Vadim Arsky is a saxophonist, conductor and arranger. He got his bachelor's degree from University of and his masters's degree from University of Louisville. From 1990 to 1994, he was the coordinator of the wind instruments department at the CLAM specialized in teaching Bossa-Nova.

Since 1994 he is the saxophone professor of the University of Brasília where he started a popular music program by putting together a jazz band. Arsky was the winner of the Eldorado Prize in 1991. He was also the semifinalist of the East and West Competition for the Carnegie Hall in 1995. Arsky is a member of the Com Domínio do Sax. In 2015 he moved to Florida to pursue his PhD degree in Music Education at University of Florida.Henrique Neto has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Brasilia. He has released a solo CD and has served as Deputy Director of the Raphael Rabello Brazilian School of Choro since 2012. He won the Geração Musical national award granted by Furnas in 2009 together with the group Trio Cai Dentro. He has also been a member of the Choro Livre group for 10 years, which, besides being the most traditional group in Brasilia, accompanies guest musicians at Clube do Choro in Brasília. He has played alongside artists such as Dominguinhos, Sivuca, Hamilton de Holanda, Paulinho da Viola, etc., and has performed in more than fifteen countries.Xander Crook began learning percussion from Brazilian and west African musicians early in his life. In high school he played snare drum in his school’ s African American-style drum line and upon graduation traveled to Guinee a to study balafon with master artist N'camara Abou Sylla and then to Brazil to learn percussion with Jorge Martins, Adelson Silva , and José Cunha Mourão. Xander then majored in drum set performance and electronic music production and design at Berklee College of Music studying under drum set masters Terri Lyne Carrington, Neal Smith, Mark Walker and Bertram Lehman, and music production with Michael Bierylo and Richard Boulanger.