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Infobox musical artist | name = Laraaji| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name = Edward Larry Gordon| alias = Laraaji Nadabrahmanandacite web |url= http://dwij.org/rising_stars/laraaji.html |title=Laraaji Nadananda |accessdate=2008-10-15 |year=2008 |publisher=dwij.org cite web |url= http://laraaji.blogspot.com/ |title=LaraaJi NadaBrahmAnanda |accessdate=2008-10-15 |author=Laraaji |authorlink=Laraaji |format= Blog | Born = 1943| death_date =| origin = Philadelphia | instrument = zither | occupation = musician | years_active = 1979–present| label =| associated_acts =| website = http://laraaji.blogspot.com/ laraaji.blogspot.com| notable_instruments = Laraaji (born 1943) is an United States|American musician . Born Edward Larry Gordon in Philadelphia , he studied violin, piano, trombone and voice in his early years in New Jersey. He attended Howard University , a historically black university in Washington, D.C. on a scholarship to study composition and piano . After studying at Howard University|Howard , he spent time in New York City|New York pursuing a career as a stand-up comedian and actor .
In the early seventies he began to study Eastern mysticism and believed he'd found a new path for his music and his life. It was also at this time he bought his first zither from a local pawn shop . Converting it to an electronic instrument , he began to experiment using the instrument like a piano. By 1978, he developed enough skill to begin busking in the parks and on the sidewalks of New York.
The following year he was "discovered" by Brian Eno while playing in Washington Square Park. The result was his most widely-recognized release, Day of Radiance|Ambient 3: Day of Radiance , the third installment of Brian Eno| Brian Eno's Ambient series. This was his first album released under the name of Laraaji.
This international exposure led to many requests for longer versions of his compositions which he supplied to many meditation groups on cassette tapes. It also resulted in an expansion of his mystic studies with such gurus as Swami Satchidananda and Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati , founder of the Ananda Ashram in Monroe, New York.
Another product of Laraaji's increasing enlightenment was the creation of the Laughter Meditation Workshops which he still presents around the globe.
Releases
Celestial Vibration (Swan - 1978)
Lotus-Collage (Laraaji - 1979)
Day of Radiance|Ambient 3: Day Of Radiance (Editions EG - 1980)
I Am Ocean (Celestial Vibration - 1981)
''Rhythm N' Bliss (Third Ear - 1982)
Om Namah Shivaya (Celestial Vibration - 1984)
Sun Zither (Laraaji - 1984)
Vision Songs #1 (Laraaji - 1984)
Open Sky (Celestial Vibration - 1985)(w. Brother Ah)
Live at WNYC (Laraaji - 1985)
One - All Loving One (Laraaji - 1985)
Celestial Realms (Spirit Music - 1986) (w. Lyghte a.k.a. Jonathan Goldman )
Once Upon a Zither (Laraaji - 1986)
Essence/Universe (Jem - 1987)
Music for Films III (Opal - 1989) (various artists)
Zither Bliss (Laraaji - 1987)
White Light Music (Laraaji - 1987)
Urban Saint (Laraaji - 1987)
Sol (Laraaji - 1987) (w. Larry Kramer)
''Freeflow - I'm in Heaven (Celestial Vibration - 1980s)
I Am Healing (Celestial Vibration - 1980s) (w. Shree Vena)
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