Born Edward Larry Gordon in 1943, composer, zither maestro, and experimental musician Laraaji has spent his life making music that captures humanity’s pulse and then some. He’s walked a colorful path while connecting threads between Sun Ra’s experimentation and Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda’s devotional music with new age mysticism and critically championing ambient music and performative public art.…
Born Edward Larry Gordon in 1943, composer, zither maestro, and experimental musician Laraaji has spent his life making music that captures humanity’s pulse and then some. He’s walked a colorful path while connecting threads between Sun Ra’s experimentation and Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda’s devotional music with new age mysticism and critically championing ambient music and performative public art.…