Ellister van der Molen started playing the trumpet when she was nine years old. Soon she became a pupil of the Young Talent Department of the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Later on she switched to the Jazz-department of the same conservatory and had lessons with Jarmo Hoogendijk, Ack van Rooyen and Eric Vloeimans. In that time she had master classes with - amongst others - Chuck Findley, Lee Konitz, Barry Harris en Claudio Roditi. Ellister played all over Europe and beyond (such as Hungary, Finland, Egypt, France, Denmark), played on big festivals like the North Sea Jazz Festivals and played with lots of renown jazz musicians including Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Bob Mintzer, Jim McNeely, Ack van Rooijen, Alex Riel, Sjoerd Dijkhuizen, Jarmo Hoogendijk, Greetje Kauffeld, Rachel Gould, Bart van Lier, Toon Roos, Ferdinand Povel, Ruud Breuls and Ed Neumeister.
Teddy Steen attended courses in jazz & Latin music at the Conservatories in Hilversum and Amsterdam and graduated in 1995. She studied with trombonists Bart van Lier, Jiggs Whigham, Steve Turre and Dan Reagan. In 1996 she received a scholarship for studying trombone, composing and arranging in New York. As well as performing with much jazz and Latin bands, she appeared on several CDs. Besides Alice in Dixieland, she plays with a.o. "Swing Sister Swing", "Brassed Off" "United Women's Orchestra" and Salsaband "Azucaribe".
Anja Nielsen, born in Copenhagen (Denmark). Anja played from early age in several orchestras. She played in the orchestra of John Tchicai (U.S.A.), but also other kinds of improvised music as salsa and big band. In 1993 she went to Holland to study at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague to study with the American Jazz Saxophonist John Ruocco. Anja has among other things been playing with American drummer Alvin Queen and toured with the "April Light Orchestra" in Scandinavia. At the moment she can be heard regulary with her own jazz quartet. Anja worked with Greetje Kauffeld, Rachel Gould, Bart van Lier, Toon Roos, Benny Bailey, Ferdinand Povel, Ruud Breuls, Ed Neumeister, Eric Vloeimans, Toots Thielemans, and many others.

Eva Novoa attended the Barry Harris Workshop in Madrid in 2000. In 2002 she was admitted at Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya where she graduated successfully. She has attended several master classes by a.o. John Taylor, Kevin Hays and David Liebman. In 2005 she went to New York to study there with a.o. Fred Hersch, Uri Caine, Ravi Coltrane and Michael Kanan.
Eva has been studying at Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague since September 2005. Rob Van Kreeveld and Juraj Stanik have been her teachers. She graduated in June 2007. She is now doing a Master in Jazz Composition with Hein Van De Geyn.
Eva played with Eva Novoa Quartet in the Dutch Jazz Competition 2006 semi finals. Besides Alice in Dixieland she’s performing with her own jazztrio, the West Coast Big Band and Greetje Kauffeld.

Sylvia Maessen studied oboe, composition and arrangement, and double bass in classical and jazz styles at the Hilversum Conservatory. Her work has been performed by classical as well as jazz musicians like “The Barton Workshop”, “Stravinsky Ensemble”, “Wendingen”, “Escher Ensemble”, Fluteplayer Eleonore Pameijer, “Holland Wind Players”, Badeonist Alfredo Marcucci, “Camerata A’dam”, “Balletorchestra”, theatregroups like Frank Groothof and “Kwatta”. As double bass player, she is member of divers classical ensembles and jazz groups, such as “Nigunim” (klezmer) “Fuego Latino” (tango), “Swing Sister Swing” (swing), “In The Mood” (Andrews Sisters Repertoire), “Wiener Tradion” (Operette) and “Trio Doriacci” (salonmusic).

Dési Rovers, autodidact, grew up with dixieland and classical music. As a teenager, when there was no Ipod or downloads, she sat and waited for her favourite popsongs on the radio. At the age of 4 she played with her first toy drum kit and since then there’s no way back. When she was 27 years old she studied jazz drums at the conservatory in Hilversum,  Holland. She also got lessons from Chris Strik and Lucas van Merwijk.
She played different styles in different bands like 3/4/5 Times a Lady, Dirk Scheele & de Liedjesband  in which she also participated in the television series, broadcasted by Nickelodeon.
She teached drums, was director and arranger for an orchestra for 8 years and teaches music on primary schools. Now she’s doing a study for developing music/art projects for primary schools.

  

Drawings by Judith Dubois

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