During their studies at the ‘Royal Conservatory’ in The Hague David and Ellister discovered that they share a passion for the music of Duke Ellington, Lester Young, Louis Armstrong and Roy Eldridge.

The subsequent years each individually gained a great deal of experience, performing as sidemen in the international jazz scene. Then, about ten years after their first musical encounter, time was ripe for them to start a band of their own. Knowing exactly which sound they would want to hear, they each started to look out for the right people to fit this concept. Independently, each saw the other as inevitable counterpart.