Dave Newton graduated from Leeds College of Music in 1979. He became a resident musician at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough. He moved to Edinburgh and quickly became established on the Scottish jazz scene. After some four years there, his old roommate, Alan Barnes, persuaded him to move to London where he rapidly became a much sought after pianist teaming up with Barnes, guitarist Martin Taylor and saxophonist Don Weller. In 2008 he was voted best Jazz Pianist in the British Jazz awards for the eighth time. www.davidnewton.net

Art Themen was involved in the traditional jazz scene in Manchester in the late 1950s andwas a member of the awardwinning Cambridge University jazz band. He became involved in the early London blues scene, playing alongside Alexis Korner, Jack Bruce, Mick Jagger and Chuck Berry. He fronted the Stan Tracey quartet for 20 years from 1976 and has toured world wide and played and recorded with many US and British luminaries such as Alan Barnes, John Donaldson, John Critchinson, Dave Newton, Georgie Fame, Don Weller, Mornington Lockett. www.smallplanetmusic.com