Clinician: Darren Kramer

Darren Kramer is an Edwards Trombone Performing Artist and is in demand as a freelance trombonist, clinician and adjudicator throughout the country. Kramer graduated from the University of Miami and moved to New York City where he toured with Matchbox Twenty, Tom Jones, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies. He has also made national television appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Late Show with David Letterman. 

Kramer is the Jazz Trombone Instructor at the University of Denver Lamont School of Music. In addition to teaching private jazz trombone lessons, Kramer coaches the Fusion Ensemble and the Commercial Music Ensemble and is part of the prestigious DU Jazz Faculty Combo "The Climb". 

Kramer is also an accomplished composer/arranger/producer of many styles resulting in several commissioned works and exceptional recordings with his innovative 10-piece group DKO The Darren Kramer Organization. His most recent CD release is entitled "In The Now" and features Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Michael Brecker who describes Kramer's music as “Fresh, Innovative Funk”. The highly-anticipated "DKO Electric Quartet" CD is due out in early 2007. Visit www.darrenkramer.org for more information. Darren Kramer exclusively plays Edwards Trombones and is an Edwards Performing Artist.