California Guitar Trio (CGT) - a group of three guitarists, founded in 1991Paul Richards of Salt Lake City, Utah, Bert Lams from Belgium and Heido Moria from Tokyo.
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| Genre | Instrumental , prog rock , New Age , jazz , New Acoustic music , post rock |
| Years | 1991 – present |
| Labels | Inner Knot Records , Karate Body Records |
| Composition | Paul richards Bert lams Hideyo moriya |
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History
They met in 1987 at a Guitar Craft workshop, and a little later - in 1991 - in Los Angeles, they founded the California Guitar trio. Currently, the group uses non-standard guitar tuning . The band's performances contain original compositions and covers for rock hits and classical works. Their style includes the traditions of European classical music, rock, blues and jazz.
California Guitar Trio performed at the 2000 Olympics. The performance itself was featured on CBS , NBC , CNN Worldbeat and ESPN .
The California Guitar Trio was opening act for King Crimson , whose members (bassist Tony Levin and Drummer Pat Mastelotto ) regularly joined the CGT for live performances. The trio performed on the same stage with many famous artists, including John McLaughlin By David Sylvian Tito Puente Leftover Salmon , Steve Lucaser Simon Phillips Adrian Legg Adrian Bellew , John Anderson and others .
The trio recorded 14 albums: seven studio albums with original CGT compositions and a number of other works covering various music genres, four live collections and a Christmas CD with relevant music. Bert Lams also released a solo album with Bach's preludes, Nascent .
In August 2004, the band released Whitewater, which was produced by Tony Levin. Following this, in 2008, the album "Echoes" was released, consisting entirely of covers. In 2010, Andromeda was released, the band 's first release, consisting entirely of original material. In 2012, Masterworks was released with works by Beethoven , Bach , Vivaldi , Rossini and Pärt with the participation of Farida Haka and Tony Levin.
Discography
- The California Guitar Trio (1991, not included in the main discography)
- Yamanashi Blues (1993)
- Invitation (1995)
- Pathways (1998)
- An Opening Act: Live on Tour with King Crimson (1999)
- Rocks the West (2000)
- Monday Night in San Francisco (2000)
- 10 Christmas Songs (2001)
- Live at the Key Club (2001)
- CG3 + 2 (2002)
- The First Decade (compilation) (2003)
- Whitewater (2004)
- Highlights (compilation) (2007)
- Echoes (2008)
- Andromeda (2010)
- Montreal Guitar Trio + California Guitar Trio Live (2011)
- Masterworks (2011)
Notes
Links
- Cleveland, Barry. California Guitar Trio (Interview) (Neopr.) // Frets Magazine. - 2004. - 1 December ( No. Fall ).
- Tamm, Eric (2003), Robert Fripp: From crimson king to crafty master (Progressive Ears ed.), Faber and Faber (1990), Zipped Microsoft Word Document , ISBN 0-571-16289-4 , < http: // www .progressiveears.com / frippbook / ch10.htm > . Retrieved October 26, 2011. Archived October 26, 2011 on Wayback Machine
- Zwerdling, Daniel . California Guitar Trio (Neopr.) // All Things Considered . - Washington DC: National Public Radio , 1998. - 5 September 5. Archived October 10, 2014.
- California Guitar Trio home page
- Official Tony Levin Site
- California Guitar Trio at zvuki.ru
- California Guitar Trio at allmusic.com
- California Guitar Trio on billboard.com
- California Guitar Trio at musicbrainz.org