Performance: Guitar Trifecta

Enjoy a fusion of classical, jazz and R&B music from Guitar Trifecta featuring Lloyd Gregory, Carl Lockett and Eddie Pasternak. For all ages. Space limited first come first served.

Lloyd Gregory grew up in Cleveland where he had an aunt who played piano at their church; her influence prompted Gregory to begin playing the piano at age 5. He ultimately became a multi-instrumentalist, playing trombone, drums and cello in addition to piano and guitar, which he picked up at age 11. In his senior year of high school, he moved to Berkeley, where he put together his first band. After graduating from high school, he served as music director for the vocal groups. The Ballads and The Natural Four as they toured with The Impressions, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, and Ike and Tina Turner. As a solo artist Gregory recorded with various labels and opened for Stanley Clarke, Phoebe Snow, Norman Brown, Bobby Caldwell, Chaka Khan, Oscar Brown Jr. and The Whispers, among others. A well-respected guitar teacher, Gregory is a member of the faculty at The East Bay Center for the Performing Arts and offers private lessons. He has several CD releases: Wonderful, Only for You, Solo Guitar, Free Fallin’ and Gentle Warrior.

Carl Lockett grew up as a musical child prodigy. His interest in music began with him behind the drums. He later learned to play the guitar and began his career as a professional guitarist at age 14, playing around the Bay Area. He has continued to work professionally for the past forty years with highly distinguished acts including The Edwin Hawkins Singers, Chuck Mangione, Randy Crawford, Jimmy Smith, Joey DeFrancesco, Tammy Terrell, Esther Phillips, The Platters, The Ink Spots, Big Mama Thornton, Jackie Wilson, Papa John Creach, Brook Benton, Dakota Staten, Bill Summers, David Ruffin, and many others. He has performed in diverse settings ranging from an organ trio that included Jimmy McGriff and Jimmy Smith to sitting in for Jerry Garcia. He has played the 1980 Winter Olympics, the North Sea, Montreux and Monterey jazz festivals, and all three Blue Note clubs in Japan. So impressive is his playing that he was offered a sponsorship by guitar techs at Heritage Guitar Factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan, who’d witnessed one of his performances. They created for him a custom-made Heritage Golden Eagle. Lockett has independently released his own CD, Carl Lockett: All About Music.

Eddie Pasternak has been a mainstay of the Bay Area music scene for a quarter century. A delightful presence (with an abundance of warmth, wit, and charm), he consistently presents himself with elegance and class. This combination of musicianship, style and personality has guaranteed him many years of work in the sophisticated venues of the San Francisco Bay Area. He has frequently performed in the Bay Area’s finest hotels and major local events — and his guitar work has been a welcome feature in swing-oriented performances with former members of the Count Basie and Duke Ellington bands, as well as in Motown dance bands. Noted Bay Area music critic Lee Hildebrand describes him as a “remarkable guitarist who plays basslines and chords simultaneously. He generates intense swing.” Pasternak studied with Warren Nunes from 1968 to 1975; then continued studying with pianists Dick Hindman, Don Haas and Marcos Silva; and with guitarists Joe Pass and John Stowell.

Guitar Trifecta - Lloyd Gregory / Carl Lockett / Eddie Pasternak and special guest : Roger Glenn