BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.5// X-WR-CALNAME:www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco X-WR-CALDESC:www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130521T200629CEST-3505zt37M1@www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco DTSTAMP:20130521T180529Z DESCRIPTION:\nWith the release of Cristofori's Dream Re-Envisioned\, David Lanz has\, in a sense\, come full circle. Returning to the music that laun ched him as an international phenomenon a quarter-century ago-when he reco rded the original Cristofori's Dream-provides the world-class pianist and composer with the perfect opportunity to take stock of his art and both as sess where he's been
\;and where he hopes to go. \n\nCristofori's Dre am was a million-selling musical thank you note to Bartolomeo Cristofori\, the man who invented the piano in the 17th century. It resonated with a w ide array of listeners and topped Billboard's Adult Alternative/New Age ch art for months. The title track remains hugely popular today-countless pia no students have purchased the sheet music to learn how to play the piece- and Lanz's interpretation of Procol Harum's classic 'A Whiter Shade of Pal e' on the original album is considered one of the most popular of the coun tless covers of the song. \; But Cristofori's Dream was not the beginn ing of Lanz's career\, and although the new Re-Envisioned brings new light to an established work\, Lanz still has many ideas he plans to pursue in the future. \n\nDavid Lanz never dreamed that his music would follow the c ourse that it has. It was rock music that actually provided a launching pa d for the Grammy-nominated virtuoso from Seattle and ultimately led him to the music that would define him. Journalists have agonized over what to c all Lanz's style-words like refined\, pioneering\, regal\, comforting and pensive have all been used to describe his work-but Lanz has a favorite to ngue in cheek catchphrase that suits his sound perfectly: 'heavy mellow.' 
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\;\nWhat set Lanz apart from other artists recording in a si milar vein at the time was his penchant for not eschewing melody and rhyth m. Where some in the so-called New Age scene (a term that Lanz accepts but doesn't love: 'It's a lifestyle\,' he says\, 'not a musical genre.') soug ht only to soothe\, often by presenting a theme and then repeating it ad i nfinitum\, Lanz's work is dynamic\, alive. 'If you listen to my stuff\, ev en if there are no drums\, my left hand is my rhythm section\,' he explain s. 
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\;\nLanz's big commercial breakthrough arrived in 1988 wi th Cristofori's Dream. It was an enormous success\, topping Billboard maga zine's first Adult Alternative/New Age chart and remaining at the number o ne position for a remarkable 27 weeks. 
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\;Never one to stay i n one place\, Lanz followed that massive release two years later with Skyl ine Firedance\, for which he recruited an 80-piece orchestra\, and cut sev eral more albums for Narada-among them 1998's Songs From an English Garden \, his first to tap into the British Invasion repertoire of the '60s. He t hen moved to Decca Records for three more releases\, including 2000's East Of the Moon\, which earned Lanz a Grammy nomination. More recently\, with Liverpool: Re-Imagining the Beatles and Here Comes the Sun\, Lanz both re visits a favorite place in his life-and the lives of millions-by offering his take on the music of the world's greatest-ever rock band and ventures forth into uncharted territory. 
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\;\nThat's how Lanz likes it \, always heading into the unknown in order to expand his artistry and sha re what he's found with the world. David Lanz is a welcomed retreat back i nto music with heart\, soul\, guts\, splendor\, surprise\, musicality\, hu manity\, meaning\, depth and all of the other things that really matter. L anz will perform selections from Cristofori&rsquo\;s Dream\, his new holid ay album\, Joy Noel\, as well as other works in this exclusive Bay Area en gagement.\nDavid Lanz's webiste DTSTART:20121220T200000 DTEND:20121220T220000 DURATION:PT3H LOCATION:San Francisco SUMMARY:DAVID LANZ: Solo Holiday Show END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR