Anyhow

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Some of the greatest artists in the 20thcentury have beenmulti-instrumentalists cue Prince, Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, Todd Rundgren and Paul McCartney. That expansive understanding of composition, technique and sound changes how artists approach musicians has inspired LelandWhittys approach on his new recordAnyhow.BADBADNOTGOODsLelandWhittyhas also worked with artists including Charlotte Day Wilson, Kali Uchis, Kendrick Lamar, Ghostface Killah, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Earl Sweatshirt, and Kaytranada.

Whittys current solo project is a departure from the improvisation focused collaborative band that has made his name.Anyhowbegan in 2020 afterWhittyhad finished working on several film score projects includingDisappearance at Clifton Hill (Albert Shin)andLearn to Swim (Thyrone Tommy).That focus on narrative fed into his own work, which combined elements of cinematic composition with jazz and rock like he has created in the past.

His latest albumAnyhowfeaturesWhittyon guitar, synthesizer, woodwinds,production, composition and strings. Narrative is built into each ofWhittys tracks in some way. Rather than a specific story, he drew from photographic or cinematic sources. The aim was for theproductionand arrangement to imply the kind of structural narrative found in jazz improvisation.Whittys compositions emerged from voice notes and short loops, for example guitar riffs that he would feed into Ableton and flesh out into larger arrangements.