Lee Konitz was born on October 13, 1927 in Chicago. Aged 11, Konitz received his first instrument — a clarinet — but later dropped the instrument in favor of the tenor saxophone. He eventually moved from tenor to alto. His greatest influences at the time were the Swing big bands he and his brother listened to on the radio, in particular Benny Goodman. He started his professional career in 1945, and played with all the greats, from Miles Davis to Joe Henderson.
Kenny Wheeler was born on January 14, 1930 in St Catharines, Ontario. He studied trumpet in Toronto and moved to London in 1952. Versatile artist as he was he played free impro in the "Globe Unity Orchestra" of Alexander von Schlippenbach as well as jazz-rock in the "United Jazz & Rock Ensemble". He passed away on September 18, 2014 in London.

Maarten van der Grinten (Geleen,NL, 1963) started out playing drums at the age of 9 and took up the guitar three years later. From 1982 until 1987, he studied guitar at the prestigious Hilversum Conservatory with Willem 'Wim' Overgaauw and graduated with the highest honors. In 1987, he was awarded the Loosdrecht Festival Promotion Prize and in '88, he was given a scholarship to continue his studies for one year in New York at the Manhattan School of Music. Whilst there, he started to compose more seriously. He's played and recorded with many Dutch jazz musicians including Wim Overgaauw, Ack van Rooyen and John Engels and visiting players such as Clark Terry and Toots Thielemans along with a number of large ensembles including the WDR-Bigband, The Metropole Orchestra, the Willem Breuker Kollektief and the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw .
Maarten is currently co-leading four bands: Dig d'Diz, the Van der Grinten - Herman Quartet, the duo with guitarist Jesse van Ruller and the Brazilan music group Dirindi. He is currently teacher and chairman of the guitar section of the jazz faculty at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, formerly the Hilversum Conservatory.

Olaf Tarenskeen (1960), trained in classical music and jazz at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague is able to blend the mental modes ofnotated and improvised music in a wholly natural way. He has performed internationally with Dutch contemporary music ensembles such as the Asko|Schönberg Ensemble, the Ebony Band and the Dutch Wind Ensemble.

Leonardo Amuedo was born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1967. He learned his first guitar chords when he was 4 years old with his brother. By the age of 17 he was already playing with several important musicians in Uruguay like Julio Frade , Osvaldo and Hugo Fattoruso( OPA group), Mariana Ingold ,Urbano Moraes , and Fernando Torrado . He moved to The Netherlands in 1990 where he played and recorded with : Cor Baker, Laura Fygi, Jose Koning,Batida,Metropole Orchestra, Fernando Lameirinhas, Joia, Hein van de Geyn, Bacan, Ivan Lins, Dori Caymmi, Dulce Pontes,Ruud and Roeland Jacobs , Estrella Acosta, AlainCaron,Hermeto Pascoal, Sticks & Strings, Jimmy Haslip, Michiel Borstlap,Paul van Vliet, Rosenberg Trio and TrijntjeOosterhuis. In 2002 Leonardo moves to Rio de Janeiro (Brasil) and sence that he has recorded and share the stage with several artists and musicians like : João Bosco, Caetano Veloso, Gilson Peranzzetta , Mauro Senise, Luiz Avelar, Batacoto, Armando Marçal (Pat Metheny group), Wagner Tiso, Alejandro Sanz, Jane Monheit, Simone,Marcio Montarroyos, Jorge Vercilo, Leny Andrade, Itiberê,Hermeto Pascoal, Oscar Castro, Neves ,Idriss Boudrioua, Andre Mehmari, Herbie Hancock, David Finck , Craig Handy, Billy Hart , Maria Schneider, Vince Mendoza and Alex Acuña (Weather Report). For the last seven years Leonardo is join officially IVAN LINS' band. Leonardo Plays SADOWSKY guitars.

On the 28th of May, 2005, it was exactly 200 years ago that the Italian composer Luigi Boccherini died in Madrid (Spain was his second fatherland). While coming from the land of opera, perhaps ironically he became the most important 'Latin' composer in chamber music. His noble and intelligent style might be less sparkling than Haydn's or Mozart's, it is nonetheless characterised by a love for details. His 'invention' was the string quintet (two violins, viola and two cellos), of which he composed over 140. Besides that, he also composed about 100 string quartets, 60 string trios, cello concertos and symphonies.

Bert Meulendijk (1958) studied guitar at the Hilversum Conservatory. He was primarily interested in studio work. His presence on about 700 albums of reputed international artists earned him the SENA Award for the most-often-heard session musician from 1993 to 2003. In addition, he writes his own songs, jingles and leaders.

Arturo Ramón (1981) graduated from the Rotterdam Conservatory in May 2003. He has performed with different groups, has specialized in studio technique and became a popular recording artist. Over the past few years he has featured in various national and international radio and television programs.

Peter Tiehuis (1956) combined a classical study at the Conservatory of Twente in Enschede, a jazz study at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague with an extensive stage experience in rock and blues bands which enabled him to play almost any kind of music. He is a member the Metropole Orchestra since 1996.