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Acclaimed keyboardist, composer and bandleader Lao Tizer today shares a live-in-studio video of “Kat’s Groove” from the recently released album Amplify by The Lao Tizer Band. The album sees Tizer continuing to knock down boundaries and expand musical horizons. In particular, the band broke a personal boundary by including their first-ever original vocal tracks on the album with the help of American Idol sensation and RIAA Platinum Certified singer Elliott Yamin. Yamin provides lead vocals on Amplify’s 5 original vocal tracks.
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “KAT’S GROOVE”
The album was recorded and filmed all LIVE in two days at legendary EastWest Studios in Hollywood with a simultaneous 7-camera video shoot directed by acclaimed music-film director, Andy LaViolette (Snarky Puppy) with the audio portion engineered and mixed by Caleb Parker (Scary Pockets, Vulfpeck).
The song “Kat’s Groove” was inspired by Tizer’s 3-year-old daughter Katya:
“When Katya was 9 months old, we were getting ready to go to a family wedding for my wife’s side of the family. My wife Brittany was coming from work and meeting us at the venue, so it was just me and Katya at home, and I was trying to keep her entertained while I got ready. She was sitting in her ‘spaceship’ chair that has all sorts of buttons, sounds, etc but she was getting impatient, so I started singing her this ‘New Orleans’-ish groove to keep her entertained and she started dancing in her chair. I kept singing it to her while I finished getting ready and started singing other ideas for it (melody, verse, chorus, etc). I was thinking ‘this is a pretty cool idea’ so I recorded it on my phone voice memos and when we got home the next day, I went to the piano and figured it out. It was 100% inspired by her and it’s really special it turned into the song it did. When I introduce it onstage, I always tell the story and also tell people, ‘It’s not your typical children’s song.’ The story and tune really connect!”
Lao Tizer will be playing shows to support Amplify throughout the year. See dates below with more to be announced soon.
FEBRUARY
15 – Swallow Hill Music – Denver, CO
19 – Hudson Yards – New York, NY
MARCH
1 – The Baked Potato -- Los Angeles, CA
(two shows 8 PM and 10 PM)
APRIL
2 – The Kate – Old Saybrook, CT
4 – Gerald Veasley’s Unscripted Jam – Reading, PA
5 – Berks Jazz Fest – Reading PA
5 -- Gerald Veasley’s Unscripted Jam – Reading, PA
MAY
3 – Levitt VIBE Series – Oakland, CA
11 – Saint Lucia Jazz & Arts Festival – Gros Islet, Saint Lucia
25 – Jazzy Sundays – Houston, TX
JUNE
6 – Steel City Jazz Festival – Birmingham, AL
7 – Steel City Jazz Festival – Birmingham, AL
JULY
5 – Garth Newel Music Center – Hot Springs, VA
29 – 8 Great Tuesdays – Erie, PA
AUGUST
1 – Lou Lou’s Jungle Room – San Diego, CA
2 – Festival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters – Laguna Beach, CA
15 – Middle C Jazz – Charlotte, NC
16 – Stockbridge Amphitheater -- Stockbridge, GA
20 – Animal Crackers Music Series SPECIAL EFX ALL-STARS – Racine, WI
SEPTEMBER
5 – Santa Fe College Jackson N. Sasser Fine Arts Hall – Gainesville, FL
OCTOBER
5 – Hub City Jazz Festival – New Brunswick, NJ
NOVEMBER
6 – Casa Romantica – San Clemente, CA
14 – Montpelier Arts Center – Laurel, MD
22 – Segerstrom Center for the Arts – Costa Mesa, CA
DECEMBER
26 & 27 – Libretto – Paso Robles, CA
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