Alvian (Alvi) Leppälä The bandleader  started playing the violin at the age of 7 but switched to the piano at 14, but the baritone saxophone and clarinet claimed him four years later. Today, he also plays the soprano saxophone (from 1927) and the C melody saxophone (from 1923). Alvi and Jyrki came up with the idea of forming their own Dixie band during the 50th anniversary of their own school in Mäntsälä, where they played at the ball, calling themselves "Alvis´s Dixie Stompers".	Jyrki Leppälä Began as a violinist, like his brother, but switched to the trombone in his early teens. He used to practise in a dark potato cellar under ground, thus quickly getting a fine tone out of his lovely instrument. Since then, he has played in many big bands, both symphonic and popular ones. He sounds almost like Trummy Young.
Cajus (Pricken) Lindroth He plays the cornet,  and is a very good old-time imitator, a Kid Thomas sound-alike. His excellent half-staccato spreads a genuine old-time feeling, closely resembling New Orleans Jazz. Having joined ADS from the start, Pricken also plays Dixieland in Lions Blend, The Rolle Lindström Band and The VSOP Jazz Band.	Sven-Erik (Svenne) Krogius The drummer has been playing the "jugs" from an early age. Having played in school bands and joining jam sessions in e.g. The Old House Jazz Club (the first jazz club in Finland), he became one of the corner-stones in ADS from the start. His rhythm is sweet and easy, driving the whole orchestra like a steam engine. His fillers and stepping effects are brilliant. In his solos you can even hear the melody of the song. He might be mistaken for Barrett Deems.
Piano: Robert de Godzinsky Robi (Robert) got a devastating jazz kick hearing Louis Armstrong's Mac the Knife, on a newly released 78 rpm record the year 1956 (at the age of six) and after that moment all the "child songs" records were destroyed. Robi is, more or less, an autodidact in music and plays three instruments: Piano, acoustic bass and sousaphone. Robi has played in several combos playing traditional dance music, lately only traditional jazz, starting with Martin Brushane big band in the early 70s. Robi is a recording engineer and teaches in the Sibelius Academy.	Jukka Järvelä, plectrum banjo, guitar, Jukka Järvelä has played traditional jazz in various bands since 60's. 1965 - 1972 in Ami´s Brass and Ami´s Hot Five 1976 - 1980 in East Bottom Dixiemen. The band participated in Pori Jazz and Dresen International Dixie Festival. One of the original members of Polaris Celebration Band, founded in 1981. This band has played in many jazz festivals in Finland and Europe. Plays in Reine Ramon and her Hot Papas. The band has participated in various jazz festivals and in Europe and in New Orleans. Played as a guest musician in The Young Tuxedo Jazz Band (U.S.A) on their tour in Finland in 1998. Was one of the founders of New Orleans Ramblers and Millennium Dixielanders. Played in Grani Big Band and has played in Sunny Side since the band was launched in 2002. As a good musicians he can jump in as a stand-in in any line-up. Jukka has sat in in bands like Bob Barnard Band (Australia), DDT Jazzband, Dixie Harlem, Old Time Jazz Band, Doc Houlind & His International New Orleans Band (Denmark) and so on. Jukka is involved in many jazz organizations like, Eastbottom Dixiemen ry., Classic Jazz ry., Vantaan perinnejazz ry., and has, along with the agency that he runs, the financial responsibility of many jazz events in Finland.
Jussi Sipilä The string bass and tuba player is a very advanced musician. For many years he sang in choirs and also used to play Dixieland on his beautifully sounding trombone at school. His very own orchestra is called The Sipilä Swing Band. Both of his instruments give a compact rhythm to ADS.	Kotisivu / Homepage Birger Lindsröm  At the age of 7 he started playing violin in Ekenäs Philharmonic student Orchestra, and at the age of 13 he discovered Trad Jazz influenced by Chris Barber and George Lewis and switched to clarinet. During his student years he played in many jazz bands and had his own bands too. Studying in Sweden he formed a band that took the first price in The (Swedish Open i Gladjazz) competition and he took even the soloist price one year.