California Guitar Trio with guests Andreas Kapsalis Trio
"A California Guitar Trio performance is like a night at the theater:
Drama, passion, humor, joy , pathos, it's all there." - Acoustic
Musician Magazine
With a whirlwind of instrumental styles fusing classical, rock, blues, jazz, world music, progressive, as well as the quintessential California musical genre surf music, the California Guitar Trio's stunning virtuosity and sly sense of humor have earned them an enthusiastic following and even a little notoriety. Paul Richards of Salt Lake City, Utah, Bert Lams of Brussels, Belgium, and Hideyo Moriya of Tokyo first met in England at one of Robert Fripp's Guitar Craft Courses in 1987. After completing several of these intensive courses, the three toured worldwide with Fripp's League of Crafty Guitarists. Wanting to continue working together after the League had run its course, Bert, Paul and Hideyo convened in Los Angeles and founded The California Guitar Trio in 1991, honing their intricate original compositions, surf covers, and classical re-workings. Since their inception, the Trio has released 12 CDs: six studio CDs featuring original works from the CGT and a variety of classics such as Bach’s "Toccata and Fugue" and Beethoven's 5th Symphony. Their most recent album Echoes was released in 2008.
Andreas Kapsalis didn't let a minor thing like a severed tendon in his left-hand stand in the way of his dreams of being a top acoustic guitarist. Instead, he turned the injury into an advantage and invented a whole new way of playing guitar, creating along the way, among other things, a Dave Brubeck-approved cover of the class Blue Rondo A La Turk, an inspired cover of Pink Floyd's Money, and the soundtrack for Sundance Official Selection Black Gold. Tonight, Andreas is joined by percussionists Darren Garvey and Jamie Gallagher for their opening set.
"Winning, energetic and highly accessible..." - Los Angeles Times
"Energetic. Eclectic. Frenectic. Dynamic. Guitar music has never sounded quite like this before." - Deseret News
"This group skips merrily among genres...the trio's tongue-in-cheek humour becomes full-blown when it bursts into Ventures-style surf music." - The New York Times
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Major Funders
This activity is made possible in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature from the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008
