| Boston-bred Cathy Segal Garcia loved jazz
since the age of 5 when she would hang around with her dad (sax
player Mike Segal) while she listened to and copied Ella Fitzgerald.
Her mother and sisters were also musical, and the family got her
started on flute at the age of 10.
Cathy attended the Berklee School of
Music from 1972 through 1975, where studied flute and Arranging and
Composition . After college, she moved to San Francisco for a brief
period, and then to Los Angeles in late 1975, where she still
resides.
One of the things that has impressed her
many colleagues, fans and critics is that she has consistently
performed and composed over the years. Performing with literally
hundreds of musicians, some of the more well known include:
Pianist Russell Ferrante (The
Yellowjackets)
Drummer Tom Brechtlein (Robben Ford, Chick Corea)
Bassist Marc Johnson (pianist Bill Evans, John Ambercrombie, John
Scoffield)
Bassist Gary Willis (Scott Henderson)
Ledgendary guitarist Ted Greene
Guitarist Jeff Richman
Guitarist Mike Miller (Chick Corea)
Saxophonist Bob Sheppard (Steeley Dan)
Drummer Peter Erskine (Weather Report, Stan Kenton, Steeley Dan, and
many modern jazz recording artists)
Pianist Kei Akagi (Miles Davis)
Drummer Joey Barron (Bill Frisell, John Scoffield)
Studio pianist Mike Lang
Singer/pianist Diana Krall
Drummer John Robinson (Quincy Jones)
Pianist David Benoit
Pianist Billy Childs
Drummer Joey Heredia (Scott Henderson, Tania Maria)
Flautist Sam Most
Pianist Carl Schroeder, head of the piano department at Musicians
Institute in Hollywood (Sarah Vaughn)
Trumpeter Bill Berry
Saxophonist Don Menza
Pianist extraordinare Dave Mackay
Guitarist John Pisano
...and the list goes on.
Their styles range from bebop to modern
jazz.
Her singing and professionalism
attracted much notice over the years and Cathy is now in demand
internationally for clinics, private teaching, jazz compositions,
and live performances and studio recording.
To date, Cathy has three CDs under her
own leadership: Point
Of View, Song
Of The Heart, and Heart
to Heart, her new CD with Ross Tompkins on piano.
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Cathy
Segal Garcia
