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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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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
  • New Urban World Blues
  • Lafayette Gilchrist interview
    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
  • 20170726_me_lafayette_gilchrist_plays_the_blues_for_freddie_gray.mp3
    Transcript from NPR Morning Edition: Lafayette Gilchrist Plays The 'Blues For Freddie Gray' Interviewed by Phil Harrell
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