{"id":2443381,"date":"2019-04-24T15:44:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T21:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=826912"},"modified":"2019-04-24T15:44:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T21:44:47","slug":"princes-revolution-keyboardist-lisa-coleman-releases-first-solo-lp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/princes-revolution-keyboardist-lisa-coleman-releases-first-solo-lp\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince\u2019s Revolution Keyboardist Lisa Coleman Releases First Solo LP"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Keyboardist Lisa Coleman, who joined Prince<\/a>\u2019s band in 1980 for the Dirty Mind<\/em> tour and was a member of his backing band the Revolution<\/a>, has put out her first solo album. Collage<\/em> contains 11 mostly short, sometimes ethereal, sometimes jammy instrumental piano improvisations with titles like \u201cPiano Improv 77\u201d and \u201cUnused1\u201d that she recorded over the past few years at home and in the studio she shares with her partner, Wendy Melvoin.<\/p>\n

\u201cCollage <\/em>is a collection of improvs done over the last few years of high contrast living,\u201d Coleman said in a statement. \u201cSo many highs and lows. Every time I play the piano it\u2019s personal, emotional and somewhat mysterious. I wanted to share my experience and exploration of that with anyone who might want to come with me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The record is available on major streaming services as well as Bandcamp. The Bandcamp version contains a 13-page PDF booklet with liner notes and art that Coleman created.<\/p>\n

Shortly after Prince\u2019s death, Coleman and the rest of the Revolution reunited and have been playing the music they recorded with the artist live again. \u201cIt was really intense,\u201d Coleman told Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a> in 2016 of the rehearsal process. \u201cDifficult. The music was mercurial. Like, we couldn\u2019t quite grab it. I mean, we were trained to look at Prince for cues, and even if he\u2019s wrong, he\u2019s right. We were looking into a space and then looking at each other going, \u2018What is this?’\u201d The group was on the road earlier this year in North America and Europe but have no future dates planned.<\/p>\n