Music Profile: Laila Biali
Award-winning pianist, vocalist and songwriter, Laila Biali, has lived most of her musical life in the jazz world. With her latest album, under Laila Biali & The Radiance Project, Laila reveals a new side. The 11-track album, titled House of Many Rooms, sees the Brooklyn-based, Canadian artist venturing into a more pop-oriented sound, full of catchy hooks, sweet melodies, and anthemic musical arrangements. House of Many Rooms is Laila's first album of entirely original material, and it also marks her first time arranging for gospel choir and string orchestra. Taking the best of pop, rock, classical, world and soul, Laila informs the sound with her expertise in jazz, and weaves it into her original songs and arrangements. Co-produced with her husband, Ben Wittman, the album is fitted for a vast range of instruments, from gospel choir to brass quartet, bass clarinet, Haken Continuum and string orchestra. TheRadianceProject.com