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The Nice Guy Trio: Here Comes the Nice Guy Trio
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
It's obvious just from this trio's composition--trumpet, accordion, and bass--that something new is going on. It's also clear that to fully appreciate this boundary-busting CD, you must let go of your usual musical signposts. Even a taste for the wildest of free jazz won't prepare you for this music, since it's far too thoughtfully conceived and constructed. If you must have some category to file this under, try Italian film music" (think Cinema Paradiso (1988) or Federico Fellini's more benign ...
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by Mark Corroto
Give three imaginative artists a yearlong residency in a performance space, located in a breeding ground for creative music and the results hopefully will turn out to be something like Here Comes The Nice Guy Trio.
Canadian trumpeter Darren Johnston, now living in the Bay area of San Francisco, spent a year making music at the Red Poppy Art House in the Mission District with the aptly named Nice Guy Trio with accordionist Rob Reich and bassist Daniel ...
read moreThe Nice Guy Trio + Strings, World Premiere, 9/4, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, San Francisco
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Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
The 10th Anniversary Yerba Buena Gardens Festival (YBGF) presents the World Premiere of two YBGF-commissioned pieces from San Francisco's The Nice Guy Trio + Strings on Saturday, September 4 from 1:00pm to 2:30pm, free, at Yerba Buena Gardens in downtown San Francisco. The YBGF commissioned pieces are trumpeter Darren Johnston's Waking Music" and accordionist Rob Reich's Sidewalks and Alleys." The Nice Guy Trio is Johnston, Reich and bassist Daniel Fabricant in an exclusive collaboration with some of the world's most ...
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Porto Franco Records to Release "Here Comes the Nice Guy Trio" - The CD Debut by Trumpeter Darren Johnston's New Band - Nov. 17
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Since his arrival in San Francisco in 1997, Ontario-born trumpeter Darren Johnston has become a vital part of the city’s diverse musical landscape—as composer, bandleader, and trumpeter. Johnston has collaborated with the ROVA Saxophone Quartet, Myra Melford, and Marcus Shelby; recorded under his own name and with the United Brassworkers Front; and been named one of Down Beat’s “25 Trumpeters of the Future.” Johnston’s newest ensemble, the Nice Guy Trio, was formed nearly two years ago with accordionist/composer Rob Reich ...
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