Since settling in San Francisco in 1997, Canada-born trumpeter/composer/songwriter Darren Johnston has collaborated and recorded with an extremely diverse cross-section of artists. His interests include composition of instrumental music, songwriting, and performing jazz, experimental, and purely improvised music. He also enjoys traditional music from the Balkans and other countries such as Turkey, Greece, Macedonia and Turkey. His primary ensemble, The Broken Shadows Family Band, has merged these interests. He has performed with many luminaries, including Fred Frith and Hamid Drake. from http://darrenjohnstonmusic.com
