As a child, Patrisha Thomson heard music that was new to her, and thought, “That’s me.” When she learned that it was Count Basie’s One O’clock Jump, she found a life-time home in swing.  As a teenager, singing in choruses and church choirs, she planned to write songs that touch people’s hearts and speak to our times. Tho as an adult, in studies at UCLA, she turned to the visual arts, including film and photography and made a 10-year career as an editor and photographer.  This was followed by unique studies in Integrative Arts and teaching this special practice for 25 years in Santa Monica, CA. This led her back to her childhood goals in music.  She studied jazz at Berkelee College of Music and private music studies at home in Los Angeles. Her first jazz album was in 2012, That Old Feeling, More involved jazz classics filled her 2022 album, Wild is the Wind. Our Love now anchors Patrisha’s jazz home in scatting, singing duets, and songs for our times.

The American dream came true for Catalina Popescu in October of 1986 when she and her husband Bob created a supper club devoted to serving an experience of superb eats and the shared magic of live performance. That grand experience began at the door where every night her mother Maria would greet each guest as family and share in their love of music. Housed in Hollywood and decked out in a timeless charm, the club offers a cozy ambience under sparkling stage lights garnished with its signature concoction — Jazz. The first artist to grace the stage was the masterful flutist and saxophonist Buddy Collette, and ever since then, over the past 36 years, the Catalina Jazz Club has hosted the most illustrious legends of all time — from the powerful puffers of Dizzy Gillespie to the electrified fingers of McCoy Tyner, the bubbly belt of Dee Dee Bridgewater and Lynda Carter, the flirtatious saxophone of Joshua Redman, the slick strumming of Kenny Burrell, the insane drum clinic of Steve Gadd, the romance of Steve Tyrell, and the masterclass of Mike Stern. For Catalina, Jazz is our way of life. It breathes pain. It knows love. It dreams hope. It bleeds courage. Whether we’re showcasing Broadway, Soul, R&B, or stand-up comedy, the lesson learned from all the greats who have serenaded our spirits is how to connect to one another. And that’s why the Catalina Jazz Club will always have a table ready for you. The Catalina Jazz Club has been honored by A.S.M.A.C., California Jazz Foundation, Los Angeles Jazz Society, and a City of Los Angeles Certificate of Appreciation on their 25th Anniversary, which was awarded by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the LA City Council which included then City Council member and current Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.