Continuing their collaboration so inward Los Angeles, they founded The California Guitar Trio inward 1991. They come about to play inward the New Standard Tuning.[1] Their performances in addition to recordings include master compositions, surf covers, in addition to classical re-workings of classical music. Their influences include European classical music, rock, blues, jazz, world music, in addition to surf music.
The Trio's music was featured during the television coverage of the 1998[citation needed] in addition to 2000 Olympic Games,[citation needed]. It has been featured on CBS, NBC, CNN WorldBeat, in addition to ESPN TV programs.[citation needed] They performed on the 2003 Grammy Awards-nominated rail "Apollo" on Tony Levin's CD Pieces of the Sun.[citation needed] CGT music served every bit wake-up music for the crew aboard NASA’s Space Shuttle Endeavour.
The California Guitar Trio performed every bit an opening deed for King Crimson, from which bassist Tony Levin in addition to drummer Pat Mastelotto regularly bring together the CGT for alive shows. CGT has shared the phase alongside many performancers, including the following: John McLaughlin, David Sylvian, Tito Puente, Leftover Salmon, Taj Mahal, Steve Lukather, Simon Phillips, Adrian Legg, Adrian Belew, Jon Anderson.
The Trio has released xvi albums: 7 studio CDs featuring master CGT songs in addition to a diverseness of other plant spanning numerous genres, 4 alive releases, in addition to a Christmas CD alongside Christmas music. Lams has too made a solo album of Bach preludes titled Nascent.
In August 2004 they released Whitewater, which was produced yesteryear Tony Levin. It features mainly master plant of the CGT, offset yesteryear a puzzle-work organisation of a Bach lute suite in addition to a mashup of "(Ghost) Riders inward the Sky" alongside The Doors' "Riders on the Storm." This was followed inward 2008 yesteryear Echoes, an album composed exactly of covers, in addition to 2010's Andromeda, the band's outset expose to consist exactly of master material. The 2012 expose Masterworks is an all classical music compilation featuring music yesteryear Beethoven, Bach, Vivaldi, Rossini in addition to Part. Chicago guitar virtuoso Fareed Haque played on Vivaldi's Winter, in addition to Tony Levin played upright bass in addition to cello on 4 tracks.
On Feb 3, 2001, the California Guitar Trio played inward Hollywood's Key Club. Fortunately, they too had the stellar beat department of Tony Levin in addition to Pat Mastelotto to accompany them. The lawsuit is a wonderful endeavour inward exploring the possibilities of a guitar ensemble inward both composition in addition to execution. The album is too an exploration of music inward full general - a CGT concert tin run the gamut from Queen to Beethoven to surf music to country, in addition to the band recognizes the ability of the music to a higher house all else. As talented every bit the Trio is, it's fifty-fifty to a greater extent than admirable that they are willing to accept a dorsum topographic point to the music itself. The personnel on this album are: Paul Richards, Hideyo Moriya, in addition to Bert Lams, acoustic guitars; Tony Levin, bass; in addition to Pat Mastelotto, drums in addition to percussion.
Since 1998, artist/the-california-guitar-trio-mn0000646378">the California Guitar Trio has regularly toured alongside expanded versions of the band. The fan favorite is no incertitude the quintet cast alongside artist/king-crimson-mn0000076057">King Crimson members artist/tony-levin-mn0000007305">Tony Levin in addition to artist/pat-mastelotto-mn0000136202">Pat Mastelotto. H5N1 alive album, Live at the Key Club, was made available inward 2001 through the CGT Direct Collectors' Series. CG3+2 takes the quintet inward the studio to tape their repertoire. The rail listing includes a span novel artist/cgt-mn0000646378">CGT compositions, jams in addition to studio constructions credited to the whole group, a few to a greater extent than of those incredible covers the band is known for, in addition to a few former favorites revisited. Granted, "Melrose Avenue," "Blockhead," in addition to "Train to Lamy," all dating dorsum to the trio's outset ii albums (Yamanashi Blues inward 1994; Invitation inward 1995), endure a flake from overexposure, but having a beat department to dorsum them upwardly is a whole novel thing -- "Melrose Avenue" turns into a splendidly driving album opener. The grouping compositions, inward which engineer artist/bill-munyon-mn0000768178">Bill Munyon too had a word, are non every bit satisfying every bit the trio's ain songs. Somewhat looser, they don't pack every bit much liberate energy or beauty every bit "Skyline" in addition to "Eve," the ii novel pieces co-written yesteryear the squad of artist/bert-lams-mn0000051798">Bert Lams, artist/paul-richards-mn0001786587">Paul Richards, in addition to artist/hideyo-moriya-mn0001779498">Hideyo Moriya. The highlights are provided yesteryear the covers: artist/yes-mn0000685647">Yes' "Heart of the Sunrise," artist/the-mahavishnu-orchestra-mn0000233862">the Mahavishnu Orchestra's "Dance of Maya" (did someone refer virtuosity?), in addition to ii delightful Japanese traditional tunes rearranged yesteryear artist/moriya-mn0001779498">Moriya -- "Zundoko-Bushi" fifty-fifty includes bits of artist/king-crimson-mn0000076057">King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man" in addition to "Vrooom." CG3+2 is exactly one-half novel to the fans in addition to constitutes a meager offering composition-wise. But if the persuasion of the guitar trio existence backed yesteryear such a skilled beat department makes y'all salivate, so yesteryear all way watch it. You won't live on disappointed!
It was exactly a affair of fourth dimension earlier the internationally-based California Guitar Trio's basis academia-flavoured approach to creating music alongside the acoustic guitar would summon others into their fold. Luckily, they procured the world's greatest beat department - bassist Tony Levin in addition to acoustic-electric percussion pioneer Pat Mastelotto, who befriended them spell opening upwardly for King Crimson on tour. "Over the years, we've played alongside several others on phase - Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn, Bill Janssen in addition to Jarrod Kaplan," explains guitarist Bert Lams. "We've e'er kept our eyes out for opportunities to play alongside guests to expand our horizons. We've e'er wanted to play alongside a vocalist in addition to having Tony is similar playing alongside a voice. He adds an extra dimension to the music nosotros play. Tony has a unique style; he has acquired liberty on his instrument, it's an incredible sense to live on playing alongside a instrumentalist of that calibre. Pat adds a lot of ability in addition to groove. We truly had closed to people inward the audience dancing! He too has tremendous musical input in addition to has loads of enthusiasm to assist truly boot things along." As a trio, they projection sounds alongside the ability of an orchestra, in addition to their attending to item is similar using pointillism to pigment an emotional landscape. As a five-piece, they syncopate every bit if they were contained within a high-speed metro rocket; the complex mix of Spanish, Japanese, surf in addition to prog arrangements are amusing, controlling the audience similar stoplights at a major urban centre intersection. Originals, covers (including Yes's "Heart of the Sunrise") in addition to daring improvs grace this alive recording, which volition indiscriminately charm infants upwardly through to the aged. Lams knows where things volition come about to progress, "this went so good that nosotros decided to usage closed to other tour every bit a quintet this August, every bit good every bit recording a studio album together."
Tracks Listing
1. Train to Lamy (4:56)
2. Zundoko Bushi (with excerpts from 21st century schizoid man) (3:43)
3. Blackhead (3:36)
4. Apache (3:26)
5. Sketches on sunset (6:48)
6. Discipline (4:51)
7. Misirlou (1:58)
8. Many people inquire us... (3:05)
9. Melrose Ave. (2:15)
10. Dance of Maya (5:54)
11. Heaven's bells (6:56)
12. Heart of the sunrise (7:22)
13. Caravan (5:28)
14. Eve (4:02)
Total Time: 64:20
Line-up / Musicians
- Bert Lams / guitars
- Hideyo Moriya / guitars
- Paul Richards / guitars
with
- Tony Levin / stick, bass
- Pat Mastelotto / drums
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