Since David Lanz , a musician of international acclaim, moved to Bellingham about six years ago, he has been performing wonderful, and intimate, small Christmas or solstice concerts here in his new hometown.
David Lanz was one of the innovators of "new-age" music more than 20 years ago and he has had several best selling albums and numerous Grammy nominations. David had a #1 Billboard Hit, on the new age charts, with the instrumental Cristofori's Dream. This year's show will be Saturday, December 17, at the Amadeus Music Project on Cornwall Avenue. The concert is now sold out but it will be a treat for those of us who have tickets. Last year, by getting a question right, David interacts with the audience from the small stage, I won a copy of David's Christmas CD.
David tours extensively, but around this time of year, he does performances in this area. The week after, David will be performing his annual Winter Solstice Concert in Seattle at Jazz Alley, one of my favorite Seattle music hide-a-ways. The venue attracts top performers of various music styles, mainly jazz and blues.
The Winter Solstice Concert at Jazz Alley will be on stage nightly from December 21 and 22. In the past few years, David has been working on reinterpreting the music of the Beatles. Here is a video he has posted on youtube. This is his pilgrimage to Liverpool, to see the haunts of the Beatles, prior to interpreting their music. The soundtrack is the unmistakable sound of Lanz at the piano.
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