Since that night at the Sultan Room, she has published her first memoir, More Myself: A Journey, and last fall she dropped her seventh studio album, Alicia. It’s been a prolific couple of years for Keys.
It’s also when her Keys Soulcare beauty and lifestyle brand will launch three new products. Early June marks the 20th anniversary of her debut album, Songs in A Minor. Self-control is difficult when you are suddenly face to face with Alicia Keys: the pianist, songwriter, composer and producer the philanthropist and businesswoman the artist. I promise myself I won’t scream when her face appears on-screen, but I do anyway. “I just felt totally transported by that show. “Oh my gosh, I felt the exact same way,” Keys recalls now, in the spring of 2021, when I mention that she was one of the last people I saw in concert before the world shut down more than a year ago. She takes to the “keys” that became her stage name, looks at us all for a second, and starts to play. The backlit stage turns red, the spotlights purple - root and crown chakra colored. She looks relaxed, in her pocket, wearing a red, military-style beret, bootcut jeans, and a cut-off Toto “Africa” T-shirt. She breaks pace occasionally to sing the first verse alongside audience members. It’s cramped, but Keys two-steps through the crowd, making it work.
The band plays “I Need You,” off of Keys’ 2007 album As I Am, and she begins to harmonize. Janelle Monáe and her Wondaland crew occupy a big black booth in the back left corner behind me stands Kamasi Washington’s guitarist. The room is mostly press, session musicians, and music aficionados. The event is a secret show for Afropunk 2019, rumored to be a night with Alicia and friends the audience is expectant, and the house is packed. There’s no backstage - the late-night lounge is tucked in the back of a Turkish restaurant in Brooklyn - so she is essentially in the hallway, right next to the quilted vinyl door to the restaurant’s kitchen, only partly concealed by the DJ booth. at the Sultan Room, and Alicia Keys is grooving under the exit sign. Green, Ron Haney, Steve Mostyn Músicos invitados: Alicia Keys (Backing Vocals), Novel (Backing Vocals), Paul L.It’s 1 a.m. Tell You Something (Nana's Reprise) 4:28Ĭomposición: Alicia Keys, Kerry Brothers, Novel, Paul L.Where Do We Go From Here Ver letra 4:10Ĭomposición: Alicia Keys, Harold Lilly, Johnnie Frierson, Kerry Brothers, Mary Frierson Músicos invitados: Kerry Brothers (Arranged By ), Mark Batson (Arranged By ), Alicia Keys (Backing Vocals), Mark Batson (Organ ), Everette Harp (Saxophone), Harry Kim (Trombone), David Stout (Trumpet).
(Percussion), Mark Batson (Piano), Mark Batson (Drum Programming), Everette Harp (Saxophone), Harry Kim (Trombone), David Stout (Trumpet) Green Músicos invitados: Steve Mostyn (Acoustic Guitar), Alicia Keys (Arranged By ), Mark Batson (Arranged By ), Christian Baker (Mixed By ), Trevor Lawrence Jr. Green (Backing Vocals), Ethan Phillips (Bass), Sean O'Shea (Drums), Sergio Rios (Guitar), Dan Hastie (Keyboards), Stewart Killen (Percussion), Alicia Keys (Producer )Ĭomposición: Alicia Keys, Linda Perry Músicos invitados: Paul Ill (Bass), John Salvatore Scaglione (Lead Guitar), John Salvatore Scaglione (Rhythm Guitar), Damon Fox (Organ ), Damon Fox (Mellotron)Ĭomposición: Alicia Keys, Carl Hampton, Harold Lilly, Jo Bridges, Matthew Kahane, Tom Nixon Músicos invitados: Jack Splash (Arranged By ), Jack Splash (Programmed By ), Alicia Keys (Arranged By ), Ethan Phillips (Bass), Sean O'Shea (Drums), Sergio Rios (Guitar), Dan Hastie (Keyboards), Stewart Killen (Percussion), Alicia Keys (Producer )Ĭomposición: Alicia Keys, Harold Lilly, Mark Batson, Paul L. Composición: Alicia Keys, John Mayer Featuring: John Mayer Músicos invitados: Alicia Keys (Backing Vocals), John Mayer (Backing Vocals), Sean Hurley (Bass), Steve Jordan (Drums ), David Ryan Harris (Guitar ), John Mayer (Lead Guitar), John Mayer (Rhythm Guitar)Ĭomposición: Alicia Keys, Harold Lilly, Matthew Kahane Músicos invitados: Jack Splash (Arranged By ), Jack Splash (Programmed By ), Alicia Keys (Arranged By ), Alicia Keys (Backing Vocals), Harold Lilly (Backing Vocals), Paul L.