Lorenzo Farrell (bass)

Lorenzo Farrell was born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1976. He grew up in the fertile music scene around Bloomington, Indiana, absorbing rock radio of the 1980s. Starting at age five, Farrell studied classical piano and later picked up the guitar. During his high school years in Berkeley, California, Lorenzo discovered jazz and made the switch from piano to acoustic bass. He played jazz all through high school and college. Farrell joined J. Hansen in the San Francisco group Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums in 2000. He re-joined Hansen in 2003 when he was recruited into The Nightcats.