See the live debut of If It’s Magic (feat. Patrisha Thomson & Valerie Monroe) at our November 2nd concert!!!
Enjoy a sneak-peek of many other songs as well which are on the new album, titled: Your Love.
Join us with these three special guest singers for this extraordinary evening.
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Imagine a Better World – 6 singers and 4 instrumentalists of varied ethnicities share their musicianship under the inspiration of John Lennon to re-create one of his most prolific songs to support understanding. We offer our desire for collaboration across cultures and borders, with hope for a peaceful and thriving future.
Imagine now has its own website:
ImagineAndUplift.com
See the Imagine website project for our election now.
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Holiday Jazz Brunch
Catalina’s Jazz Club in Hollywood, CA – December 3, 2023
Raising funds for the California Jazz Foundation and the Los Angeles Jazz Society!
The Quintet
Steve Rawlins-Music Director/Pianist
Tom Peterson-Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute
Grant Geissman-guitars
Jennifer Leitham-Bass
Dave Tull-Drums
Guest Singers
Will Collyer
Mon David
Guest Pianist
Stuart Elster
Wild is the Wind
Credits
Arranger/Producer – Steve Rawlins
Co-Arranger Wild is the Wind – Patrisha Thomson
Executive Producer – Patrisha Thomson
Piano: Steve Rawlins
Guitar: Grant Geissman
Bass: Bob Feldman, Jennifer Leitham, Ken Wild
Drums: Bernie Dresel, Bob Leatherbarrow, Gordon Peeke
Percussion: Brad Dutz
Flute and Alto Flute: Scott Mayo
Tenor Saxophone: Tom Peterson
Trumpet: Michael Stever
Trombone: Ira Nepus
Special Thanks & Dedication
Many Thanks to Singer/Coaches: Cathy Segal-Garcia, Paulette McWilliams, and with great loss for Lori Donato who gave her musical pizzaz but departed too soon December 15, 2019.
Dedicated to my Uncle Woog, William Frederick Hummel, Jr., a real rocket scientist. 12/26/1922 – 07/19/2020. Dinners at his kitchen table, memories, humor, love of music remind me of my mother. His story of The Artie Shaw Band playing at his senior prom is a jazz lovers’ delight.
“Her voice is one that conveys tenderness and acute awareness to melody, harmony, and the essence of each song. She lures you into the tune gently and convincing. I was oblivious to the hustle and bustle of the surrounding crowd as Patrisha Thomson gave a wonderful gift of standards, ballads, and original pieces to an attentive crowd.”
~ Reviewed by Kim Vinson
Los Angeles’ BrooWaHa newspaper
At the age of twelve, Patrisha Thomson heard Count Basie’s One O’ Clock Jump pouring out from a music store. “In that moment I knew this sound was me, and I would write songs expressing the same joy, but with contemporary lyrics.”
Classic jazz singers such as Billie Holiday, Anita O’Day, and Sarah Vaughan have influenced her music, along with contemporaries Ann Hampton Callaway and Dianne Reeves. Listeners will also hear a touch of musical theater in her voice. Her childhood favorites are West Side Story, Ain’t Misbehavin’, and Porgy & Bess.
Performing regularly with arranger/pianist Steve Rawlins, Café Laurent in Culver City, CA has been their Jazz Brunch home since 2006.
On her debut CD, That Old Feeling, Rawlins wears several hats: musical director, arranger, co-producer, and pianist. Patrisha has been honored to have three other equally seasoned musicians for this album: Paul Morin on bass, Gordon Peeke on drums, and soloist Tom Peterson, doubling on flute and sax. These performers have extensive credits, having arranged and/or performed with many prominent vocalists such as Steve March-Tormé, Bette Midler, Chaka Kahn, Natalie Cole, and the big bands of Woody Herman and Benny Goodman, including Tom’s 17 years with Doc Severinsen’s NBC Tonight Show Orchestra.
Patrisha also has had a varied history in the arts. In addition to singing, she is an accomplished visual artist and teacher.
That Old Feeling is dedicated to her late father, John A. Thomson, and to the time they spent working together in the decade prior to his passing in November of 2011 at the age of 100 years.
Her albums are available for purchase on itunes, and Amazon.
Join Patrisha with two exceptional musicians, Steve Rawlins on Piano, and Bob Feldman on Bass for a unique yet classic breezy, Spring jazz setting under umbrellas in the sun.
Sunday Jazz Brunch
at our musical home
Cafe Laurent
Cafe Laurent has been Patrisha’s musical home with these fun-wonderful, talented musicians – from 2007 to September, 2023.
Check out their special menu and remodeled patio at www.cafelaurent.com
Come back to this website for future performance dates about town when things open up. Presently, Patrisha is working on a special project with six singers. More to be revealed soon.
Update! Cafe Laurent has moved to Mar Vista.
We hope to return again when their new location in Inglewood is ready.
In the meantime, Cafe Laurent is up and running at 12034 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista.
Cafe Phone: 310-558-8622