Grant Flick of Bowling Green, OH, has been playing and performing for the past seven years on many instruments including violin, mandolin, and tenor guitar. Primarily, his interests are jazz/swing, bluegrass, and new acoustic music.

He has received numerous music awards including the 2013 Daniel Pearl Memorial Violin, and he was a 2015 finalist in the Walnut Valley Festival Fiddle Competition in Winfield, KS.  Grant has taught workshops at the Tenor Guitar Gathering (Astoria, Oregon), the Falling Waters Music Camp (Ithaca, New York), and Augusta Bluegrass Week 2017 (Elkins, West Virginia). He has performed at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, Red Wing Roots Festival, Indiana Fiddler’s Gathering, and many other festivals. Frank Vignola, Mike Marshall, Julian Lage, and Darol Anger are just some of the notable musicians with whom Grant has appeared on stage. Grant is currently and undergraduate attending the University of Michigan studying Jazz Performance.

Stephen Plummer is a passionate, versatile, and engaging guitarist, who displays his southern roots, New York City training, and devotion to the legacy of Django Reinhardt and Gypsy Jazz. Raised in Alabama and Atlanta, GA, Stephen studied at the Atlanta Institute of Music, the City College of New York, and NYC’s New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. He is the founder/director of Third Coast Swing, and has shared the stage with national touring artists including guitar greats Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo, Denis Chang, and Jimmy Grant. Based in Ludington, Michigan, Stephen shares his talents teaching at the Ludington Area Center for The Arts. His commitment to the study and performance of the music of Django Reinhardt and proponents of Gypsy Jazz has delighted audiences and inspired legions of new fans.

Kaedin Plummer grew up surrounded by art from the age of 13, with both parents being actors and directors. His brother Elliot a singer, his sister a graphic artist, and his older brother, Stephen Plummer was his guitar mentor. He now plays rhythm guitar with his brother Stephen who formed Michigan-based jazz group Third Coast Swing. Kaedin also studied music with Keith Kuczynski at Ludington High school, playing euphonium in the wind symphony and bass in the jazz band. He then studied with Ted Malt at West Shore Community College, playing upright bass in wind symphony and guitar in the big band and jazz band. He received certification for guitar build and repair from Galloup Guitar School, in Kalamazoo. For the past 6 years, Kaedin has been gigging and recording with Third Coast Swing all around the state of Michigan.

Tom Knific has performed with many of the great jazz and classical artists of our time on tour and on record. They include Gene Bertoncini, Michel Legrand, Billy Hart, Randy Brecker, Dave Brubeck, Fred Hersch, and others. He and Eric Marienthal co-led the “Dream Band” with Toots Thielemans, Kenny Werner, and Harvey Mason in the first live interactive concert multi-cast over the Internet. As a classical artist, he has recorded with Pepe Romero, Andre Watts, Philippe Entremont, and the Merling Trio. He has appeared as a soloist with orchestras and has performed as principal bassist with orchestras and chamber orchestras in the U.S. and Europe. He has appeared at chamber music festivals throughout North America and Europe and was a founding member, bassist, and composer for the contemporary music group, OPUS 21. Tom is professor emeritus of double bass and director of jazz studies at Western Michigan University. He has also taught at the Interlochen Arts Academy, Michigan State University, Cleveland Institute of Music, and has been visiting artist/faculty at The China Conservatory, Beijing, since 2008. In 2019, Knific helped launch a new Jazz Academy in Bangkok, Thailand as an advisor and teacher. He has presented over two hundred master classes worldwide.