{"id":94971,"date":"2019-03-26T14:45:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T20:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/california-guitar-trio-will-play-in-cortez\/"},"modified":"2019-03-26T14:45:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T20:45:31","slug":"california-guitar-trio-will-play-in-cortez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/california-guitar-trio-will-play-in-cortez\/","title":{"rendered":"California Guitar Trio will play in Cortez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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California Guitar Trio will perform at Montezuma-Cortez High School on April 12.<\/span>Courtesy photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The California Guitar Trio, which explores and blends the boundaries of rock, jazz, classical and world music, will perform in Cortez on April 12.<\/p>\n

The band might even throw in a spaghetti western<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The concert is sponsored by SouthWest Colorado Concerts and begins at 7 p.m. at the Montezuma-Cortez High School Auditorium.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe California Guitar Trio\u2019s shows are full of captivating stories and humor that enable concertgoers to feel like they\u2019re part of the music, not just spectators,\u201d the band\u2019s website says. \u201cIn fact, the group\u2019s goal is to transcend their instruments, so people focus on the music first, and its considerable technical prowess a distant second.\u201d<\/p>\n

The trio is composed of Bert Lams, Hideyo Moriya and Paul Richards and is celebrating 25 years of making music together.<\/p>\n

Its albums, streamed 59 million times on Pandora, offer diverse snapshots of the group\u2019s muse. The trio\u2019s most recent release, \u201cKomorebi,\u201d showcases its acoustic side, with cover arrangements of Beatles, Beach Boys and others. Its \u201cMasterworks\u201d album features its takes on Bach, Beethoven, Arvo P\u00e4rt, and Schubert. \u201cAndromeda\u201d combines their influences into an album of original material, \u201cCG3+2\u201d ventures into kinetic rock in collaboration with bassist Tony Levin and drummer Pat Mastelotto, and \u201cEchoes\u201d takes a trip down memory lane with timeless material by artists such as Mike Oldfield, Penguin Caf\u00e9 Orchestra, Pink Floyd and Queen.<\/p>\n

The California Guitar Trio has contributed to a soundtrack of Olympics coverage and programs on CNN, CBS, NBC, and ESPN. NASA used their music to wake the crew aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor.<\/p>\n

California Guitar Trio also performed with the Montreal Guitar Trio in 2014.<\/p>\n

California Guitar Trio\u2019s lineup is the sum of its parts. Paul Richards, a Utah native who lives in Los Angeles, immersed himself in rock, blues, jazz and folk during his early days and while attending the University of Utah\u2019s jazz guitar program. Bert Lams, a native of Belgium, graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels, after specializing in classical guitar. Tokyo-born Hideyo Moriya began his guitar journey with surf music and British rock, then relocated to Boston to study at Berklee College of Music.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a concert for everyone \u2013 old and young \u2013 especially if one plays guitar!\u201d Julie Ayers, of SouthWest Colorado Concerts, said in a press release.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit swcoloradoconcerts.org or call Ayers at 970-882-1284 or Eric Wilson at 970-739-8508.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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