Music According to Lafayette G
Reviews
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2004-08-15
Reviewed 2004-08-15
Funky, stomping pieces from a Baltimore-based pianist. Big and brash, with simple midtempo horn lines over some clever piano noodling. It’s not fast stuff, but it’s got energy, attitude, and volume – every track is good, albeit repetitious and even a bit robotic.
Gilchrest’s playing is meaty and nimble, dense with clever ideas – see the solo on #8, for instance. This disc is all inside stuff, but Gilchrest has also played with Baltimore’s free-improv crowd doing abstract, experimental music.
1- Midtempo and bright
2- Brash; drunkenly swaying.
3- Midtempo. More sparse, but still has attitude.
4- Chattery horn theme;
5- Mid/slow
6- Evil, braying groove.
7- Midtempo. A calmer, cool-down sound.
8- Mid/fast, with a snappy piano riff and a great piano solo
Gilchrest’s playing is meaty and nimble, dense with clever ideas – see the solo on #8, for instance. This disc is all inside stuff, but Gilchrest has also played with Baltimore’s free-improv crowd doing abstract, experimental music.
1- Midtempo and bright
2- Brash; drunkenly swaying.
3- Midtempo. More sparse, but still has attitude.
4- Chattery horn theme;
5- Mid/slow
6- Evil, braying groove.
7- Midtempo. A calmer, cool-down sound.
8- Mid/fast, with a snappy piano riff and a great piano solo
Recent airplay
New Be Bop
Music Casserole — May 30, 2009
Baltimore's Belly
Memory Select — Oct 15, 2004
The Return of Jes Grew
Bloody Memory Selected To Destroy The Uber-Rich — Oct 01, 2004
Baltimore's Belly
Memory Select — Sep 24, 2004
Coded Sources
No Cover, No Minimum - Now With Extend-O Grip! — Sep 17, 2004
Baltimore's Belly
Memory Select — Sep 10, 2004
Charting
2004-08-16 — 2004-10-17
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Oct 17 | 1 |
| Oct 3 | 1 |
| Sep 26 | 1 |
| Sep 19 | 1 |
| Sep 12 | 2 |
| Sep 5 | 3 |
| Aug 29 | 1 |
| Aug 22 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Assume the Position | ||
| 2. | Baltimore's Belly | ||
| 3. | Rumble | ||
| 4. | The Syndicate | ||
| 5. | For Vince Loving | ||
| 6. | The Return of Jes Grew | ||
| 7. | Coded Sources | ||
| 8. | New Be Bop |