David Lanz

24 July 2009

刚刚让我发现这一位音乐家，名叫David Lanz. 听到他《Cristofori's Dream》, 让我迫不及待上网找这首歌谱。免费的就找不着，现在还在考虑要不要买这个歌谱。来自西北太平洋岸的西雅图市的钢琴家David Lanz(大卫.蓝兹)也具有原住民血统。早在十几岁的时候就在几个摇滚乐队里担任了演奏，之后在西雅图一家小型夜总会里，David Lanz钢琴独奏的风格开始显现。夜总会的要求是既演奏固定曲目，也演奏流行歌曲，David Lanz则在其中加入了自己的一些原创，由于顾客们的反应不错，不久，他就基本上只演奏自己的作品了。他早期的钢琴独奏专辑时至今日还是Narada品牌最畅销的作品。与吉他手Paul Speer的两度合作也进入了Billboard专辑排行榜。88年发表的《Cristofori's Dream》堪称是他最成功的作品，乃为纪念十七世纪末意大利的钢琴发明家Bartolomeo Cristofori所作，曾经登上告示牌New Age排行榜冠军宝座达廿七周，并在榜内停留近两年之久。我还喜欢他的Lovers Tarot，dream of a forgotten child 和Nocturne。太好听了！

David Lanz (born June 28, 1950 in Seattle, Washington) is a Grammy-nominated New Age pianist. He has released 13 albums, each having some chart success. His most famous album, Cristofori's Dream, topped the New Age charts in 1988, which was Number One on Billboard's first adult alternative/New Age chart for 27 weeks and eventually sold platinum. Natural States peaked at place 125 on the Billboard 200.Lanz's goal is to have his music create an atmosphere of enlightenment. In an interview with Barnes & Noble, Lanz stated that he wanted to create an atmosphere similar to that of Steven Halpern's music, but with a "more popular hook in it".Lanz has said himself, " is the most divinely inspired instrument on the planet. It presents a great attraction to our left-right brain relationship. My goal is to create entertainment that also provides enlightenment.". Among his works, I quite like Lovers Tarot, Nocturne and dream of a forgotten child. Fantasic!!!

Listen to David's music

Listen to Critofori's Dream

Listen to David Lanz & Paul Speer - First Light