwinds
Gideon Brazil plays saxophone and flute and has performed and recorded with artists including Madison Avenue, Paul Mac, Slava Grigoryan and the Starr brothers. He also performs regularly with the Adam Simmons Toy Band, Marc Hannaford Septet, latin group Laverdad and his original project The Natives. Gideon is co-founder of Half Bent Productions (promoting jazz events throughout Victoria) and teaches woodwinds in Melbourne schools. Gideon has a Bachelor of Music from Melbourne University and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Music from the Victorian College of the Arts.

Michael Story - Bass
Michael moved to Melbourne in 2005 from Christchurch to do his honours degree in Music Performance at the Victorian College of the Arts, thanks to funding from the Dame Malvina Major Foundation Young Performers Arts Excellence Award. Under the guidance of Gary Costello, Andrea Keller and Tim Stevens, Michael has grown to become a prominent kiwi addition to the Melbourne Jazz scene. Since moving to Melbourne he has formed his own trio with pianist and drummer Luke Howard and Daniel Farrugia, performing all of his original compositions.

Darrin Archer - Piano
Darrin Archer has gained a reputation as a great pianist and composer both in Melbourne and Sydney. He completed a Bachelor of Arts (Music, Composition and Theory) from Latrobe University in 1994, and then headed to Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where he studied jazz piano with Mike Nock and Judy Bailey, completing an Associate Diploma of Jazz Studies in 1996. He then won the Jazz Action Society Composition competition and since then he has been working with many of Melbourne and Sydney’s best players and bands.

Harry Shaw-Reynolds - Drums
At the beginning of year 11 Harry secured a position at The Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School. It was in this environment, surrounded by talented musicians, that Harry decided on a music career. Following through in this path after VCASS Harry started studying Improvised music at The Victorian College of the Arts (VCA). Upon graduating this course after three years, Harry was asked to tour Europe in 2004 with a jazz band led by Peter Harper. Since then Harry has been focusing on developing his music skills by playing with fellow improvising musical peers in a multitude of groups.