ITF2008 : May 28-31 : Salt Lake City

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Darren Kramer

Darren Kramer is an Edwards Performing Artist and is in demand as a freelance trombonist, keyboardist, educator, composer, arranger and producer throughout the United States. Kramer graduated from the University of Miami and moved to NYC where he toured with Matchbox Twenty, Tom Jones, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies. He has also recorded with such artists as Michael Brecker, Eric Marienthal and Jerry Hey. Kramer is now the President/CEO of his own music company, DKO The Darren Kramer Organization, whose inspiring concerts, educational clinics, five exceptional recordings, and over fifty challenging arrangements (Available Now for small group AND big band!) have helped modernize the trombone and expand its role in contemporary music.

Kramer has produced five exceptional DKO recordings featuring world-renowned artists such as Eric Marienthal, Rick Margitza, Gary Willis, and the late Michael Brecker who praised Kramer’s music as “…fresh, innovative funk by a brilliant, upcoming trombonist”. The upcoming 2008 DKO CD release is entitled “Beyond The Boneyard” and features an inspiring “one man band” performance utilizing electric trombone, keyboards and computer loops. This "acid jazz electronica" is also being presented by Kramer throughout the country as a music software PowerPoint Presentation " Creating Music Using Technology".
For more information about Darren Kramer and/or DKO Concerts/Clinics/Charts/CDs, please www.darrenkramer.com.