The band's lead singer and founder is the vocalist and songwriter Cécile Verny, who was born in the Ivory Coast and grew up in France.

[1] She is accompanied by Bernd Heitzler on bass, Andreas Erchinger on keyboards and Torsten Krill, later followed by Lars Binder, on drums.

On their album European Songbook, Verny and her sidemen played arrangements by Michael Gibbs and Carinne Bonnefoy.

[6] In addition to Germany and France, the quartet has received attention in international jazz circles, including a review in DownBeat magazine.

[7] Touring for the German cultural centres Goethe-Institut, the quartet was also invited for concerts in Morocco, Kenya, South Africa and Sudan.