Dark Matter, by Lafayette Gilchrist

Dark Matter

by Lafayette Gilchrist

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1.	For the Go Go 06:36	buy track
2.	Child's Play 06:51	buy track
3.	Dark Matter 05:17	buy track
4.	The Love Bind 05:19	buy track
5.	Spontaneous Combustion 07:42	buy track
6.	And You Know This 04:05	buy track
7.	Blues for Our Marches to End 07:08	buy track
8.	Old Whale Bones 05:14	buy track
9.	Happy Birthday Sucka 05:38	buy track
10.	Black Flight 06:10	buy track
11.	Greeting 07:15	buy track

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Gilchrist’s second solo recording, 2019's "Dark Matter", landed on numerous critics best of lists last year. The album muses on the elusive and mysterious matter that ties the universe together. It’s not hard to imagine why the subject might hold such fascination for Gilchrist, whose work thrives on making surprising connections between styles and influences, boldly veering from piledriver funk to piquant stride, vigorous swing to hip-hop swagger, contemplative abstraction to deep-bottom grooves drawn from the boisterous go-go scene in nearby Washington D.C.

Recorded live at the University of Baltimore’s Wright Theater by acclaimed hip-hop producer Wendel Patrick (also known as classical and jazz pianist Kevin Gift), the set features eleven original tunes that cycle through a wide range of moods and ideas, from deeply personal meditations to socially conscious outcries.

“Lafayette Gilchrist has dug deep into [jazz piano] history… he's tapping into jazz's spiritual, historical and cultural roots. He's an old soul at ease in the modern world.” – Kevin Whitehead, NPR

“Gilchrist's writing weaves together old-school funk rhythms with hip-hop cadences and raw street beats… his melodic sensibility embraces the esoteric angularity of Andrew Hill and Sun Ra as much as the emotional directness of the blues.” – Troy Collins, All About Jazz

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released August 19, 2019

this page managed by Morphius Records, distributor for Lafayette Gilchrist's releases on the Creative Differences label. To contact Lafayette directly, please find him online or through creativedifferences.us

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Lafayette Gilchrist Baltimore, Maryland

Lafayette Gilchrist's music has graced the soundtracks of David Simon’s acclaimed series The Wire, The Deuce & Treme. It draws on the span of jazz history from stride to free improv w/ inspiration from hip-hop, funk, & DC go-go, making surprising connections between styles, boldly veering from piledriver funk to piquant stride, vigorous swing to hip-hop swagger, abstraction to deep-bottom grooves. ... more

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