André Fernandes was born in Lisbon, Portugal. He is a very active guitar player having played/recorded with musicians like Lee Konitz, Mário Laginha, Chris Cheek, Maria João, Cyro Baptista, Ohad Talmor, Tomasz Stanko, Bernardo Sassetti, Dan Weiss, Pete Rende, Bill McHenry, Jochen Rueckert, Perico Sambeat, Jeff Ballard, Julian Arguelles, David Binney, AviShai Cohen, Eli Degibri, Jorge Rossy, Carlos Barreto, Akiko Pavolka, Jarmo Savolainen, Phil Markowitz and João Paulo Esteves da Silva, amongst many others. He is a regular member of the Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos (OJM) with whom he has worked with Maria Schneider, Mark Turner, Joshua Redman, Maria João, John Hollenbeck and Maria Rita, to name a few. He has played extensively in Europe, the USA, South America and Africa. He was a member and did a number of tours with the Lee Konitz New Nonet, as well as with singer Maria João ́s group, and alto Perico Sambeat ́s group. He has several released albums s a leader, and has played on more than 40 records to date.

"Perico Sambeat: In 1980 he began playing sax self-taught. He moved to Barcelona in 1982, where he ended his flute classical studies. At the same time he started attending Taller de Mùsics, where he studied harmony and arrangements with Zé Eduardo. In 1991 he moved to New York, where he attended New School. There he had the chance to play with great musicians such as Lee Konitz, Jimmy Cobb, Joe Chambers, etc. He also worked professionally with Steve Lacy, Daniel Humair, Fred Hersch, Bob Moses, Louis Bellson, Michael Brecker, Bob Mintzer, Maria Schneider, Pat Metheny, Kenny Wheeler, etc. He has been tecahing in some of the most important jazz schools in Spain: Taller de Músics, Musikene, ESMUC, etc, and has been doing workshops all around the world. He has played in festivals and jazz clubs all around the world. Nowadays he combines teaching in Berklee College of Music Valencia Campus with his activity as a jazz performer and Big Band conductor."

"Xan Campos (Galicia, 1987) grew as a pianist and composer at conservatories in Galicia, Basque Country, Copenhagen, Amsterdam and Berlin, stages that allowed him to be in contact with the European jazz vanguard, playing at venues and festivals of a large part of the continent.

Currently, Xan Campos is one of the most active pianists in the Iberian Peninsula, both leading his own projects and as a sideman of prominent artists from the Spanish and Portuguese jazz scenes. Still in his early thirties, he has a specially extensive career, having recorded 5 albums in his own name and more than 20 as an accompanist with big names of this musical genre.

He also enjoys relevance in Latin America, where he has played at festivals in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Ecuador and Colombia, as well as performing at several venues in New York City (USA)."

Frederico Heliodoro is a Brazilian bassist, composer, guitarist and producer.

João Pereira is a drummer, know for his work with André Fernandes, particularly his Centauri group.