Toronto-born, New York-based drummer Mark McLean is a dynamic studio and touring musician. He has been in demand over the past two decades, anchoring and collaborating with such greats as Joe Sample, Quincy Jones, Jamie Cullum, Dionne Warwick, Billy Joel, and the late George Michael. Recently, Mark expanded his musical exploration into composing for film and television, co-scoring “How It Feels To Be Free,” an episode of PBS’s long-running series American Masters. He followed that by scoring the TV documentary Black Liberators WWII for Canada’s History Channel, and just finished scoring his first animated series for GBH Kids/PBS entitled Acoustic Rooster.

Caity Gyorgy is a 3x JUNO award winning Canadian vocalist known for singing bebop and swing music. She has performed at venues and festivals across Canada, Mexico, Japan and the USA and has worked with incredible musicians including Christine Jensen, Pat LaBarbera, Jocelyn Gould, and Joe LaBarbera, to name a few. In addition to being a performer, Caity is an avid writer and composes songs in the style of the Great American Songbook. Her compositions have been sung globally, and have won multiple awards including the Grand Prize in the jazz category of the 2021 John Lennon Songwriting Contest.

2021 JUNO Award winner Jocelyn Gould has been called “a leader in the next generation of great mainstream jazz guitarists” by Howard Paul, CEO of Benedetto Guitars. Her joyful energy has captivated audiences around the world and her passion for music is as infectious as her unique ability to connect with audiences. Jocelyn has absorbed the influences of the jazz guitar greats and has woven them into an exciting personal sound, citing Wes Montgomery, Grant Green, Joe Pass and Kenny Burrell as primary influences on the guitar. Jocelyn Gould is a Benedetto-endorsed artist.

It’s not only jazz bassist Brandi Disterheft’s fiery bass playing that make audiences stand-up and holler, but also her innovative live shows showcasing her uptempo, swinging originals and ambient voice. Winning a JUNO for her “Debut” album, Brandi had the honor to be the bassist for the legendary Hank Jones on the album “Pleased to Meet You” and has since captivated international audiences at jazz festivals globally and at prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall, and the Vienna Opera House. Recordings and performances include notable collaborations with Anita O'day, Benny Green, Cyrus Chestnut and Vincent Herring to name a few.

Taurey Butler is a phenomenal jazz pianist of the highest calibre. Hailing from East Orange, New Jersey, he has played all across the world from Hong Kong to New York and now makes his home in Montreal. He emerges as a fully-formed master of hard-driving swing deeply rooted in the blues.

3x JUNO Award-winner Robi Botos has been hailed as one of the most diverse multi-instrumentalists of this generation. Drawing on inspiration from his Hungarian roots, his invariably expanding taste in music, or the experiences that shaped his life, Robi’s incomparable creativity and seemingly limitless technical ability have kept audiences returning to his performances with an eagerness for more than twenty five years. His openness blended with his ever-evolving sound, incomparable creativity and seemingly limitless technical ability gains the listener's eager attention within a few notes, and keeps them both captivated and eager to know what he will do next.

A native of Tacoma, Washington, double bassist Matthew Heller joined the Calgary Philharmonic in 2007. He has appeared frequently as a recitalist and chamber musician, including performances with the Mountain View Chamber Music Festival, Land’s End Chamber Ensemble, Kensington Sinfonia, and Instrumental Society of Calgary. He was awarded the Instrumental Society’s inaugural Janice Waite Scholarship in recognition of his contributions to Calgary’s performing arts community.

Heller also performs as Principal Bass with the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, a summer orchestra in Boulder, Colorado. He was previously a member of the New World Symphony (Miami, Florida), Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, and Civic Orchestra of Chicago. He has been an orchestral fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center and the Verbier Festival in Switzerland, and performed chamber music with the St. Lawrence String Quartet at Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina.

Heller completed studies at the New England Conservatory and at Northwestern University. He has studied with some of today’s most accomplished bassists, including Donald Palma, Harold Robinson, Michael Hovnanian, Matthew McDonald, and Joel Quarrington. Heller performs on an Italian double bass attributed to Antonio Gilbertini, dated 1862.