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Jazz and Pop Keyboardist
About Craig Morris
Craig Morris helped redefine the role of the keyboardist in post-2010 pop production, not as a session player, but as a sonic architect. His signature approach blends vintage Fender Rhodes warmth with granular synth textures, most notably on Lizzo’s 'Cuz I Love You' album, where he reharmonized entire sections live during tracking to preserve improvisational energy amid tight deadlines. Unlike many contemporaries who rely on presets, Morris builds custom Kontakt instruments from field recordings, rain on subway grates, analog tape hiss, even vinyl crackle from his personal 78 rpm collection, to ground electronic arrangements in tactile, human imperfection. He co-founded the Brooklyn-based collective 'The Key Lab,' which hosts monthly workshops teaching jazz musicians how to integrate Ableton Live without sacrificing swing feel. His liner notes for Thundercat’s 'It Is What It Is' include handwritten chord diagrams annotated with microtiming suggestions, evidence of his obsession with groove as a physiological phenomenon, not just a metronomic one.
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- “How did you approach reharmonizing Lizzo’s 'Jerome' live in the studio?”
- “What’s the story behind your custom Rhodes patch used on 'Truth Hurts'?”
- “Why do you record piano pedals separately from keys in your sessions?”
- “How does The Key Lab teach swing feel in Ableton without quantization?”
