Jon Damian-guitar, Bill Frisell's teacher, has been a professor at Berklee College for 20 years He has appeared with Jaki Byard, Howard McGee, Jimmy Giuffre, Sheila Jordan, Joanne Brackeen, Don Byron, Johnny Cash, The Bolshoi Ballet, Luciano Pavorotti, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Seiji Ozawa. To say the least he is versatile. Nobody plays like Jon Damian.

Tom Hall-Tenor and Bari sax, frequently toured Europe with Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet and appears on their five albums. He has also performed with Clark Terry and Jimmy Heath, played haitian music with Volo-Volo, salsa/meringue with Jose Liriano, funk and rap with T.O. Funk, and blues with the Bruce Katz band. Tom is fluent with many diverse styles but always speaks from the heart with his own unique voice.

Jim Cameron-alto and tenor sax, began playing saxophone in 1958 and although he considers himself mainly self taught, he studied briefly with Lee Konitz and Jackie McLean. He has performed with Lou Donaldson, Jimmy Garrison, Joe Jones, Phil Woods, Red Holloway, and Clark Terry. Although his main influence is Sonny Rollins he always plays himself. He is a natural.

Bob Nieske-bass, composer, was the bassist with the Jimmy Giuffre 4 for 12 years and appears on the Giuffre 4's three Soul Note recordings. Bob is the Jazz Artist in Residence at Brandeis University. He has also recorded with Alan Dawson, Dave Grisman, Stephane Grappelli, George Russell and the Living Time Orchestra, Duke Robillard, The Either Orchestra and Herb Pomeroy and has performed with Charlie Byrd, Eartha Kitt, Attila Zoller, Blues guitarists Ronnie Earl and Jay Geils, Tiger Okoshi, Dakota Stayton, Jackie and Roy, and Larry Coryell.

Nat Mugavero-drums, has performed with some of the finest jazz artists of all time. They include the Count Basie Orchestra, Sonny Stitt, Zoot Sims, Benny Green, Sir Charles Thompson, Joe Williams, and Herb Pomeroy. He is a searcher, constantly looking for the perfect approach to a piece, a new path, a truly modern drummer with a Basie time feel.