Lisa Coleman (musician)

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Lisa Coleman in 2010

Lisa Coleman (born August 17, 1960 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American musician. She plays the piano and keyboard . She became known through her collaboration with the musician Prince and as part of the duo Wendy and Lisa . In 1985 she was awarded a Grammy .

In 2018 she was appointed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , which awards the Oscars every year.

family

Lisa Coleman's mother Marylou Ynda-Ciletti (April 4, 1936 - November 17, 2013) was a visual artist and her father Greg Coleman (* 1936) worked as a studio musician from 1965 to 2002, performing as a percussionist and vibraphonist on albums by, for example Barry White , Bobby Darin , Cannonball Adderley , Diana Ross , Janet Jackson , Neil Diamond , Ray Charles , The Beach Boys and Tom Waits can be heard. Lisa Coleman has an older sister, Cole Ynda (* 1958), who is a songwriter and also works as a percussionist and accompanist . Her younger brother David Coleman (* 1962; † 2004) was also a musician and played instruments such as guitar , oud , percussion and cello on albums by Aimee Mann , Prince , Rainbirds and Sheila E.

Gary Coleman was friends with the musician Mike Melvoin (* 1937; † 2012) in the 1960s and 1970s . Both families often played music together and made recordings together, where Lisa Coleman met Melvoin's daughter Wendy . In April 2009, Coleman and Melvoin announced in an interview in the US magazine Out that they were in a lesbian relationship.

Music career

The revolution

In 1980, Coleman joined Prince's backing band at the age of 19 . On the occasion of his album Dirty Mind and the accompanying tour, she replaced keyboardist Gayle Chapman, who no longer liked Prince's lewd lyrics. Coleman also played on the following albums Controversy and 1999 keyboard . She was also a studio musician for the groups The Time and Vanity 6 . According to her, Prince was inspired by her car for his first top ten single Little Red Corvette . Prince often borrowed her pink car, a Mercury Montclair ; once when he fell asleep in this car he had the idea for the song.

During the 1999 sessions , Coleman introduced Prince to her longtime friend, Wendy Melvoin . In 1983, this replaced the guitarist Dez Dickerson in Prince's band . Coleman and Melvoin were thus members of what is now known as The Revolution . This accompanied his most successful album Purple Rain , which was awarded a Grammy in 1985, and also recorded the subsequent albums Around the World in a Day and Parade with him.

Wendy and Lisa

Shortly after completing the album Parade , Coleman and Melvoin left the band and formed an independent duo as Wendy and Lisa . In this formation they also continued their successful television music career. They wrote the music for the television series Heroes of the transmitter NBC , for Virtuality of FOX and Nurse Jackie on Showtime . They received the ASCAP Prize as Composer of the Year for their work on Dangerous Minds , the theme music by Carnivàle from HBO , Crossing Jordan - Pathologist with Profile and Heroes .

Her album White Flags of Winter Chimneys, her first popular music album since Girl Bros. in 1998, was released in March 2009. The album, released by the duo in self-production and self- publication, is a kaleidoscope of compositions with influences from trance and electronica to 1970s funk and rock 'n' roll .

Studio albums featuring Coleman with Prince

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Academy invites 928 to Membersphip . In: oscars.org (accessed June 26, 2018).
  2. ^ Coleman: Homepage of Gary Coleman. In: GaryColeman.com. 2017, accessed on June 4, 2017 .
  3. ^ Dynasties of LA Studio Musicians (Part 2): The Colemans. In: lostandsound.wordpress.com. May 21, 2008, accessed June 4, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Greg Beeman: Beeman's Blog - Season 2, Episode 11, Powerless , March 2007 (accessed January 11, 2010)
  5. ↑ Barry Walters: The Revolution Will Be Harmonized. In: Out Magazine . April 20, 2009, archived from the original on April 20, 2009 ; accessed on June 4, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Purple Reign , The Guardian , September 2009 (accessed January 11, 2010)
  7. ↑ Ann Powers: Tonight: Wendy and Lisa in conversation at USC , Los Angeles Times , March 2009 (accessed January 11, 2010)

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personal data
SURNAME Coleman, Lisa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician
DATE OF BIRTH 17th August 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California