Melinda Sullivan & Larry Goldings Share Video For Steve Gadd Feature "Do You Like"

Ini iku sing unik. Big Foot is garis sing apik dicetak dening Dancer Melinda Sullivan lan pianis Larry Goldings saka sejarah jazz menyang masa depan, saka sambungan langgeng antara tap lan jazz nganti panggonan jazz kontemporer LA ing ngendi garis-garis genre di-vaporized lan improvisasi sering nggabungake elektronik urip.

Hak jelas ing rekaman iku sing sawetara suara percussive sampeyan ndeleng ing rekaman iki digawe dening drum kit (Melinda ndeleng sawetara percussion tradisional) - iku digawe dening kaki Melinda Sullivan nalika dheweke nyanyi, uga teknik micing kreatif dening Pete Min. Mugi Steve Gadd, ing kunjungan ing studio, nggawe suara karo kakung lan kotak karton kosong. Banjur unikake konsep, nanging, iku kolaborasi musik tingkat dhuwur banget antarane Goldings lan Sullivan sing wis ditambahi ing lima taun pungkasan wiwit pertemuan ing 2019. Musik sing dihasilake iku gembira, spontan, free, lan sering groovy kaya nerang.</fseg>

Larry Goldings - "Drummer Steve Gadd minangka penari tembok minangka anak, lan nalika aku nampilake video Melinda nyanyi, dheweke ngarep ing. Sawise kunjungan sing sing sing sing sing sing sing sing sing sing sing sing sing sing sing sing sing sing sing sing sing sing sing sing sing sing sing sing sing sing ing studio lan dheweke lan Melinda nyimpen duet, karo Melinda ing sok, lan Steve nyimpen sikat ing kotak karton. Steve lan Melinda duwe akeh kesamaan: dheweke muter ide, lan ora notasi ora dibutuhake; wektu lan perasaan sing apik; lan padha ndeleng banget sensitif. Pungkur minggu sawisé sesi, kita nyimpen duet iki, lan aku nggawe struktur harmonis ing ndhuwur, nambah piano, synthesizers, lan nyanyi sing apik saka Anna Goldings, putrané. "</p

Melinda Sullivan - “While spending the afternoon in the studio with Dr. Steve Gadd, we truly found a rhythmic synergy. Steve and I met that same day, thanks to Larry, and introduced ourselves through playing together. It was magical. What you hear on Do You Like, as well as two other tracks on the album Twins and Dyad, are single-takes. There was very little talking, just us listening and responding. Steve saw the drummer in me and I saw the tap dancer in him. 10/10 joy for me that day.”

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Pianis lan komposer Grammy-nominated Larry Goldings lan penari tap luar biasa Melinda Sullivan bangga nggunakake Big Foot, inovatif, siji saka genre album ing Colorfield Records.

When Goldings and Sullivan met shortly before the COVID pandemic, they had no way of knowing just how impactful it would become for both of them. By 2021, they had begun meeting in Goldings’ backyard to play together and posting videos of their jam sessions to social media. The project was immediately recognized by musicians and journalists who saw in the connection of tap dance and jazz, a deep legacy stretching back over 100 years.

It was inevitable that the duo would eventually take the project off the socials and into the studio. From the beginning, they knew that they would need to develop a specific sonic language for the recording. This led them to engineer-producer Pete Min, a man committed to making artful records that explore the space between improvisation and composition, chaos and control, intention and discovery.

Salah siji saka tantangan rekaman karo penari tap, Goldings lan Sullivan ditemokake, iku yen musik kudu tetep bisa didengar - minangka musik - tanpa mbukak ing proses cara iku dibuat. Big Foot nawakake keseimbangan antarane nggawe rekaman musikally nyedhiyakake tanpa over-manipulating landscape sonic, nyata featuring Sullivan minangka penari percussive. “My main thing,” ngandika Goldings, "wiwiti yen aku pengin ngira apa Melinda nggawe."  

During the recording sessions, Goldings immersed himself in analog synthesis and employed a catalog of keyboards that would make any electronic enthusiast envious. Sullivan dances in socks, sand and sneakers for the majority of the album, allowing her rhythmic nuance to come forward. The toe, heel, slide, and taps that she coaxes are complex, sometimes evoking brushes on a snare drum, other times tablas or frame drums, and still other times the sound of an analog drum machine or beat box.

Sam Gendel ing saksofone lan efek, CJ Camerieri ing trumpet lan flugelhorn, Daphne Chen ing violin lan viola, lan bassist Karl McComas-Reichl. saben wong nyedhiyakake suara pribadi kanggo pesta sing ora aneh. lan putri Goldings Anna nyanyi melodi sing nyenengake ing "Do You Like," lagu sing mbukak karo suara luminaris liyane, drummer Steve Gadd.

Banyak komposisi ing Big Foot kanggo sinyal film, ing sisih-sisih, amarga struktur sing nyebaraken. Mereka miwiti, ngembangake, dheweke ndadekake ing tempat sing ora ditunggu-tunggu. Larry ndadekake, "Pesonan film nduweni pengaruh ing musik iki. Ngandhuté Björk, lan Joe Zawinul."  

Tetapi apa wae perjalanan lan pengaruh bisa, gampang put Big Foot iku musik gedhe sing banget sulit kanggo nglakoni nanging banget gampang kanggo ndeleng.

ALBUM CREDITS

Larry Goldings - Steinway Grand piano, Tom Thumb piano, tas
piano, organ Hammond, Rhodes, clavinet Hohner, celeste, percussion, vokal, Arp 2600, 1972 Moog Moduler Model 12, MiniMoog, Putney VCS 3, Roland Jupiter 8, Roland Jupiter 4, PPG Wave 2.3, Yamaha CS60, Prophet 600, Buchla Music Easel, Mos-Lab 2500, Prophet 5, Yamaha DX7, Roland Juno 60, Oberheim 4
Voice, Ensoniq ESQ 1, Soma Pulsar 22, EMS Putney, Memory Moog
Melinda Sullivan - taps, sapatu, sepatu, boots, pasir, banyu, percussion, vokal
Sam Gendel - alto sax, efek ing “Clear Day”, “Loose Caboose” lan “Quantize Me”
Steve Gadd - tangan lan kaki percussion ing “Do You Like”, “Twins” lan “Dyad”
CJ Camerieri - trumpet, flugelhorn ing “Sin Zapatos”, “Twins” lan “Quantize Me”
Daphne Chen - violin, viola ing “Sin Zapatos” lan “Big Foot”
Karl McComas-Reichl - bas teges ing “Twins”, “Mother Time” lan “Loose Caboose”
Anna Goldings - vokal ing “Do You Like”
Tulis lan dicampur dening Pete Min ing Lucy's Meat Market, Los Angeles, CA
Produced by Pete Min, Larry Goldings, lan Melinda Sullivan
Tetapi komposisi saka Larry Goldings lan Melinda Sullivan, mung:
“Sin Zapatos,” ditulis déning Larry Goldings, Melinda Sullivan lan CJ Camerieri
“Do You Like” “Twins” lan “Dyad,” ditulis dening Larry Goldings, Melinda Sullivan lan Steve Gadd
“Loose Caboose,” ditulis déning Larry Goldings, Melinda Sullivan, Karl McComas-Reichl lan Sam Gendel
Mastered dening Kevin Gray ing Cohearent Audio
Manufaktur ing RTI
Foto lan desain kostum dening Mimi Haddon
Cover art dening Amy Armani
Layout tambahan dening Miles Wintner