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

Ieu téh hiji anu pisan unik. Big Foot nyaéta garis indah ditarikna ku Dancer Melinda Sullivan jeung pianis Larry Goldings ti sajarah jazz ka masa depan, ti sambungan panjang antara tap jeung jazz nepi ka panganyarna LA jazz panganyarna di mana garis genre anu vaporized jeung improvisasi sering ngagabungkeun éléktronika hirup.

Hak jelas dina rekaman nyaéta yén teu saeutik bunyi percussive anjeun dengar dina rekaman anu dijieun ku drum kit (Melinda teu muterkeun sedikit percussion tradisional) - éta dijieun ku kaki Melinda Sullivan nalika anjeunna tarian, kaasup teknik micing kreatif ku Pete Min. Malah Steve Gadd, dina kunjungan nya ka studio, nyieun bunyi nya ku kakarabatan na kotak karton kosong. Di luar unikna konsepna, ku kituna, nyaéta kolaborasi musik tingkat luhur antara Goldings jeung Sullivan nu geus dipikawanoh leuwih lima taun saprak pertemuan maranéhanana dina 2019.

Larry Goldings - Drummer Steve Gadd mangrupakeun penari tap salaku anak, sarta nalika kuring nembongkeun anjeunna video Melinda menari, anjeunna hayang di. Dina hiji kunjungan singkat ka Los Angeles, kami nyandak anjeunna ka studio jeung anjeunna jeung Melinda improvised duet, jeung Melinda di sapatu, jeung Steve muter sikat dina kotak karton. Steve jeung Melinda boga loba hal umum: aranjeunna maénkeun ide, jeung no notas anu diwaskeun; waktos na rasa maranéhanana anu alus; jeung aranjeunna anu pangalusna sensitif. loba minggu sanggeus sesi ieu, urang re-tempo duet ieu, sarta kuring dijieun struktur harmonis di sakuliahna, nambahkeun piano, synthesizers, jeung nyanyi anu indah Anna Goldings, putri kuring.

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.”

About The LP

Nominated Grammy pianis jeung komposer Larry Goldings jeung tap dancer luar biasa Melinda Sullivan bangga nyebat Big Foot, hiji inovatif, salah sahiji jenis album di 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 sahiji tantangan tina rekaman jeung penari tap, Goldings jeung Sullivan kapanggih, nyaéta yén musik kudu tetep bisa didengar - salaku musik - tanpa ngaronjatkeun prosés kumaha éta dijieun. Big Foot naonkeun keseimbangan antara nyieun rekaman musikally pangaweruh tanpa over-manipulating landscape sonic, nyata ngagambarkeun Sullivan salaku ballerina percussive. “My main thing,” nyebutkeun Goldings, "dia yén kuring hoyong urang ningali naon Melinda ngalakukeun."  

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.

Parta kontributor ka rekaman kaasup Sam Gendel dina saxophone jeung efek, CJ Camerieri dina trumpet jeung flugelhorn, Daphne Chen dina violin jeung viola, jeung bassist Karl McComas-Reichl. Masing-masing nawarkeun sora pribadi maranéhanana ka pesta anu teu biasa. Jeung putri Goldings Anna nyanyi hiji melodi hususna hésé dina "Do You Like," lagu nu dibuka ku suara luminaris séjén, drummer Steve Gadd. Ieu suara Gadd nyokot pertanyaan "Do you like...?" saméméh anjeunna ngamimitian nyokot hiji pola grooving lembut jeung lengan-Na dina kotak.

Banyak komposisi dina Big Foot Evoke petunjuk film, di bagian sabab struktur unraveling maranéhanana. Aranjeunna dimimitian, aranjeunna ngembangkeun, aranjeunna diakhirkeun di tempat anu tak dijangka. Larry ngungkabkeun yén, "Pesonan film mangrupakeun pangaruh dina musik ieu. Ieu ogé Björk, jeung Joe Zawinul."  

Naha naon perjalanan jeung pengaruh bisa jadi, ngan simpen Big Foot Ieu musik gede anu luar biasa sukar pikeun ngalaksanakeun tapi pisan gampang pikeun nelepon.

ALBUM CREDITS

Larry Goldings - Steinway Grand piano, Tom Thumb piano, sakuliah
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, sapatu, sapatu, pasir, cai, percussion, vokal
Sam Gendel - alto sax, effects on “Clear Day”, “Loose Caboose” and “Quantize Me”
Steve Gadd - tangan jeung kaki percussion on “Do You Like”, “Twins” jeung “Dyad”
CJ Camerieri - trumpet, flugelhorn on “Sin Zapatos”, “Twins” jeung “Quantize Me”
Daphne Chen - violin, viola on “Sin Zapatos” jeung “Big Foot”
Karl McComas-Reichl - upright bass on “Twins”, “Mother Time” and “Loose Caboose”
Anna Goldings - vokal dina “Do You Like”
Daptarkeun jeung dicampur ku Pete Min di Lucy's Meat Market, Los Angeles, CA
Daptarkeun ku Pete Min, Larry Goldings, jeung Melinda Sullivan
All komposisi tina Larry Goldings jeung Melinda Sullivan, kecuali:
“Sin Zapatos,” ditulis ku Larry Goldings, Melinda Sullivan jeung CJ Camerieri
“Do You Like” “Twins” and “Dyad,” written by Larry Goldings, Melinda Sullivan and Steve Gadd
“Loose Caboose,” ditulis ku Larry Goldings, Melinda Sullivan, Karl McComas-Reichl jeung Sam Gendel
Mastered ku Kevin Gray di Cohearent Audio
Manufactured at RTI
Foto jeung desain kostum ku Mimi Haddon
Cover art by Amy Armani
Additional layout by Miles Wintner