In honor of this year's Grammy Awards, we are taking a look back at a pair of Grammy nominated and Grammy winning artists that we have had the pleasure of welcoming to The Action Catalyst. We begin with Freddie Ravel, a virtuoso piano player and more who has performed with some of the biggest names in music, and co-produced and wrote the title track, as well as performed on the George Benson/Al Jarreau album “Given It Up”, which won 4 Grammys in 2007, and was nominated for a 5th, and continue with Dennis Scott, a two-time Grammy Award winner for his work in children's music, first on an album of country songs for Sesame Street, and second for a collection of music from Mr. Fred Rogers. Dennis is also the recipient of two Emmys, a Parent’s Choice Award, and a Telly. Hear Freddie's full interview in Episode 258 of The Action Catalyst. Hear Dennis' full interview on Episode 367 of The Action Catalyst.
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We're taking a look back at a pair of Grammy-nominated and Grammy-winning artists that we've had the pleasure of welcoming to The Action Catalyst.
We begin with Freddie Revelle, a virtuoso piano player and more, who has performed with some of the biggest names in music, and co-produced and wrote the title track, as well as performed on the George Benson and Al Jarreau album, Given It Up, which won four Grammys in 2007 and was nominated for a fifth.
Freddie, thank you for gracing us today with your presence, with your talents, and with your message.
Thanks for having me, Dan. It's great to be speaking to you and my friends in Music City.
Well, that is great. When I look over your background, your resume, you have traveled and performed and composed with so many people, from Sergio Mendez. You've learned from Deepak Chopra, with Al Jarreau, with Carlos Santana, so many more. Badia! When you got involved with the Earth, Wind & Fire.
When they hired me, that was the golden age of keyboards. You would walk on stage with about five or six keyboards all around you. So I played synthesizers and organs and clavinets and string parts and electric piano and acoustic piano and all kinds of different sounds. And in addition to playing...
They asked me to compose, produce, and also serve as their musical director while I was doing these things. So I had the great honor to work with those horns, that rhythm section, those amazing vocals. I'd say that was definitely one of the highlights of my journey. Well, what does a musical director do during a concert, during a live performance?
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