Darrell Katz: Director of the Jazz Composers Alliance, helped to found the organization after being impressed by the success of other composers collective groups.

Jim Hobbs was born during a tornado/thunder storm in the mystical town of Fort Wayne, IN. He has never looked back.

Alex Smith was born in Berwyn, Pennsylvania.  He moved to Boston, Massachusetts to attend Berklee College of Music on a merit-based scholarship in 2004.  He graduated Magna Cum Laude from

Casey Brefka, originally from Hudson, Ohio, started playing trumpet at age 6, after being taken to a Maynard Ferguson concert, and has not looked back since.  Through his high school years, he

  Jim Mosher has lived in Boston and been a professional French hornist for many years.

 Natalie Dietrich is a Vibist/Drummer and Composer/Transc

Rebecca Shrimpton has been acclaimed as "a simply exquisite vocalist" with "mastery in the art of singing," who knows how to get the pulse and tick of every word."  (<