California Guitar Trio [SEP] inception
California Guitar Trio
California Guitar Trio (CGT) is a band of three
guitar players founded in 1991. The three—Paul Richards of Salt Lake City, Utah, Bert Lams of Affligem, Belgium, and Hideyo Moriya of Tokyo, Japan—met at a 1987 Guitar Craft course, in which Robert Fripp instructed them in the New Standard Tuning (NST). After completing several of Fripp's Guitar Craft courses, the three toured as part of Robert Fripp and The League of Crafty Guitarists.
Continuing their
New World Guitar Trio
New World Guitar Trio was an eclectic, contemporary ensemble founded by David Patterson (guitarist) in 1988. After its inception, the Trio quickly gained notoriety for its highly charged and refined performances which often defied the standard conceptions of the classical guitar repertoire. As the group’s musical director and arranger, Patterson earned exceptional praise for his innovative programming and his "ingenious transcriptions of solo piano, chamber, and orchestra works" ("Guitar Player" magazine). The ensemble had no first, second