ABOUT
Kristo has held a deep respect for the beauty of music. He started to play piano when he was 11 years old and took lessons for several years with professional pianist David Crane in Los Angeles. He started to compose and record his own music in his junior high school years, performing in various bands as well in high school (Pacific Palisades High/Santa Monica/Malibu). At this point, he became entranced by the sounds of jazz (John Coltrane, Monk, Sun Ra). He also started to study more popular artists like Prince, Bob Marley, James Brown, Earth, Wind & Fire. In high school, Kristo started to teach himself bass and guitar. He became proficient on these instruments and began playing live in many different bands in the Hawaiian Islands, Washington state, and Florida. In '09, he began extensive touring with a band in Florida: The Floridian Band, having played the breadth of the whole west coast of Florida. Now Kristo has relocated to Denver, Colorado. He also teaches piano, bass, and electric guitar, and he also sings. The Kristo Trio is his new musical creation in Denver, bringing forward a powerful mix of old/new school jazz and modern fusion with soulful original compositions.
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