In My Room

Larry Goldings

Label: Challenge Records
Format: CD
Barcode: 0608917332223

Catalog number: CR 73322
Releasedate: 31-08-11

With the release of In My Room Larry explores original music and songs by iconic artists such as Brian Wilson, Joni Mitchell, The Beatles, The Zombies, Stephen Foster, Abdullah Ibrahim, and others. It also includes new compositions, and prepared piano improvisations.

Larry explores original music and songs by iconic artists such as Brian Wilson, Joni Mitchell, The Beatles, The Zombies, Stephen Foster, Abdullah Ibrahim, and others
Goldings is an enormously versatile pianist/keyboardplayer
The atmosphere of the music is very direct and intimate
Longtime pianist for James Taylor on a new solo cd!
In recent years, his distinctive playing has graced the albums of Christina Aguilera, Walter Becker, Solomon Burke, Tracy Chapman, De La Soul, Robben Ford, Steve Gadd, Melody Gardot, Herbie Hancock, Jesse Harris, Colin Hay, India.Arie, Al Jarreau, Norah Jones, John Mayer
As a leader, Larry has released 15 albums, many of which feature his long time organ trio with Peter Bernstein and Bill Stewart
In 2007, Larry (alongside John Scofield and Jack DeJonnette) received a Best Jazz Album Grammy nomination for their recording, Trio Beyond - Saudades (ECM)
In the past decade, Goldings has become increasingly known as a composer, arranger, and producer

The challenge one faces when interpreting iconic songs like "In My Room," "All I Want" or "Here, There and Everywhere" is that there is no way to improve on the original recordings, each one, so perfect, so personal. This, then poses the question, "Why even record them at all?" I guess the answer, in the words of my good friend Richard Goodman, is that one must find a way to "bring the songs into one's own room." I attempted to accomplish this here, while still trying to maintain the purity of the songs as they were originally written and performed. The exception to this approach is my rendering of The Zombies' "A Rose For Emily." Here, I simply wanted to pay tribute to the original recording, but as an instrumental piece. No harmonies were changed, and the arrangement is based on the one heard on their (under-appreciated) album, "Odyssey and Oracle." (Larry Goldings in the linernotes)

In My Room