Aras Biskis, drummer for "Steelin' Jazz" was born in Chicago, March 6,1961. He has Bachelors Degree in Professional Music from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, 1990, and is creator and director of two Urban Gateways touring ensembles in Chicago. . Urban Gateways is a live arts in education organisation, which recieved the "Presidential Award for Excellence in Education" from President Bill Clinton, 1998. "World Beat Rhythms" is a live 45 minute virtual tour around the world, featuring traditional and popular rhythms and percussion instruments from West Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Eurasia. "Swingin' to the Rhythm" is a concert and demonstration of traditional american swing music and dance, featuring jitterbug and lindyhop. He is drummer and featured soloist in Chicago's very own "Swing Shift Orchestra" which performs every Thursday at the world famous "Green Mill Lounge" in Chicago, which has been a live music establishment since 1907, frequented by the likes of Charlie Chaplain, Bronco Billy (stars of the silent movie era-1920's), Chicago gangster Al Capone, and the after hours night spot of the Uptown neighborhood. This orchestra was featured in the MGM production"Return to Me", starring David Duchovny, Minnie Driver, Carrol O'Connor, James Belushi, and Bonnie Hunt, who also is director of the movie. Currently he has dual citizenship in USA and the Republic of Lithuania, where he performs in various jazz projects, as well as being involved in youth activities and education, a YMCA-Lithuania volunteer, also instructor & golf facility manager and son of the late Kestutis Biskis, the pioneer of the game of golf in that country. He hopes to create Lithuania's first steel drum ensemble, spreading the magic of the greatest musical invention of the 20th century.

Rob Block is an extraordinary jazz guitarist, piano player, composer/ arranger, and educator. Rob has written, arranged, and performed extensively with Bassist Steve Kirby (Cyrus Chestnut), Two Time Grammy Nominee, Trumpeter, Flugelhorn, Composer Russell Gunn (Bradford and Winton Marsalis,), Tenor Saxophonist Gregory Tardy(Palmetto Records, Nicholas Payton, Mulgrew Miller, Elvin Jones), and was an adjunct Professor teaching jazz composition for 10 years at the nationally recognized jazz music department of Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri along side music professors and teachers Paul DeMarinis, Kim Portnoy, Dan Eubanks, and Dave Venn.

After musical training and associate music teaching in Los Angeles, in 1978 Rob joined his brother Dan Block, also a musician, and his mother who had moved to New York ten Years earlier from St. Louis. On the New York jazz loft scene in the late 1970's and early 80's Rob, played at some of the "heaviest" sessions, including the Lower East Side's Studio Oui, Ladies Fort, Harlem's Baby Grand, and University of the Streets Club.

Rob also recorded two demo CD’s with trumpet virtuoso Winton Marsalis also during this period. The first demo was recorded before Winton became well known and had just graduated from the Julliard School of Music. The second demo was recorded a year later just as Winton began to be recognized internationally. Three original songs on those two demo sessions were written by Rob Block.

When the New York jazz loft scene was put out of business by the soaring rents of the 1980s, Rob moved to St. Louis. There he performed and recorded with Willie Akins, Richard "Groove" Holmes, and Charles Earland. He also toured as Charles Earland's guitarist after to his return to St. Louis. In between teaching and gigs, Rob also co-arranged the Steve Kirby Septets $10,000 first prize winning songs in the Hennessy Cognac Midwest Best Search contest in 1992, including the arrangement of Theolonius Monk’s melancholy classic Crepuscules.

Rob Block and his musical entourage of two-time Grammy-nominee Russell Gunn and 1995 Best New-New York Jazz Musician Awardee, Greg Tardy, together with other gem musicians, capitulates an outstanding, “raw,” yet masterful interpretation of jazz and Latin jazz in this CD project entitled Jazz Clone Tones.

“Rob was one of the purest artists I had ever met. He lived for the music. His ability to pick up the changes to any tune almost instantly, and fit into any setting was uncanny. He had an ability to bring out the best in the musicians he worked with – and ability to recognize what was good about each. He also respected the masters, and played with many of them. Ken Bleu Campbell is correct in categorizing Rob Block as one of the “New Millennium Jazz Lions.” I eagerly await the arrival of “East St. Louis Jazz From the Vault” and “Jazz Clone Tones” to add to my Rob Block collection.” - Stan Zompakos, Brooklyn, New York.

Belfield “Bel” Small Bel Small was born in Barbados and began playing guitar in his early teens. He taught himself to play bass guitar by the age of 16. In his early career Bel played with many calypso groups including “The Bimshire Boys” “The Tropical Islanders” and “Alverno del congo Ensemble”. During this time he was developing his love and interest of jazz by listening to Duke Ellington, Jerry Mulligan, Ray Brown, Ray Charles and the Howard Roberts Quartet. He began playing with the “Ebbe Jilkes Trio”, “John Poulter Trio” and “Jazz Incorporated” entertaining at the Belair Jazz Club and all the top night spots and hotels of Barbados. His career took him to Canada, Tobago, St Lucia and ships of the Princess Cruise Line. Since coming to the USA in 2002, Bel has played jazz with Redd Holt, Bruce Oscar, June Yvon and Yoko Nogi among others.