81 - Leslie Mandoki

Episode #81 Leslie Mandoki is a Hungarian singer, drummer, songwriter, and producer, and is best known for his work with greats like Lionel Richie, Phil Collins, and Chaka Khan, as well as for his work as musical director for Disney’s feature movies including Mulan, Tarzan, and Brother Bear. Running together through a tunnel to escape the iron curtain and communist dictatorship for freedom tends to make for life-long bonds. For the young Hungarian artists, musician Leslie Mandoki and animation artist Gábor Csupo, later the creator of TV classics Rugrats, Aaahh!!! Monster and Duckman, and the original animator for The Simpsons, these bonds have now come to fruition in ways that are the things of dreams. Leslie talked to Mistress Carrie about his childhood and fleeing communism, owning his recording studio, the Mandoki Soulmates and their first US release 'Utopia for Realists', freedom, the Beatles, and much more. Leslie Mandoki plays together with Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), John Helliwell (Supertramp), Nick van Eede (Cutting Crew), Till Brönner, Al Di Meola, Jesse Siebenberg (Supertramp), Cory Henry, Mike Stern, Randy Brecker, Bill Evans, Richard Bona, Tony Carey, Bobby Kimball (TOTO), Jack Bruce (Cream), David Clayton-Thomas (Blood, Sweat & Tears), Chris Thompson (Manfred Mann´s Earth Band), Steve Bailey, and Julia Mandoki. This is the story of the new world-wide, multi-format release on the Sony InsideOut label of MANDOKI SOULMATES UTOPIA FOR REALISTS, in which Leslie Mandoki’s culturally relevant, socially aware prog-rock, flavored with the virtuosity of jazz-rock, is tightly integrated with visionary concepts from world-famous animator Gábor Csupo for Mandoki’s magnum opus “Hungarian Pictures,” inspired by the music of Béla Bartók. Episode Notes Thanks to DCU for sponsoring this episode. Check out the custom playlist for Episode #81 here Find Leslie Mandoki online: Twitter Facebook Find Mandoki Soulmates online: Website Twitter Facebook Instagram Youtube Find Mistress Carrie online: Official Website The Mistress Carrie Backstage Pass on Patreon Twitter Facebook Instagram YouTube Cameo Pantheon Podcast Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices