Drawing from a wide palette—from blues to ragtime, stride to funk, go-go to gospel—and the experience gained from two decades of performing with saxophonist David Murray, pianist Lafayette Gilchrist delivers an arresting new trio recording that, as its title suggests, is about Now.
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Seamlessly blending the dancing rhythms of Brazil and the funk of New Orleans, and delivering it with a dose of New York City attitude, Nation Beat rides irresistible grooves that all but demand that you get up off that damn sofa and dance.
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I first heard reed maestro Arlen Asher in concert at the Outpost in Albuquerque. I don’t remember too much about that evening—it was 25 years ago or so—but the audience was humming in anticipation of his appearance, a local guy I’d never heard of. I wondered what all the fuss was about. I soon found out.
