A selected playlist of original material from previous albums, including covers of jazz, folk and pop tunes for Press.

Selected Recordings

Composer and Bassist Dave Manington and Singer- Songwriter Lara Eidi are delighted to release a brand-new collaboration. Different from their usual jazz inflections, the track was brought about by revisiting a piece of music written years ago by Dave , complemented by lyrics Lara had written a while back as well but never found the perfect song for.  Recorded remotely during lockdown in Athens and London, ‘Look to the Horizon’ is a wistful, psychedelic and nostalgic ballad about hope, renewal, and looking to the hopeful gaze of the horizon has in store. " I wrote the music for "Look to the Horizon" in one short session, it actually began as an exercise in playing the interval of a sixth on the guitar! I came back to it a couple of years later and decided it would work nicely as a song with lyrics so I sent it to Lara, who has written some beautiful lyrics which have really taken the piece into a new direction. Whilst producing the track it has naturally evolved in a much more rock/psychedelic/electric direction sound-wise which has been exciting and a bit different from what we expected. " Dave Manington.

Look To The Horizon ( Private Use)

Written for International Women's Day 2020 and recorded during lockdown.
lyrics
by Virginia Woolf.
I would venture to guess that 'anon' who wrote so many poems without signing them was often a woman.
Lock up your libraries if you like for there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set against the freedom of my mind.
credits
released June 27, 2020
Voice, Lara Eidi, Piano, Naadia Sheriff, Bass, Dave Manington
Words,Virginia Woolf, Music Naadia Sheriff
Mixed and Mastered by Dave Manington

Anon- Naadia Sheriff / Dave Manington / Lara Eidi

A fresh arrangement inspired by Lara Eidi ‘s Arabic origins, Afro Blue is rearranged with a new verse written especially for this recording.

Afro Blue

Music, lyrics by Mongo Santamaria
Arranged by Lara Eidi
Lara Eidi: Voice, Piano





Website: www.laraeidimusic.com



Filmed and Recorded live by Jonathan Kye  at The Preservation Room, www.thepreservationroom.com/

[Afro Blue  -Lara Eidi - HQ

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Tiny People ( Reworked)

One of my favorite ballads, McCoy Tyner's 'You Taught my Heart to Sing', with lyrics by the beautiful Dianne Reeves. Recorded live at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama .
Performed by :
Lara Eidi- Voice
David Swan- Piano
Charlotte Keefe- Trumpet 

You Taught My Heart To Sing

Cover of one of my favorite Imogen Heap songs, "Let Go". recorded at Unreal Studios

Favorite line: " Because there's beauty, in the breakdown"

Let go

Live Performance of " A Child is Born"

Orig. Thad Jones/Streisand
Arr. Lara Eidi

Ed Rice ( PIano)

Recorded at the Institute of Sound Recording at the University by a Roy  Cheung on the Tonmeister Course .

A Child is Born

Lara Eidi-  Both Sides Now ( Joni Mitchell)

Damien
Written, performed and arranged by Lara Eidi

Lara Eidi: Voice, Piano
Pete Yelding: Cello 

Recorded Live at The Preservation Room, by Jonathan Kye March 2018

Damien (Live) // Lara Eidi //

Lara Eidi Trio
" Dry Cleaner from Demoins"
Charles mingus/ Joni Mitchell/ Jaco Pastorius Lara Eidi: Voice
Dave Manington : Double Bass
Nadia Sheriff: Piano 

Recorded at Porcupine Studios , London

Dry Cleaner

" Sun ". Music and lyrics by Lara Eidi ( piano , vocals) , performed, orchestrated by Lara and Stavros Parginos ( cello, effects). Recorded and mixed by Iraklis Vlachakis at Irida Studios. 
Recording is a live session studio recording.

Lyrics:
First, there were clouds, and then there was rain
And the moon slowly died away
I couldn't see what my eyes wished to see
For my heart was in longing for sun
Trying to recognize the inevitability of loving you
And in return feeling terrified to give off the wrong impression
No my face can't lie my desire is too strong
PLaying with the design of love
So close so near , so unbelievably near
Yet your eyes never seem to meet mine
A glance, now and then, a gentle brush off my face
You're playing with a little one's fears
Trying to recognize the inevitability of loving you
And in return feeling terrified to give off the wrong impression
No my face can't lie my desire is too strong
Playing with teh design of love..
Why the he;; d'you have to play it safe?
Oh Lord.. instead of siding with your own fear
Sweet Lord.. Just give in as much as I intended.
And let me just hold you until you break down, till light..
Let the sun come only for one night..


Lara Eidi - Sun

Turn Of The Wind

Old Man- Neil Young Cover  Eidi/ Sheriff/ Mannington Cover

Singer-songwriter of Greek-Lebanese-Canadian background,who writes songs because of music's ability to elevate and synchronize.