Lawrence Sam “Larry” Goldings (born August 28, 1968) is an American

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keyboardist and composer. His music has explored elements of

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blues Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the ...

, and

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. Goldings has a comedic

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known as Hans Groiner.

Life and career

Goldings was born in

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. His father was a classical music enthusiast, and Goldings studied classical piano until the age of twelve. While in high school at

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, he attended a program at the

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. During this period

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, Dave McKenna,

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, and

Bill Evans William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His use of impressionist harmony, interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block ch ...

were influences. As a young teenager, Goldings studied privately with

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and

Keith Jarrett Keith Jarrett (born May 8, 1945) is an American jazz and classical music pianist and composer. Jarrett started his career with Art Blakey and later moved on to play with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s, he has also been a ...

. Goldings moved to

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in 1986 to attend a newly formed jazz program under the leadership of

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. During college he studied piano with

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and

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. While still a freshman Roland Hanna invited Goldings to accompany him to a three-day private jazz party in Copenhagen. While there Goldings met jazz legends

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Tommy Flanagan Thomas Lee Flanagan (March 16, 1930 – November 16, 2001) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He grew up in Detroit, initially influenced by such pianists as Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, and Nat King Cole, and then by bebop musicians. ...

, and

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; and he also played piano in a band with Vaughan,

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, and

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. While still a college student, he embarked on a worldwide tour with

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and worked with him for a year. A collaboration lasting almost three years with jazz guitarist Jim Hall followed. In 1988, Goldings began his development as an organist during a regular gig at a piano-less bar called Augie's Jazz Bar (now

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) on New York's

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. He was featured with several bands, and his own trio with guitarist Peter Bernstein and drummer Bill Stewart got its start there. His first release was ''Intimacy of the Blues'' in 1991. Over the course of his career, his distinctive keyboard sound has been sought out by pop, jazz, R&B, Brazilian, and alternative artists including

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, India.Arie,

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, Michael McDonald,

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, Sia,

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Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he hel ...

, and

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. Record producers he has worked with include Russ Titelman, Larry Klein,

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, and

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. One of Goldings' first collaborations with Larry Klein includes the

recording of

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's "Dance Me to the End of Love" with Goldings on Wurlitzer piano, pump organ, Hammond B3 organ, celeste, and piano solo. He has collaborated with musicians such as

Maceo Parker Maceo Parker (; born February 14, 1943) is an American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s, Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s and Prince in the 2000s. Parker was a prominent soloist on many o ...

John Scofield John Scofield (born December 26, 1951), sometimes referred to as "Sco", is an American guitarist and composer whose music over a long career has blended jazz, jazz fusion, funk, blues, soul and rock. He first came to mainstream attention in th ...

Carla Bley Carla Bley (born Lovella May Borg; May 11, 1936) is an American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader. An important figure in the free jazz movement of the 1960s, she is perhaps best known for her jazz opera '' Escalator over the Hill'' ...

Michael Brecker Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He was awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Berklee College of M ...

and

Pat Metheny Patrick Bruce Metheny ( ; born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer. He is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works, and other side projects. His style incorporates elements of progr ...

John Pizzarelli John Paul Pizzarelli Jr. (born April 6, 1960, in Paterson, New Jersey) is an American jazz guitarist and vocalist. He has recorded over twenty solo albums and has appeared on more than forty albums by other recording artists, including Paul McCa ...

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, Anthony Wilson and

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, and

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in genres including

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ian, and

. He performs

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as a pianist (since 2001) for singer-songwriter

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. Goldings is known for his gifts as a bass player on the Hammond organ, integral to his collaboration with Michael Brecker and Pat Metheny on ''Time is of the Essence'' and evident in the Pat Metheny composition "Extradition" during their 1999–2000 world tour. James Taylor's ''

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'' 2007 live album and world tour draws heavily on Goldings' bass playing abilities, making the one man band concept possible. The album and tour also include Goldings' composition "School Song." Larry Goldings' Hammond organ is heard on John Mayer's song "Gravity," on the Grammy award-winning album, ''Continuum''. In 2007, Larry Goldings,

and

received a

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nomination in the category of Best Jazz Instrumental Album Individual or Group for their live album, ''

Trio Beyond Trio Beyond is an avant-jazz fusion organ trio, formed in 2003. The trio was formed in 2003 by drummer Jack DeJohnette as a way of paying tribute to the importance of fellow drummer Tony Williams. Guitarist John Scofield and Larry Goldings, on ele ...

- Saudades''. In 2017, Goldings with the

Band received a Grammy nomination in the category of Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for '' Way Back Home''. In 2012 and 2013, Goldings was chosen to participate in both the Sundance Institute Documentary Film and Sundance Feature Film Composer Fellowship Programs. At the Documentary Film Lab in

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, Goldings scored scenes from filmmaker Johanna Hamilton's "1971." Goldings continued to work with the Sundance Institute in 2013, at the feature film lab held for the first time at

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. There he collaborated with filmmaker

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, scoring scenes from her film ''The Adderall Diaries''. Goldings' advisors in that program included noted film composers

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, Heitor Pereira,

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, and

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Style and influences

Goldings' melodic style of organ playing has often been compared to that of Larry Young. On organ Goldings cites as his first inspirations the solo piano style of Dave McKenna "who walks his own bass lines better than anyone" and

Billy Preston William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) was an American keyboardist, singer and songwriter whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Preston was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, during which he ba ...

accompanying

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on "Bridge Over Troubled Water." Other musical influences cited by Goldings include the

Wes Montgomery John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968) was an American jazz guitarist. Montgomery was known for an unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb and his extensive use of octaves, which gave him a dist ...

records which feature

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and Jimmy Smith; Shirley Scott;

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;

Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul ( '; 7 July 1932 – 11 September 2007) was an Austrian jazz and jazz fusion keyboardist and composer. First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with Miles Davis and to bec ...

; and

Jack McDuff Eugene McDuff (September 17, 1926 – January 23, 2001), known professionally as "Brother" Jack McDuff or "Captain" Jack McDuff, was an American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader who was most prominent during the hard bop and soul jazz ...

. Goldings' 1990s collaborations with Maceo Parker provided an authentic understanding of the language of funk music, and the voicings and rhythmic comping on the Hammond B3 organ as passed down by James Brown to Parker.

Awards and honors

* Best Jazz Album of the Year, ''The New Yorker'', ''Big Stuff'' (1996), ''Awareness'' (1997) * Organist/Keyboardist of the Year,

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, 2000, 2001 * Grammy Award Nomination, Best Jazz Album of the Year, 2007 * Grammy Award Nomination, Best Contemporary Instrumental Album, 2017 * Best Jazz Song, "High Dreams," John Lennon Songwriting Competition, 2019

Discography

As leader/co-leader

Main sources:

As sideman

With Peter Bernstein * ''Brain Dance'' (Criss Cross, 1996) * ''Earth Tones'' (Criss Cross, 1998) With Till Brönner * ''Oceana'' (EmArcy, 2006) * ''Rio'' (Verve, 2008) * ''At the End of the Day'' (Bam Bam, 2010) * ''The Good Life'' (Masterworks, 2016) With

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* ''Listen Up!'' (Virgin, 2000) * ''Cinematique'' (Blue Note/Capitol, 2002) * ''Scenes from a Dream'' (Red Dot, 2010) With Sia * ''Colour the Small One'' (Astralwerks, 2004) * ''Some People Have Real Problems'' (Hear Music, 2008) With

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* ''Truth'' (Concord, 2007) * ''Soul on Ten'' (Concord, 2009) * ''Bringing It Back Home'' (Provogue, 2013) With

* ''Gadditude'' (BFM, 2013) * ''Steve Gadd Band 70 Strong'' (BFM, 2015) * ''Way Back Home'' (BFM, 2016) * ''Steve Gadd Band'' (BFM, 2018) With

* '' My One and Only Thrill'' (Verve, 2009) * '' The Absence'' (Decca, 2012) * '' Currency of Man'' (Decca, 2015) With Jesse Harris * ''Mineral'' (Secret Sun, 2006) * ''No Wrong No Right'' (Dangerbird, 2015) With Jim Hall * ''Subsequently'' (MusicMasters, 1992) * ''Something Special'' (MusicMasters/Limelight, 1993) With

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* ''Company of Strangers'' (Lazy Eye, 2002) * ''Are You Lookin' at Me?'' (Compass/Lazy Eye, 2007) * ''Next Year People'' (Compass/Lazy Eye, 2015) With

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* ''Buttermilk Channel'' (Lost Wax, 2001) * ''Town & Country'' (Lost Wax, 2014) With

* ''Continuum'' (Columbia, 2006) * ''The Search for Everything'' (Columbia, 2017) With

Jessica Molaskey Jessica Molaskey (born January 9, 1962) is an American professional actor and singer of torch songs and show tunes. She has appeared in a dozen Broadway shows, including ''Sunday in the Park with George'', ''Tommy'', '' Crazy for You'', '' Chess'' ...

* ''Make Believe'' (PS Classics, 2003) * ''Sitting in Limbo'' (PS Classics, 2007) * ''Portraits of Joni'' (Ghostlight, 2017) With James Moody * ''Young at Heart'' (Warner Bros., 1996) * ''Warner Jams Vol. 2: The Two Tenors'' (Warner Bros., 1997) With

* ''Roots Revisited'' (Verve, 1990) * ''Mo' Roots'' (Verve, 1991) * ''Life on Planet Groove'' (Verve, 1992) With

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* ''Behind the Velvet Curtain'' (Great American Music, 2008) * ''Bad Poetry'' (Toy Canteen, 2014) With

* ''Careless Love'' (Rounder, 2004) * ''Half the Perfect World'' (Rounder, 2006) * ''Bare Bones'' (Rounder/Decca, 2008) * ''The Blue Room'' (Decca/EmArcy, 2012) With

* ''Double Exposure'' (Telarc, 2012) * ''Midnight McCartney'' (Concord, 2015) With Tim Ries * ''Alternate Side'' (Criss Cross, 2001) * ''The Rolling Stones Project'' (Concord, 2005) With

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* ''6 String Theory'' (Concord, 2010) * ''Rhythm Sessions'' (Concord, 2012) With

* ''Hand Jive'' (Blue Note, 1994) * ''Groove Elation'' (Blue Note, 1995) * ''Steady Groovin'' (Blue Note, 2000, compilation) * ''That's What I Say'' (Verve, 2005) * ''A Moment's Peace'' (EmArcy, 2011) * ''Country for Old Men'' (Impulse!, 2016) With Mark Sholtez * ''The Distance Between Two Truths'' (Warner, 2010) * ''The Edge of the Known World'' (Ambition, 2015) With Bill Stewart * ''Incandescence'' (Pirouet, 2008) * ''Live at Smalls'' (Smallslive, 2011) * ''Ramshackle Serenade'' (Pirouet, 2014) * ''Toy Tunes'' (Pirouet, 2018) With

Curtis Stigers Curtis Stigers (born October 18, 1965) is an American jazz singer. He achieved a number of hits in the early 1990s, most notably the international hit " I Wonder Why" (1991), which reached No. 5 in the UK and No. 9 in the US. Career S ...

* ''Baby Plays Around'' (Concord Jazz, 2001) * ''Secret Heart'' (Concord Jazz, 2002) * ''You Inspire Me'' (Concord Jazz, 2003) (As sideman & producer) * ''I Think It's Going To Rain Today'' (Concord Jazz, 2005) (As sideman & producer) * ''Real Emotional'' (Concord Jazz, 2007) (As sideman & producer) * ''Lost In Dreams'' (Concord Jazz, 2009) * ''Let's Go Out Tonight'' (Concord Jazz, 2012) With Dave Stryker * ''Blue Degrees'' (1993) * ''Shades of Miles'' (SteepleChase, 2000) With

* ''October Road'' (Columbia, 2002) * ''A Christmas Album'' (Hallmark, 2004) * ''One Man Band'' (Hear Music, 2007) * ''Other Covers'' (Hear Music, 2009) * ''Before This World'' (Concord, 2015) * ''American Standard'' (Fantasy, 2020) With Matt Wilson * ''As Wave Follows Wave'' (Palmetto, 1996) * ''Arts and Crafts'' (Palmetto, 2001) With

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* '' All the Time in the World'' (2002) * '' Guilty Pleasures'' (2007) With others *

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, ''

'' (Concord, 2012) *

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, '' A Good Day'' (Blue Note, 2008) * Harry Allen, ''Christmas in Swingtime'' (2001) *

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, ''The Christmas Wish'' (2017) *

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, ''

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, '' Circus Money'' (5 Over 12, Mailboat 2008) *

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, '' 4x4'' (ECM, 2000) * Don Braden, ''Organic'' (Epicure, 1995) *

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, ''Holly'' (2018) *

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, ''En Casa de Luis'' (BFM, 2011) *

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, ''How I Knew Her'' (Nonesuch, 2013) * Lea DeLaria, '' Play It Cool'' (Warner Bros., 2001) *

Kat Edmonson Kat Edmonson (born August 3, 1983) is an American singer and songwriter who calls her music vintage pop. Biography Early life and career Born and raised in Houston, Edmonson is the only child of a single mother who enjoyed songs from the Great ...

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, ''Gadditude'' (BFM, 2013) *

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, '' Blossom & Bee'' (Palmetto, 2012) *

, '' The Imagine Project'' (Sony, 2010) *

, '' Freddie Freeloader'' (Denon, 1990) *

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, ''Get In'' (A-, 1999) *

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, ''Jacintha Goes to Hollywood'' (Groove Note, 2007) *

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, ''

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, '' Not Too Late'' (Blue Note, 2006) *

, '' The Devil You Know'' (Concord, 2012) *

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, ''Raindance'' (AC Records 2006) * Anthony Wilson, ''Jack of Hearts'' (Groove Note, 2009) * Lyle Workman, ''Harmonic Crusader'' (Infrared, 2009) * Nikki Yanofsky, '' Nikki'' (Decca, 2010)

Film and TV credits

* 2020 ''Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker'' (TV series composer) * 2016 ''The Founder'' (soundtrack featuring "In Spite of Everything" composed and performed by Larry Goldings) * 2015 ''Trainwreck'' (soundtrack featuring "The Morning After" composed and performed by Larry Goldings) * 2014 ''Neighbors'' (soundtrack featuring "Tanglefoot Bounce" composed and performed by Larry Goldings) * 2014 ''Good Morning America'' and ''Walmart Soundcheck'' (featuring "Battlefield" an original composition performed by Lea Michele) * 2013 ''The Mark of Beauty'' (featuring "Strays" an original composition performed by Larry Goldings) * 2013 ''Dealing With Idiots'' (film composer) * 2009 ''The Dream's on Me'' (featured in film and on soundtrack) * 2009 ''Funny People'' (featuring "Memory" performed by Larry Goldings and Maude Apatow, and "Tuscany" (originally titled "Dario and Bario"), an original composition performed by Larry Goldings) * 2008 ''Bernard and Doris'' (HBO) (soundtrack featuring performance by Larry Goldings ) * 2008 ''The Office'' (NBC) (soundtrack featuring performance by Larry Goldings) * 2008 ''Great Performances on PBS: James Taylor: One Man Band'' (featuring Larry Goldings as "One Man Band" and "School Song" an original composition performed by Larry Goldings) * 2005 ''Proof'' (soundtrack featuring "Uganda," an original composition performed by Larry Goldings) * 2000 ''Space Cowboys'' (soundtrack featuring several arrangements of jazz standards performed by Larry Goldings)

References

External links

Official site

All About Jazz Interview with Larry Goldings

Songwriting, Producing, and Performing Credits
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