Sunday Afternoon Jazz with Nate Lopez

presents Nate Lopez

Nate Lopez plays acoustic 7 string guitars solo and a custom electric 8-string hybrid bass/guitar with the Nate Lopez Trio weekly at local restaurants, wineries, and clubs. Nate can also be seen performing with the Mark McDonald Blues Band and with Maria Jameau as part of Blue Brazil.

Nate has been playing in the San Francisco Bay Area and Wine Country for over a decade at many venues including COPIA in Napa, The Catalyst Club in Santa Cruz, Laguna Beach Jazz and Art Festival, Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco, Reno Jazz festival, and countless Wineries. He has also been a featured artist on radio stations KRSH, KBBF, and KGGV. Nate studied Jazz and Classical music at Solano College before studying North Indian Classical Music at the Ali Akbar College of music.

Nate has always been surrounded by music, his mother often sang and played piano, always encouraging creativity and open-mindedness. Nate's Uncle Ricardo on his father's side was an incredible Mexican folk guitarist, exposing Nate to two handed tapping, hammer-ons, and many other styles of guitar. When Ricardo died in 1992, he left his guitar to Nate's father, Marcus, who then gave it to Nate. The guitar immediately made sense to Nate, and as soon as he began to experiment with it he realized he was playing bass lines on it, at which point he got a bass guitar that he played for many years until he discovered the Novax 8 string hybrid bass/guitar.