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We are ecstatic to welcome this legendary duo: tap dancer Melinda Sullivan and pianist+composer Larry Goldings! Joining Melinda and Larry for this special performance will be the phenomenal singer-songwriter & Grammy winner Gaby Moreno and bassist extraordinaire Karl McComas-Reichl.⭐️ Friday, August 15
7:45pm: doors
8:00pm: opening act
8:30pm-11:00pm (two sets): Melinda & Larry
⭐️ PRE-SALE:
https://elmotivola.com/events/creative-music-aug-melinda-larry
⭐️ General admission: $30.00 pre-sale | $35.00 at the door
⭐️ Student Price: $15.00
📍Motivo LA: 3509 Casitas Ave, Atwater Village 90039
🪑 Open seating.
🚘 Limited parking on-site, lots of street parking. We're in a safe, walkable neighborhood!
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The Creative Music series at Motivo LA focuses on artists who value listening as a fundamental part of their creative process, presenting music that transcends the boundaries of genre. Utilizing the warm and intimate space, artists and audience come together, building a community that is founded on artistic substance, sincere connection, and meaningful creation.
With the audience encircling the artists in the center of the space, the series is open to all ages.
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Melinda Sullivan is a Southern CA native who trained under Jazz Tap Ensemble and the Debbie Allen Dance Academy. Film credits include: Being the Ricardos, La La Land. TV credits include: Crazy-Ex Girlfriend, Glee, the Late Late Show with James Cordon, the Emmys, the Oscars, the Golden Globes, So You Think You Can Dance (Top 10 and All-Star). Broadway: James Lapine’s Flying Over Sunset (associate choreographer). Concert choreography: Artistic Associate with Dorrance Dance, Trinity Irish Dance Company. Founding member of the tap dance company Syncopated Ladies. Melinda is currently on faculty at the Colburn School. She has received the Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight Award for Non-Classical Dance, the Capezio A.C.E. Award, and Dance Magazine’s 25 to Watch.
Larry Goldings is a Grammy-nominated pianist and composer. His organ trio with Peter Bernstein and Bill Stewart has been recognized as "among our presiding paragons of the modern Hammond B-3 organ trio tradition”(Nate Chinen, New York Times). Goldings’ musical inspirations draw from a lifetime of absorbing jazz, pop, funk, R&B, electronic and classical music. As a performer and recording artist, he is known for long-term collaborations that straddle the realms of jazz and pop with such artists as Jim Hall, Maceo Parker, John Scofield, Steve Gadd, Jack De Johnette, Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker, Sia Furler, John Mayer, and others.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Motivo L.A. (3509 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles), 3509 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039-1903, United States
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