SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Bassist Josh
Lattanzi depends on HARMAN’s DigiTech JamMan Solo for world-famous
singer/songwriter Norah Jones’ current world tour in support of her latest
release, Little Broken Hearts—a sonic
and emotional change from previous albums with its moodier songs and more
expansive and textured sounds. Lattanzi is a multi-instrumentalist who can also
be seen playing acoustic and electric guitar, lap steel guitar and piano during
the current tour.
“It’s a challenge to reproduce the
sounds of the album live,” said Lattanzi “The music takes something of a
different approach, and there are some really beautiful and unusual tones on Little Broken Hearts. I need to use a
variety of instruments and pedals on stage—especially the DigiTech JamMan
Solo—to convey the feel of the record.”
“The JamMan Solo is a really great
pedal—its playback sounds fantastic, it couldn’t be easier to use and its build
quality is top-notch. It allows me to create really interesting sonic textures and
atmospheres,” added Lattanzi.
When it comes to choosing pedals,
Lattanzi knows what he wants. “I mainly look for gear that sounds great. This
might sound simple but I’m really picky so it sometimes takes a lot of looking
around for me to find the right pieces of gear.”
Count Lattanzi among the many pro
guitarists who find the DigiTech Whammy an indispensable part of their gear. “I had one of the first Whammy pedals when it originally
came out and I’m excited that DigiTech still makes Whammy pedals that have all
the pitch-shifting and expressive sounds of my original,” Lattanzi added. “The
Whammy is one of the most unique pedals ever developed.”
“The songs from Little Broken Hearts continue Norah’s evolution as an artist over
the course of her five albums,” Lattanzi noted. “If you listen to her albums in
sequence it seems like a natural place to have gone stylistically. If you
listen to her first album and the last there’s definitely more of a sonic
contrast.”
“The show is a mix of songs from all of
Norah’s records, which really keeps things interesting for Norah, the audience
and the band,” Lattanzi concluded. “The JamMan Solo and Whammy play a big part
in adding sonic variety to the songs and making what I’m playing complement the
music.”
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