Laraaji
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Laraaji (born Edward Larry Gordon, 3 May 1943) is an American multi-instrumentalist specializing in piano, zither and mbira. His albums include the 1980 release Ambient 3: Day of Radiance, produced by Brian Eno as part of his Ambient series.
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It is catalogued under topics including 1943 births, American new-age musicians and American street performers.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Day of radiance
- Celestial vibration
- Cascade (Healing Music)
- Celestial Vibrations (The Art of Relaxation)
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Film & TV
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known for
- It's All Light: Laraaji at Nine Orchard — Self2025
- Eno — Self (archive footage)2024
- Putney Swope — Mr. Victrola Cola1969
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1943
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 217,054
- Total plays
- 2,157,072
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Laraaji is an American musician. Born Edward Larry Gordon in 1943 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 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
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Gordon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Educated at
- Howard University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- ambient music
- Instrument
- zither
- Record label
- E.G. Records
- Official website
- www.dwij.org/rising_stars/laraaji.html
- Image
- Laraaji.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1943-01-01
- start of work period
- 1979-00-00
- pseudonym
- Laraaji
- birth name
- Edward Larry Gordon
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Early life and career
- Critical reception
- Discography
- With others
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- References
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Laraaji (born Edward Larry Gordon, 3 May 1943) is an American multi-instrumentalist specializing in piano, zither and mbira. His albums include the 1980 release Ambient 3: Day of Radiance, produced by Brian Eno as part of his Ambient series.
==Early life and career== 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., where he studied composition and piano. After studying at Howard, he spent time in New York City pursuing a career as a stand-up comedian and actor, as well as playing Fender Rhodes electric piano in a jazz-rock band ‘Winds of Change’.
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