| Lisa Harriton | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Lisa Rae Harriton |
| Born | 18 November 1980 London, England |
| Genres | Jazz, Pop, World music, Rock |
| Occupations | Musician (pianist, vocalist) |
| Instruments | Piano, Vocals |
| Associated acts | The Smashing Pumpkins, Adam Lambert, Kesha |
Lisa Rae Harriton (born 18 November 1980 in London) is an English rock musician, who became a touring keyboardist and back-up vocalist with the alternative rock band, The Smashing Pumpkins in 2007. She is also a singer/songwriter serving up a soulful blend of pop infused with jazz and world influences. Her music ranges from introspective ballads to infectious grooves, which she leads from the keyboard. Harriton began working as a studio singer at age 8 on dates for Disney, Integrity Media and Word Records. She sang the preproduction duet vocals on Rod Stewart's “Great American Songbook.”
Harriton attended and completed classical piano studies at the Royal Schools of Music in London, and completed further jazz piano studies at the University of Southern California in May 2004.[1]
She has performed in China, Japan, Peru and in Los Angeles jazz clubs and has worked with musicians such as Ingrid Jensen and Ernie Watts.[1]
Her mother Terry Harriton is a Los Angeles studio singer, father Michael Harriton is a composer and musician, and older brother Steven is also a musician.
She was most recently seen performing at the American Music Awards 2009 with Adam Lambert as his keyboardist. She also appeared with Adam on the "CBS Early Show","Late Night with David Letterman" and "The View"
On 22 May 2007, in Le Grand Rex club in Paris, she was unveiled as touring keyboardist and backing vocalist for the reformed Smashing Pumpkins. Harriton appears in the videos for "Tarantula" and "That's the Way (My Love Is)". On March 9, 2010, Billy Corgan started auditions for a new keyboardist for The Smashing Pumpkins' album in progress, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope.[2]
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