Darren Gholston

Saxophonist/composer Darren Gholston releases his debut CD for Indie Label, G Street Records, "D's Mood." Co-produced by Darren with Darnell Gholston and the last track entitled "Talk to Me", produced by Grammy Nominated Artist Doc Powell. The title track D’s Mood was written for and about his wife. “It is my musical interpretation of what she brings to me; her strength and confidence to step up to any challenge that she may be confronted with matched with her loving, caring, passionate and giving spirit is the essence of D’s Mood.”For Darren, this project has been a labor of love that has been long awaited. “It is the culmination of years of playing to get to the point of finally having my true voice heard. Having the ability to record each track the way I wanted and share it with everyone possible is wonderful. Each track is a representation of how I was feeling at that particular moment in time. We all have different moods and I wanted to create music that would allow me to take a ride through those moods without changing my course. My hope is that this project will allow you to express all of your moods.”Darren Gholston is native to California. He was born into a musical family, the middle son of three children, all of which are talented musicians, due to their parent’s musical influence. At an early age Darren knew he wanted to be a musician, learning how to play the drums by age 8 and saxophone at age 10. He knew when he first played the saxophone this was the instrument for him. Darren began his musical journey by playing in the church. He has recorded and performed in different genres of music from gospel, contemporary jazz, R & B, reggae, funk and hip hop to traditional jazz. He has performed with many notable artists such as Ronnie Laws, Doc Powell, Larry Dunn (Earth Wind and Fire), Norman Connors, Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s band Miles Long, Donnie McClurkin, Bobby Jones, Trin-i-tee 5:7 and Vanessa Bell Armstrong. He has opened for artists such as Fattburger, Pieces of a Dream, Jon B., Greg Adams, Wayman Tisdale, Najee, Al Jarreau, Bobby Lyle, Jean Carne, Wayne Henderson and Nils to name a few. Darren has also had the opportunity to tour outside of the country. Darren believes in giving back to the community and is involved in community service through delivering motivational speeches to school children to performing for various charity events. His love of performing live is evident. He plays with passion and emotion that transcends to his audience. “I have been blessed with a gift that I have a responsibility to share with others. My goal is to touch someone with my music because there’s more to music than just notes, it’s how it makes you feel!”