Mahanaim Satya

Mahanaim Satya (aka Naim Satya) started later on to a music career at age seven when he used the piano. By enough time he started his formal music trained in Junior University, he had been playing ten equipment. Satya became a member of the U.S. Military and finished up playing bass in the Military Music group in Oakland. Performers he used of these years included Jackson Browne and Sonny Simmons. His big possibility emerged when Charles Lloyd wanted a online backup music group and Satya’s trio got the gig. Since that time he has documented for the Pacific Arts and, mainly, for David Watson’s Music in the Vines. He’s also documented and distributed the stage numerous jazz performers, including Michael Light, John Handy, Bobby McFerrin, and Sunlight Ra. In 1995, appearing out of semi-retirement after 15 noiseless years, Satya returned to jazz through the piano and provides used his group, Jazz School of thought. Employed in the SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA area, he continues to be writing original materials aswell as executing in an array of jazz designs from mainstream to Latin and fusion. His playing embodies the affects of Ron Carter, Paul Chambers, and specifically John Coltrane who Satya considers his coach. Satya is constantly on the record and perform along with his group in the Bay Region.