Mélanie Bergeron (Accordeon) After having finished her studies in classical piano at University of Montreal Melanie strapped an accordion on her shoulders and formed Gadji-Gadjo. She accompanied the dance production "Un 2 sur le Dos" in New York, and was part of the "Chango Family" in spring 2003 on accordeon and keyboards! In 2006 she was accordianist for the group "Quartango" and was on the album "Cortéo" for Cirque du Soleil. In 2007 she was accordionist and singer for the circus production "éloize" for a Mexican tour during the "Universal Forum of Cultures Monterrey 2007". Pierre-Olivier Dufresne (Violin/Mandolin) After having studied classical music at Ozias-Leduc of St-Hilaire, audio electronics at École Nationale d'Aéronautique and electro acoustics music at Concordia, he went to Corsica to better appreciate Québec. He managed the "Compagnie Franche de la Marine" and found new challenges and especially new inspirations in ancient music and world music. Sainte-Barbe (Medieval and Nouvelle-France music); Plumage (tribute to Plume Latraverse), Weshida (Middle Eastern chamber music) are some of the ensemble with whom he has performed. He played on the most recent albums of Jean-Francois Lessard, Manon Vincent as well as Marco Calliari with whom he participated in the large ensemble "Mia Dolce Vita". He teaches violin to students of all ages. He also recorded soundtracks for short films and he mixed his first disc in 2007, that of Weshida. Weshida myspace. Ivan Bamford (Percussion) From Vancouver, Ivan Bamford has appreciated jazz since the age of 3. Later he left sports to dedicate his life to music. Claude Ranger and Dylan van der Schyff taught him how to improvise on the drums. He played with great musicians such as André Lachance, Bruno Hubert, Alan Matheson and Coat Cooke before moving to Montreal in 2001, where he found a rich scene and superb musicians among others his friends in Gadji-Gadjo! Since then he has found himself in numerous groups of different styles: Weshida, Cercamon, Katya Sourikova trio, Straight Pipe and his own group Bam Bam. He has played all over Quebec, and at jazz festivals in Vancouver(99-00), Montreal(2004-05-06) and in Baku Azerbaïdjan(2005) with Katya Sourikova. Have a look on his myspace.> Jean-Sébastien Leblanc (Clarinet/Bass Clarinet) Born in Stoke (in Estrie close to Sherbrooke) Jean Sebastien discovered clarinet at 12 years old and hasn't stopped playing since. In 2005 he obtained a bachelors in jazz interpretation at University of Montreal and in 2007 a masters in interpretation (jazz and classical) also at University of Montreal. He has also played in several jazz groups : Andrew Homzy selected sextet, the trio Straight Pipe and Quatuor Carré. Jean Sebastien has participated in the recording of Pee Wee et Moi with Robert-Marcel Lepage (with Pierre Tanguay, Normand Guilbeault and René Lussier), Mia Dolce Vita with the italian/québecois singer Marco Calliari(recepient of an award at GAMIQ 2007), and Sans Queue ni Tête (Without Tail or Head) with the world beat group Kamendja. He is also teacher, composer and studio musician. Jean Desrochers (Guitar) Jean Desrochers colaborated with diverse formations like Caramba, Syncop and Kleztory. He is also a member of the trio La Shunta, a group inspired by South American Folk music la shunta website.. He made a Music study trip to Argentina in 2001 and he is now working on a new project of traditional music from Québec that should be done by the end of 2007. Mathieu Deschenaux (Double Bass) Bachelor in jazz interpretation at McGill University in 2003, Mathieu Deschenaux is an active musician for more than five years now. He is currently playing along the sides of Émilie Proulx (Indy-Folk), eden106 (electro-pop),BoboK (musique actuelle), le Quatuor carré, le Hot club de ma rue (manouche swing), the jazz trio Straight pipe and Andrew Homzy. He also collaborated and signed the music of short films (Romain et Juliette, Ampliation et Monstre) and for theatre (Chroniques et Enlèvement, séquestration et mise à mort d'un humoriste).