Thomas Heflin and Mitch Butler have been performing together on and off since they met as doctoral students at the University of Texas at Austin. Mitch Butler is a native of Raleigh, North Carolina and has been the trombonist and arranger for a number of musical groups including the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra headed by Adonis Rose, critically acclaimed vocalist Tiffany Austin and the international award-winning jazz group JazzBonez.

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