It’s July 15th, and it’s jazz pianist/guitarist and vocalist Ron Satterfield’s birthday. Satterfield is preparing for a performance with flautist and long-time collaborator Lori Bell and...
Dane Terry has always loved music. You begin to recognize this when he speaks, but the moment he picks up his harp… it’s instantaneous. Terry grew...
Archie Thompson, San Diego jazz musician par excellence, leans back in the chair of his office in the First Presbyterian Church on downtown San Diego’s 4th...
Obviously it was a woman that gave him the name Tomcat, and he’s got the scars to prove it. But the man who just celebrated his...
The band was tossed together. Hired to play for a housewarming party, the group only planned to play once. They had a guitar, drums, and a...
“Right now my plan is to gig like a maniac,” says Nina Francis. She smiles, but the determined look in her eye lets me know that...
It was 8 o’clock on Sunday. Like millions of other American households, the TV in the Intravaia household in Kearny Mesa was tuned in to the...
It’s been said you can tell a lot about a person from the company they keep. When asking friends, fans, and fellow musicians about Sharifah Muhammad...
“The White House?” I ask, almost incredulous. “Yes, Hanukkah at the White House,” says Yale Strom. It’s been a week since Strom was one of around...
