Continuing their collaboration so inwards Los Angeles, they founded The California Guitar Trio inwards 1991. They proceed to play inwards the New Standard Tuning.[1] Their performances in addition to recordings include master copy 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 runway "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 amongst 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 copy CGT songs in addition to a diversity of other industrial plant spanning numerous genres, 4 alive releases, in addition to a Christmas CD amongst Christmas music. Lams has too made a solo album of Bach preludes titled Nascent.
In August 2004 they released Whitewater, which was produced past times Tony Levin. It features mainly master copy industrial plant of the CGT, offset past times a puzzle-work scheme of a Bach lute suite in addition to a mashup of "(Ghost) Riders inwards the Sky" amongst The Doors' "Riders on the Storm." This was followed inwards 2008 past times Echoes, an album composed solely of covers, in addition to 2010's Andromeda, the band's commencement issue to consist solely of master copy material. The 2012 issue Masterworks is an all classical music compilation featuring music past times 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 inwards Hollywood's Key Club. Fortunately, they too had the stellar musical rhythm department of Tony Levin in addition to Pat Mastelotto to accompany them. The lawsuit is a wonderful attempt inwards exploring the possibilities of a guitar ensemble inwards both composition in addition to execution. The album is too an exploration of music inwards 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 higher upwards 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, the California Guitar Trio has regularly toured amongst expanded versions of the band. The fan favorite is no uncertainty the quintet shape amongst King Crimson members Tony Levin in addition to Pat Mastelotto. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 alive album, Live at the Key Club, was made available inwards 2001 through the CGT Direct Collectors' Series. CG3+2 takes the quintet inwards the studio to tape their repertoire. The runway listing includes a couplet novel 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 sometime favorites revisited. Granted, "Melrose Avenue," "Blockhead," in addition to "Train to Lamy," all dating dorsum to the trio's commencement 2 albums (Yamanashi Blues inwards 1994; Invitation inwards 1995), endure a flake from overexposure, but having a musical rhythm department to dorsum them upwards is a whole novel thing -- "Melrose Avenue" turns into a splendidly driving album opener. The grouping compositions, inwards which engineer 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 unloosen energy or beauty every bit "Skyline" in addition to "Eve," the 2 novel pieces co-written past times the squad of Bert Lams, Paul Richards, in addition to Hideyo Moriya. The highlights are provided past times the covers: Yes' "Heart of the Sunrise," the Mahavishnu Orchestra's "Dance of Maya" (did someone elevate virtuosity?), in addition to 2 delightful Japanese traditional tunes rearranged past times Moriya -- "Zundoko-Bushi" fifty-fifty includes bits of King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man" in addition to "Vrooom." CG3+2 is simply one-half novel to the fans in addition to constitutes a meager offering composition-wise. But if the persuasion of the guitar trio beingness backed past times such a skilled musical rhythm department makes yous salivate, so past times all agency see it. You won't live on disappointed!
It was simply a affair of fourth dimension earlier the internationally-based California Guitar Trio's globe academia-flavoured approach to creating music amongst the acoustic guitar would summon others into their fold. Luckily, they procured the world's greatest musical rhythm department - bassist Tony Levin in addition to acoustic-electric percussion pioneer Pat Mastelotto, who befriended them spell opening upwards for King Crimson on tour. "Over the years, we've played amongst several others on phase - Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn, Bill Janssen in addition to Jarrod Kaplan," explains guitarist Bert Lams. "We've ever kept our eyes out for opportunities to play amongst guests to expand our horizons. We've ever wanted to play amongst a vocalizer in addition to having Tony is similar playing amongst 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 amongst a instrumentalist of that calibre. Pat adds a lot of ability in addition to groove. We genuinely had around people inwards the audience dancing! He too has tremendous musical input in addition to has loads of enthusiasm to assist genuinely kicking things along." As a trio, they projection sounds amongst 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 underground rocket; the complex mix of Spanish, Japanese, surf in addition to prog arrangements are amusing, controlling the audience similar stoplights at a major urban pith intersection. Originals, covers (including Yes's "Heart of the Sunrise") in addition to daring improvs grace this alive recording, which volition indiscriminately charm infants upwards through to the aged. Lams knows where things volition proceed to progress, "this went so good that nosotros decided to usage around 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 enquire 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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