Larry Goldings & Melinda Sullivan
($20-$35 | 7pm & 9pm Shows) An unlikely and extraordinary duo, Larry Goldings (piano, keyboards) and Melinda Sullivan (tap dancing) present an evening of eclectic music and tap dancing that is inventive and joyful.
Larry Goldings is a Grammy-nominated pianist and composer. His organ trio with Peter Bernstein and Bill Stewart has been recognized as one of the best modern Hammond B-3 organ trios. Goldings’s music draws from a lifetime of absorbing jazz, pop, funk, R&B, electronic, and classical music. As a performer and recording artist, he is known for collaborations that straddle the realms of jazz and pop with such artists as James Taylor, John Mayer, John Scofield, Steve Gadd, and others.
Melinda Sullivan is a tap dancer and choreographer. She has performed and taught at tap festivals and universities worldwide. Her choreography has been seen on Broadway and in a variety of television shows. Sullivan is a guest artist with the award-winning New York City tap company Dorrance Dance, and she is a founding member of the Syncopated Ladies tap group. She is on the faculty of the Colburn School in Los Angeles and has been named one of Dance Magazine’s 25 to watch.