James B. King Jr. a native of Houston,Texas has performed with Stanley Turrentine, Gary Bartz, Buck Hill, Elvin Jones, Geri Allen, Marlena Shaw,Mary Stallings, Ronnie Wells and Ester Phillips among others. Abadey began playing drums at age five, drawing influences from powerhouse drummers such as Tony Williams, Max Roach, Roy Haynes, Elvin Jones, Art Blakey, and cousin Frankie Dunlop, to name a few.

Ford first met the legendary pianist Mccoy Tyner while still in high school, when Ford and his friends would bring their own equipment to the clubs Tyner played. After college, A group he co-founded, named Birthright, opened a few shows for Tyner, and Ford sat in with him. Tyner liked Ford's original music, and several years later, when his old sax player left, he hired Ford. The rest - as they say - is history, as Ford has played on and off with Tyner since 1975. Through 1981, Ford was a member of Tyner's sextet and, after a several-year layoff (during which Ford freelanced in New York City and also returned to teaching woodwinds), joined Tyner's newly-formed big band in 1985