$25 at the door / $20 in advance / $15 students and seniors / 7:30 doors / seated
Lafayette Gilchrist featuring special guest and Cambridge native, Cecil Brooks of the Sun Ra Arkestra.
Lafayette Gilchrist’s music 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. His 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. Gilchrist is the pianist in the Sun Ra Arkestra, has toured extensively with David Murray, and his compositions have graced the soundtracks of David Simon’s acclaimed series The Wire, The Deuce, and Treme.
Gilchrist has performed with Cassandra Wilson, Macy Gray, Oliver Lake, Andrew Cyrille, Orrin Evans, Paul Dunmall, Hamid Drake, William Parker and many more. Gilchrist’s second solo recording, 2019 “Dark Matter” which muses on the elusive and mysterious matter that ties the universe together, landed on numerous critics best of lists.
Gilchrist returns to The Lilypad, where he played for a standing room only crowd in 2022, for a performance featuring a special guest appearance by Cambridge native and fellow member of the Sun Ra Arkestra, Cecil Brooks on trumpet.