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About Lafayette

Baltimore City
There’s good reason why jazz fans and critics alike are so excited about Lafayette Gilchrist. The Baltimore-based pianist hit the scene hard with his debut, The Music According To Lafayette Gilchrist, and went straight to earning raves for his sophomore release, Towards The Shining Path. Emerging from jazz legend David Murray’s Black Saint Quartet, Gilchrist has an approach and presence that’s drawn comparisons to royalty such as Andrew Hill and Sun Ra.

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Gilchrist/Dresch/Szandai/Drake

Lafayette Gilchrist with Mihály Dresch - saxophone & woodwinds,Mátyás Szandai - bass and Hamid Drake -drums,percussion perform Delicate Dancer at The Palace of the Arts,Budapest as part of JazzForum Festival
  • Lafayette Gilchrist, Mihály Dresch, Mátyás Szandai, Hamid Drake - Delicate Dancer
    Sharing the Shed Budapest Music Centers Record Hungary
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    Lafayette Gilchrist with New Volcanoes

    Lafayette Gilchrist with New Volcanoes perform at The Windup Space,Baltimore.

    Lafayette Gilchrist- keyboards, Michael Cerri - pocket trumpet, Gregory Thompkins - saxophone, John Dierker - reeds,Anthony "Blue" Jenkins - bass, Nathan Reynolds - drums,Tiffany Defoe- saxophone, Theljon Allen - trumpet, Kevin Pinder - percussion, Carl Filipiak - guitar

    Lafayette Gilchrist - solo piano 2012

    Gilchrist performs solo compositions at 2640 Space,Baltimore.

    Part 1: Delicate Dancer/Notes on Soul Progress/No Locomotion Blues/The View From Here
    Part 2 :Connections
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    Inside Out - Gilchrist/Formanek/Kennedy

    Inside Out is a collective trio featuring Lafayette Gilchrist with bassist Michael Formanek and Eric Kennedy on drums. These two improvisations were recorded at The Windup Space in Baltimore as part of Creative Differences piano weekend in December 2011.
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    • Lafayette Gilchrist with Louis Moholo-Moholo

    The legendary South African drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo joins Gilchrist for an totally improvised concert at Jazzways 6004 in Baltimore
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    New Urban World Blues Suite

    New Urban World Blues is simply how the music feels to me. Central to this project is the Blues for Freddie Gray video. Myself and members of New Volcanoes worked with Joshua Emmitt of Shutter Frequency to create the video.  This offering is my effort to never remain silent in the face of our global crisis.

    Lafayette Gilchrist, Composer and Pianist
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      Lafayette Gilchrist on New Urban World Blues.
    • Lafayette Gilchrist and New Volcanoes - Blues for Freddie Gray
      Blues for Freddie Gray attempts to speak to the system's inability to treat all of its citizens humanly. In the song Brooks Long sings "I want to know that there's a day that's coming soon and fast I want a justice and peace that's made to last and last." That about sums it up.
    • Blues for Freddie Gray Video Shoot
      Blues for Freddie Gray Video Shoot
      Lafayette Gilchrist, Brooks Long and Joshua Emmitt
    • Blues for Freddie Gray Video Shoot
      Blues for Freddie Gray Video Shoot
      Lafayette Gilchrist
    • Blues for Freddie Gray Video Shoot
      Blues for Freddie Gray Video Shoot
      Joshua Emmitt and Lafayette Gilchrist
    • Blues for Freddie Gray Video Shoot
      Blues for Freddie Gray Video Shoot
      Lafayette Gilchrist
    • Blues for Freddie Gray Video Shoot
      Blues for Freddie Gray Video Shoot
      Dr. Michael Cerri, Camilla Campos Cerri, and Lafayette Gilchrist
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      Transcript from NPR Morning Edition: Lafayette Gilchrist Plays The 'Blues For Freddie Gray' Interviewed by Phil Harrell
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