Jackie began playing the piano at the age of seven.  Whilst training as a music teacher, she played keyboards and violin in the folk-rock band Double Exposure.  Jackie discovered the delights of the accordion whilst studying under Mario Conway at Cardiff College of Music and Drama.  She then began playing her own compositions in her band The Uncertainty Of Passion with Anne de Lima on vocals, followed by a joint venture, Sardar Wind, with Keith Allen.  As well as composing and performing her own music on the accordion, Jackie and Sarah Luton discovered a common interest in Tango and French café music and together they set up the bands Paris Moon and Tango Select which they have enjoyed for many years.

Sarah started as a classical double bass player in the Newbury Symphony Orchestra.  For many years she played folk music with the barn-dance band Sensible Shoes.  Sarah has been playing double bass with Jackie Doe on accordion since 1990.  They formed their duo Paris Moon to share their joint passion for French café music.  Together they also set up Tango Select, a four piece tango band which includes Keith Allen and Piotr Jordan.  Sarah has written music for both bands.   She also plays piano and English concertina.  Once a year she takes part in a unique event where over 40 musicians from all over the country meet to create a concertina band which plays a variety of music from classical to rag-time.  She has taught Kodaly music in nursery schools and is a professional landscape and portrait painter.

Keith's musical career began as lead vocalist and harmonica player in the blues/rock idiom.  He has played with bands as diverse as Hawkwind and Fairport Convention.   In his own Keith Allen Band he is lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist, playing blues/rock standards and originals and also performs songs by Bob Dylan, Richard Thompson and Leonard Cohen, to name but a few.  Keith has also played the drums with the Marty Wilde Band and in more recent years, the King Earl Boogie Band.   As a complete contrast, Keith has played the guitar for Paris Moon and Tango Select for the past 12 years.

photo by Simon Tuke

Piotr Jordan was born and brought up in Lodz, Poland and started playing the violin at the age of 6.  After studying at the Warsaw Conservatory he moved to Prague.   He has lived and worked in England as a professional violinist since 1994 playing in numerous bands in a variety of styles ranging from Hot Club Jazz to Gaelic to traditional Gypsy and Balkan music.   Piotr performs on recording sessions and is a tutor at the East London Late Starters Orchestra - a phenomenal organisation which has been running for 23 years and has taught countless numbers of adults to play string instruments.  It has been studied for its teaching techniques and been a model for orchestras in Leeds and New York.   Piotr's Balkan Gypsy Band Dunajska Kapelye plays regularly at the Vortex Jazz Club in East London and was recently Time Out Magazine's critics' choice describing them as "Extreme, virtuoso Balkan Gypsy jazz....."