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Lafayette Harris, Jr.
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Lafayette Harris’s accomplishments speak for themselves. Known as the “go to” pianist by other musicians and band leaders, in the last year alone, Lafayette has performed on Broadway with the THE COLOR PURPLE, toured Europe with Ernestine Anderson, played the wedding for the daughter of ABC “World News Tonight” host, Charlie Gibson and helped raise money for children with cancer in Columbus, OH. Alongside these have been Lafayette’s regular appearances at New York’s Blue Note and weekly open mic session that he hosts at the historic Lenox Lounge in Harlem, widely regarded as the “best vocal jam session” in the city by New York’s weekly listing guides
Swingin' Up in Harlem
Label: Savant Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Swingin’ Up in Harlem; Living for the City; Teach Me Tonight; The Nearness of You;
Stardust; St. Thomas; Over the Rainbow; It’s All in the Game; Solitude; Nat’s Blues.
Lafayette Harris Jr.: Swingin' Up in Harlem
by Jack Bowers
It would cost top dollar to see and hear jazz musicians as busy and talented as pianist Lafayette Harris Jr., bassist Peter Washington and drummer Lewis Nash up-close and personal. On Harris' new album, Swingin' Up in Harlem, the trio cannot be seen but can definitely be heard and appreciated, which is the next best thing. ...
Bend To The Light
Label: Airmen Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Bend To The Light; Take You Out; We In The House; 12 Bars; Achern; Japanese Love Poem; Old Devil Moon; Blues On The Edge; Tenderly; Geneva; Bend To The Light (Vocal Version); We In The House (Short Version).
Lafayette Harris, Jr.: Bend To The Light
by Dan Bilawsky
While art often takes cues from life, and life certainly offers up its fair share of trials, tribulations, and dark spells, pianist Lafayette Harris, Jr. prefers to emphasize the positive while pouring existential thought into his music. On Bend To The Light--the seventh offering from Harris over the past twenty-plus years--hope, happiness, and ...
In The Middle of the Night
Label: Airmen Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: In the Middle of the Night; Saturday; Carmella; Darlin' Darlin' Baby; Honeylike; The Milky Way; Vamonos; The Work Song; Those Memories; Athens; A Little Feel Thing.
The Watcher
Label: Landmark
Released: 2007
Track listing: The Watcher; Miles; In Rememberance Of Him; I Am With You Always; New Testament; River Of The Fire; Centre Avenue Shuffle; Cheek To Cheek;Caravan; Misty; United.
Lafayette Harris,Jr.: In The Middle of the Night
by Michael P. Gladstone
In The Middle Of The Night is pianist Lafayette Harris' first funk and contemporary jazz album (e.g. smooth or urban jazz). That is exactly why I approached this disc with such trepidation, having positive memories of his first albums on Muse in the early 1990s. His debut, Lafayette is Here (Muse, 1993) was a fine date ...
Take Five With Lafayette Harris, Jr.
by AAJ Staff
Meet Lafayette Harris, Jr.: Lafayette Harris accomplishments speak for themselves. Known as the go to pianist by other musicians and band leaders, in the last year alone, Lafayette has performed on Broadway with the The Color Purple, toured Europe with Ernestine Anderson, played the wedding for the daughter of ABC World News Tonight host, Charlie Gibson, ...
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