Drawing from a well of resources spanning the 1960s to the present, French lounge, New York swing, Brazilian bossas to original MIMOSA material, the quartet blends feels and tones together in an extraordinary bouquet.

Anna Lumiere (also from Green Room and the Anna Lumiere Quartet), the lovely Swiss Miss, plays with great virtuosity and spontaneity, expressing herself in a distinctively punchy and avant-garde way. Anna combines her left-hand bass playing with her right-hand Fender Rhodes and Hammond organ solos, gracefully performing the role of two musicians in one wonderful woman.

John Raham (known from MoFunk Recording Artists Millenium Project and Songlines recording artists The Marc Nodwell Sextet) is one of Canada's most artistic and interesting drummers. Greatly in demand, he has toured Canada, the US and the UK and played jazz festivals across Canada. Displaying an incredible sense of style and tremendous energy and groove, he is known to bring the house down with his unique sound.

Rebecca Shoichet has been sharing her voice with audiences since she was a child.. She has been seen in many musical theatre productions and jazz festivals. Rebecca has toured Europe with swing-master Johnny Ferreira, and is recently back from a national and European tour with Canadian pop singer, Amanda Marshall. Rebecca is proud to croon for you as the newest addition to the ever-enchanting Mimosa!

Karen Graves, saxophones, flute and vocals. Karen Graves is well known in Vancouver as one of this city’s most-in-demand horn players. Though perhaps best known for her work in Mother of Pearl, she has performed with numerous ensembles (Joelle Rabu, the Temptations, Marylin Lerner, Maynard Ferguson, Joelle Leandre, etc). Her playing is gutsy and passionate. She is Mimosa’s most recent and exciting addition.

Mimosa brings you on a sentimental journey through time and sound, making dancing a huge temptation. Please let yourself be tempted. A little decadence never hurt anyone.