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Lafayette Gilchrist: Towards the Shining Path
by Franz A. Matzner
A captivating live performer, Lafayette Gilchrist has once again translated his distinctive blend of drama, brooding force, and hard-hitting beats into a successful, high-energy, engaging album. The music on Towards the Shining Path, the pianist's ambitious followup to his acclaimed debut album, The Music According to Lafayette Gilchrist, moves like a boxer: methodical, rocking steadily in its deep grooves, yet ready to burst into unpredictable explosions of controlled power and precisely orchestrated fury. Towards the Shining Path ...
Continue ReadingNew Grooves: Lafayette Gilchrist at Bohemian Caverns
by Franz A. Matzner
The darkly lit, basement club Bohemian Caverns just might be the perfect venue for Baltimore raised pianist Lafayette Gilchrist. Both the club's owner and pianist draw on the past glories of Baltimore and Washington's jazz scene, and neither feels any compunction about presenting that history in a totally modernized context. For the club, this means Belgian beer, a mixed menu of classic American fare and Persian cuisine, a music line-up that includes jazz, funk, hip-hop and electronica, and a decor ...
Continue ReadingLafayette Gilchrist: The Music According to Lafayette Gilchrist
by Franz A. Matzner
Deep, brooding grooves, gravelly bass, taut piano lines that stride forward with lithe, contained energy... the music on The Music According to Lafayette Gilchrist feels as if it is about to explode, held in check only by the tight grasp of strict discipline. This tension between barely checked frenzy and control not only seeps into each piece, but defines much of the album's distinctive character, as the music stalks panther-like through the dark tunnels of each composition's ...
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