Laraaji
Laraaji (born 1943) is an American musician. Born Edward Larry Gordon in Philadelphia, he studied violin, piano, trombone and voice in his early years in New Jersey. He attended Howard University, a historically black university in Washington, D.C. on a scholarship to study composition and piano. After studying at Howard, he spent time in New York City pursuing a career as a stand-up comedian and actor.
In the early seventies he began to study Eastern mysticism and believed he'd found a new path for his music and his life. It was also at this time he bought his first zither from a local pawn shop. Converting it to an electronic instrument, he began to experiment using the instrument like a piano. By 1978, he developed enough skill to begin busking in the parks and on the sidewalks of New York.
The following year he was "discovered" by Brian Eno while playing in Washington Square Park. The result was his most widely-recognized release, Ambient 3: Day of Radiance, the third installment of Brian Eno's Ambient series. This was his first album released under the name of Laraaji.
Podcasts:
Laraaji
ALBUMS
- Celestial Music 1978 - 2011 released: 2013
- Cascade released: 1997
- The Way Out Is the Way In released: 1995
- Flow Goes The Universe released: 1992
- Flow Goes the Universe released: 1992
- Essence / Universe released: 1987
- Ambient 3: Day of Radiance released: 1987
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Tell me one thing, tell me one thing and let it go
I got something, I got something heaven knows