Nanny Assis was born in the Brazilian city of Salvador, Bahia, in 1969. ... Since 1986, when he began his successful professional career, Nanny Assis has played with amazing artists like Vinicius Cantauria, Eumir Deodato, and John Patitucci.

New York-based Maggie Gould is a Blue Note performing artist. Her music is described as soft, sultry, vocals with space, her performances have taken her to festival across the world. Maggie has record ToDo Amor, a Brazilian Jazz CD and also recorded with Grammy Award-winning singer Claude McKnight. Maggie has worked with Dionne Warwick and Russ Garcia. She teaches and tours internationally with Nanny Assis.

Pianist and composer Kevin Field has collaborated with some of the top international names in jazz including guitarist Nir Felder, bassist Matt Penman and drummer Obed Calvaire, who all feature on his New York album The A List (Warner Music). He has performed concerts in the UK, USA, Australia and New Zealand and features on over 30 albums. In addition, Kevin has released several of his own albums including the celebrated Field of Vision, also on the Warner Music label.
Kevin is also a member of the Dr Dog jazz ensemble, winners of best jazz album at the 2015 NZ Music Awards and is a Senior Lecturer in Jazz Studies at the University of Auckland.