Jazz Articles about Lafayette Gilchrist

Lafayette Gilchrist: The Music According to Lafayette Gilchrist

by Franz A. Matzner
September 1, 2004

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 ...