Text Box: Edd Bateman : - Electric Bass, Double Bass, Guitar. Edd began playing bass at 12. At 14 joined a Zimbabwean dance band playing arts centres and festivals including Glastonbury. As well as playing as a session musician with musicals and playing with a function band he taught bass at Plymouth City College before moving to Bristol in 2008. Chris Box : - Drums. Chris was introduced to music early on in life and at the age of 3 began bashing on a junior drum kit belonging to his older brother and was hooked from that day onwards. He began learning to be a DJ at the age of 10, helping out a local mobile DJ before going solo behind the decks at many local events (with help from family who doubled up as roadies and chauffeurs!). During school years, Chris played drums in various types of bands covering a range of styles including Blues, Jazz and Pop, whilst picking up other instruments, experimenting with guitars, bass, keyboards and anything else he could get a tune out of, which he still likes to do. In 2002, Chris began working for Luminar Leisure as resident DJ and percussionist in various clubs around the North West, usually working 5 nights a week. In 2006, he decided it was time to quit full-time DJ work and return to what he loved doing the most, playing drums and percussion within a group and joined a local Rock band as drummer. In April 2007, Chris joined the internet station Jazz Syndicate Radio, hosting a weekly show, playing Soul, Funk & Boogie from the past to the present. It was through the station that Chris was introduced to Hill.       Emma Cantons : - Vocals Emma comes from a highly musical background. Her father (Neil Hobson) was a jazz pianist and stage designer and her mother (Mary Lush) was a concert pianist graduating from the Royal Academy of Music, London with a gold medal. As a teenager, she was writing and performing cabaret ranging from comedy to American songbook jazz. In 1984, Emma won a place at the Guildhall School of Music. Emma was introduced to Nica Burns, the organizer of the ‘Perrier Awards’ who took her on as a client. Emma appeared at ‘The King’s Head, Islington’, ‘Violet’s’ & the famous ‘Groucho Club’ where The Tatler described her with the words ‘Pretty, witty and talented - she will go far'. Emma performs with a 4-piece band which consists of Emma on piano and vocals, Ben Treeby on guitar; John Wells on bass and Al Magill on drums. A number of internet radio stations in the UK and Jazz Plus fm (Montreal, Canada) have as of March 2007 begun to play tracks from her album "Songs Of Experience" Emma has also performed live and given interviews on ALL fm (Manchester, UK) on Gina’s Sunday afternoon show 1-3pm(UK).   Donna Gardier : - Vocals In the mid-Nineties she fronted UK band Raw Stylus Her early musical influences are all strong-voiced US females – from the Jones Girls and Chaka Khan to Vesta Williams and Patti Labelle and Aretha Franklyn. Her last album, 'Home' was written and recorded by her self and Lennox Cameron. From 2004 to 2005, Donna was part of Sting's "Sacred Love" tour and has also been a tour member with the Four Tops and the Temptations. Knud Stűwe : - Guitar Knud Stűwe is a jazz guitarist and composer who lives in Bristol. He draws inspiration from a wide range of influences such as Jazz, Klezmer, Tango and the Classical repertoire. Currently he is working for : Frances Butt Band (Latin Jazz) , Cai For Two (Modern Jazz, Klezmer and Originals), Instant Witt (Improvised Comedy Show), Manfredi Funk Initiative (as dep).As a composer Knud`s recent projects include the premiere of his Oratorio “Die Suche Nach Dem Licht”, incidental music for the new play “The Man Who Discovered That Woman Lay Eggs” a production by Full Beam Visual Theatre”, guitarist for “The King Cotton Show” a strongly political Jazz Suite for Big Band about the history of the Cotton industry in Bristol and Composer/Live Musician for “Alice” a Vaudeville take on “Alice in Wonderland” without words but with puppets (Full Beam Visual Theatre).Knud was born in 1968 in Hamburg, Germany. In 1993 he moved to the U.K. to do the Band Musicianship course (BA Hons) at Salford University College which allowed him to combine Jazz guitar (tutor Mike Walker) and classical composition. Afterwards he did an MA (Hons) in writing music for film, theatre and television at Bristol University. Since than he has been working as a composer and guitarist  in a wide range of contexts. Bob Corrick :- Soprano, Alto and Tenor Saxophones, Trombone and EWI. Bob's first recollection of music was a collection of EP's that wore out on the radiogram. Lonnie Donegan, Tommy Steele and Phil Harris to name three of the artists. His father's passion for Big Band Swing and Jazz meant a progression to Chris Barber, Benny Goodman, Count Basie among others, and at the age of 11 Bob began learning the trombone. After 2 years, his teacher phoned and told his parent that he could no longer teach him as he just swung everything and improvised the bits he couldn't read. Continuing pretty much self taught from then on with a bit of outside theory assistance, as the years went by Bob played with concert bands, had a short stint with the Somerset Youth Orchestra, won several music prizes and appeared on TV's youth makes music presented by Johnny Morris. In 1999 Bob took up the saxophone and now plays Alto, Soprano, Tenor and Baritone alongside the Trombone, and a recently acquired Akai wind synth. Bob plays with various bands around the South and South West and occasionally dabbles with some arranging and direction. Terry Day : - Bass Terry began playing guitar at 14 gigging with his first band at 16 on the club circuit in his home town of Oxford. Various bands came and went until in his mid twenties he took a break from music all together. It wasn’t until his mid 30’s that he was asked at short notice to fill in on bass for an urgent recording project. He recalls at this time “the bass just felt right from the minute I held it”. Having moved to the South West by this time bass playing became his number one pursuit and he became actively involved with several bands, and is still gigging regularly throughout the southwest including regular session and recording work . Don Davis : - Drummer Don started out on the drums at the age of 10 and turned professional at 18. As most did in those days, Don began by playing in holiday camps for summer seasons and then played cruise ships in the winter. In 1979 Don started his own band and played in Australia. Returning to England in 1981. After this experience Don joined the London session scene, and after a few months rekindled old contacts and was playing in West End shows and started a session career that lasted six years. During this time he worked with artists that include : Stephanie Lawrence, Matt Munro, Elaine Paige and Lulu. He also toured with the live versions of the huge TV show "The Comedians". Don moved to the West Country in 1994 and has continued to play, both teaching through a local college and playing gigs with local bands. Richard Llewellyn:- Guitar Richard plays in many jazz and function bands and is completely self taught.    Home