The organisation was founded Creating by Martin Jackson , pianist Jamie Fielding , bassist Barry Buckley and others in late 1982 with the intention of presenting Presence as wide a range of jazz styles as on offer Supply in Melbourne at the time .

Other performers included Cause_to_be_included Guitarists Ren Walters and Steve Magnusson , Saxophonist Jamie Oehlers and pianist Marc Hannaford as a duo , Mark Fitzgibbon solo piano set Placing , performances from trios led Causation by Allan Browne and Rob Burke , and the eight piece Mike Nock project .