Marion Groves – Vocals

Marion is a jazz vocalist based in the Northampton, Ma. area. She has performed with the Paradise City Jazz Band, Rohlehr-Groves-Colby Band, The Marion Groves Quartet, Jazz Sketches and other groups in venues throughout the Northeast.

Tim Atherton – Trombone

Tim has performed, recorded and toured nationally and internationally. His many associations over the years include: The Amherst Jazz Orchestra, Jeff Holmes Big Band, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Nelson Riddle Orchestra, Herb Pomeroy, Donn Trenner, Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennett, and the Silk Road Project with Yo-Yo Ma. He is a Senior Lecturer in music at Dartmouth College and an Instructor in Low Brass and Jazz History at Westfield State College.

Chris Brashear – Violin, Mandolin and Guitar

Chris has toured extensively in the folk and bluegrass world, most recently as a member of Robin and Linda Williams and Their Fine Group. He toured and recorded as a swing violinist with the Maurizio Geri Swingtet (Italy). He has also collaborated with the jazz guitarists Matt Mitchell and John Stewart, as well as the vocalist, John Ronstadt.

Eshu Bumpus – Vocals

Eshu learned to sing before he learned to speak. He is a storyteller, jazz vocalist, artist and educator who travels throughout the US performing in schools and conducting workshops in storytelling and creative writing. As a jazz vocalist, Eshu has performed with great musicians such as Archie Shepp, Vishnu Wood, and Billy Arnold.

Bob Weiner – Drums and Percussion

Bob has toured and performed with Harry Belafonte, Itzhak Perlman, Betty Buckley, Jon Lucien, Dianne Reeves, Andy Statman, Rebecca Paris, Kenny Werner, Bob Moses and many others. He has taught at the Drummers Collective (New York, NY), New England Conservatory (Boston, MA) and Berklee College of Music (Boston, MA), as well as hundreds of private students.

Bob has co-authored two important percussion books, “Afro-Cuban Rhythms for Drumset” with Frank Malabe and “Brazilian Rhythms for Drumset” with Duduka da Fonseca (Alfred Publications). He holds an Undergraduate degree in History (University of MA, Boston) and a Masters’ degree from Lesley University in Music and Human Development.

David "Ab" Arenius – Bass

David, a native of Rochester, NY, has been playing music for thirty-five years. From the mainstream jazz of Tal Farlow, Harold Betters, Herb Ellis, Clarence Sharp, and Harold Ousley to the avant garde of Archie Shepp, Anthony Braxton and Attila Zollar. Blues artists Big Joe Turner, Mat “Guitar” Murphy, Mose Allison, Joe Beard and Wailin’ Dave Robinson. Vocalists Dena DeRose, Michelle Hendricks, Marie Calloway, Nancy Kelly and his most recent recorded effort with Madeline Forster. His big band experience includes recordings with Joe Salzano’s Blue Devils and The Rick Holland-Evan Dobbins Big Band as well as performances with the Music Educator’s Big Band at the Community Music School at the Eastman School of Music.