Lisa Coleman
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Lisa Coleman (born August 17, 1960) is an American singer and composer.
Coleman plays piano and keyboards.
She appeared in Prince's back band The Revolution was from 1980 to 1986.
Wendy Melvoin was one half of Wendy & Lisa, a 1986 collaboration.
Early life
Coleman was born in Los Angeles, California, at the middle of three children. Marylou Ynda-Ciletti, a Mexican-American visual artist, was born on April 4, 1936 – November 17, 2013. Gary L. Coleman, a 1936-born Anglo-American session guitarist who was apart of the Wrecking Crew and befriended fellow musician Mike Melvoin in the 1960s and 1970s, was a member of Coleman's father. Their families became close to each other and often played and recorded music together. Lisa began a close friendship with Melvoin's daughter Wendy, saying, "We've been friends with one another since we were in diapers."
Personal life
Coleman spoke openly about her former sexual affairs with Wendy Melvoin in April 2009. Coleman has been married to Renata Kanclerz since 2004. The couple has one child.
Career
Coleman got her start as a keyboardist in the bubblegum pop band Waldorf Salad at age 12. In 1973, the band, which also featured her siblings and Jonathan Melvoin, was signed to A&M records.
Coleman appeared in the Linda Blair made-for-TV film Sarah T. – Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic.
Coleman was 18–19 years old when one of her good friends, Niki Yoergler, who was serving as a secretary for Prince's personal manager, Steve Fargnoli, alerted her to the Prince. After some convincing on both directions, Yoergler gave Coleman an audition and she was recruited as part of Prince's support group in 1980 for his Dirty Mind album and tour. She had been teaching piano and shipping clerk before being recruited. Gayle Chapman, a keyboardist, was fired by the administrator. Coleman, a member of The Revolution, which included Purple Rain, Around the World, and Prince's Conversy and 1999 albums and three albums, as a participant of The Revolution, and a Day and Parade, and she was also a session player for Prince's two side projects.
Coleman had been in a long-term friendship with her musician friend Wendy Melvoin, with whom she collaborated often (see Wendy & Lisa for more information). In an interview with Coleman, the Prince asked Melvoin to play his guitar in 1983, one night after guitarist Dez Dickerson did not turn up at soundcheck; the same night, Prince encouraged Melvoin to join the band. Coleman and Melvoin were among the newly designated The Revolution's new followers.
Coleman and Melvoin formed the Wendy & Lisa partnership shortly after the completion of Prince and The Revolution's Parade project. The Wendy & Lisa musical partnership released five full-length albums for various labels, including Columbia/Sony and Virgin, as well as their own independent imprint.
Coleman and Melvoin continued to work as film and television composers, as well as composers for television shows including Crossing Jordan and Heroes, which were both created and produced by Tim Kring under his Tailwind Productions banner; and Touch, for which they received an Emmy Award. The Shades of Blue band members currently compose the music for NBC's Shades of Blue.
Coleman performed vibraphone on the Alice in Chains' "Black Gives Way to Blue," a collection of the same name.
Coleman released Collage, her first solo instrumental album.