• ALYN COSKER– drums
  Alyn was born in Irvine in 1979 and started playing drums at the age of thirteen. He won a scholarship to BerkleeSchool of Music in 1985 and as one the UK's leading drummers has gone on to play in a widevariety of situations. He has recorded with jazz, pop and folk musicians, including Tommy Smith, Paul Towndrow, Wolfstone, Scottish traditional pianist Sandy Meldrum and singer Isobel Campbell and has played innumerable jazz gigs with musicians including Courtney Pine, Lee Konitz, Jim Mullen, Liane Carroll and Frank Gambale. Whennot playing drums, Alyn follows ice hockey passionately.— [www.myspace.com/alyncosker]
  
  
• BILL FLEMING – baritone
  Born in Bellshill in 1985, Bill started playing alto saxophone aged eleven and switched to baritone a year later, hoping to fast-track himself into the school big band. He joined the Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra in 2002 and played concerts at Dundee Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen jazz festivals. He appears on TSYJO’s forthcoming album, Exploration, with Joe Locke and has also appeared with Bobby Wellins and Gary Novak. A graduate from the University of Strathclyde, Bill won the university’s Sir Alexander Stone Awards for excellence in performance in 2006.
  
  
• CALUM GOURLAY – bass
  Born in Glasgow in 1986, Calum started playing double bass at the age of fourteen, having previously played cello and bass guitar. He is currently in his final year at the Royal Academy of Music in London and between studies for his music degree he is building a work base for living in working in London after he graduates. He recorded Rooftop Adventures with English pianist John Escreet and Canadian Saxophonist Seamus Blake, in New York in 2006 and for the past two years has toured with SNJO and the Tommy Smith Group. He also plays regularly in London with musicians including Martin Speake and Tom Cawley and his band Curios, as well as playing in the Ronnie Scott’s house band.— [www.myspace.com/calumgourlay]