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For The Go Go by Lafayette Gilchrist

From the album

Album Title: Dark Matter
Label: Lafayette Music
Released: 2019

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About the Album

"For The Go Go" is the first track from Baltimore-based pianist/composer Lafayette Gilchrist's powerful new album "Dark Matter." On his second solo recording, Gilchrist draws on the span of jazz history from stride to free improvisation, along with inspiration from hip-hop, funk, and Washington D.C.'s unique go-go sound. Over the course of the album's eleven original tunes, Gilchrist cycles through a wide range of moods and ideas, from deeply personal meditations to socially conscious outcries. "Dark Matter" was recorded live in front of a rapt, intimate crowd at the University of Baltimore’s Wright Theater by acclaimed hip-hop producer Wendel Patrick.

Tracks

For the Go Go; Child's Play; Dark Matter; The Love Bind; Spontaneous Combustion; And You Know This; Blues for Our Marches to End; Old Whale Bones; Happy Birthday Sucka; Black Flight; Greeting.

Personnel

Lafayette Gilchrist

piano

Additional Personnel

Lafayette Gilchrist: piano.

Reviews

Dark Matter by Jerome Wilson
Dark Matter by Franz A. Matzner

Date featured

September 26, 2019

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