Vocalist Barbara Hadenfeldt has delighted audiences on both coasts and in Paris, Copenhagen, Shanghai, and Tokyo. She “has a way of phrasing, telling stories through the music. She's a great saloon singer and consummate actress, singing directly to the heart of each listener, imbuing each song with a lasting message of love.” After jazz stints in California, New York, and at the famed Blue Note in Paris, Barbara and her drummer husband Charles formed bands playing rock and blues in Montana and the Northwest. In the 1980s Barbara and Charles returned to the San Francisco Bay Area and to their favorite music, jazz. BabShad Jazzz toured in Asia in 2007 and returned to play in Tokyo in May 2009.

Pianist Benny Watson has extensive experience accompanying Bay Area jazz vocalists including Sony Holland, Clairdee, Kenny Washington, and Shanna Carlsen. Benny is a singer/songwriter in his own right and has a new CD, "Brief History of Modern Love." Check out his site at http://www.myspace.com/bennywatsonjazz .

Karen Horner holds a Masters degree in doublebass performance from the University of Wisconsin, where she worked with jazz great Richard Davis. Since coming to the Bay Area, she has performed with such luminaries as Mimi Fox, Mary Watkins, John Handy, Hal Stein and George Brooks. She has recorded at Fantasy and Lucas studios and has performed in top venues including Yoshi's, Zellerbach Hall, and Davies Symphony Hall, as well as Kennedy Center and in Brazil. She currently teaches instrumental music in public school, and continues to perform with the Berkeley Symphony.

Charles Hadenfeldt has played drums and percussion with jazz, Latin, blues, and rock groups in New York, Montana, and California. Bay Area blues fans may remember him from Eli’s Mile Hi Club, the Bosn’s Locker, and Your Place, where he worked with various artists including Mississippi Johnny Waters, Sonny Lane, and Mark Hummel.