Lafayette Leake


One of the most elusive major musical figures to come out of the Chess Records orbit, Lafayette Leake was so reticent about being in the spotlight, that virtually nothing is known about his life, beyond the recordings on which he played. He was born in Winona, Mississippi in 1919 (some sources say 1920), and he was a natural piano player, at home with a vast range of music from classical (and he ...more


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