22 Jul

[ July 25,20252 release on Morphius Records Lafayette Gilchrist’s New Volcanoes – Move With Love ]

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Baltimore-based keyboardist/composer Lafayette Gilchrist, the newest member of the legendary Sun Ra Arkestra, returns with the exuberant Move With Love. The live album, out July 25, 2025 via Morphius Records, features Gilchrist’s hip-hop and go-go inspired New Volcanoes ensemble on its first release in seven years.

“[Gilchrist’s] melodic sensibility embraces the esoteric angularity of Andrew Hill and Sun Ra as much as the emotional directness of the blues.” – Troy Collins, All About Jazz

“New Orleans barrelhouse piano, the Impressionism of Ravel and Duke Ellington’s jaggy solo-piano sound form the bedrock of Lafayette Gilchrist’s style.. But if there’s one big influence on the way he thinks about rhythm, it’s the deeply swinging ‘pocket’ of a classic go-go beat.” – Giovanni Russonello, The New York Times

02 Nov

[ November 3rd, 2023 release via Morphius Records: Lafayette Gilchrist’s Undaunted ]

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Iconoclastic pianist and composer Lafayette Gilchrist exudes his unconquerable spirit on his new album Undaunted, out via digital, CD and limited edition vinyl on November 3, 2023 via Morphius Records.

“New Orleans barrelhouse piano, the Impressionism of Ravel, and Duke Ellington’s jaggy solo-piano sound form the bedrock of Lafayette Gilchrist’s style at the keyboard. But if there’s one big influence on the way he thinks about rhythm, it’s the deeply swinging ‘pocket’ of a classic go-go beat. With its classic loping groove, built on heavy hand percussion and call-and-response flow, go-go is the unofficial musical idiom of Gilchrist’s native Washington, D.C.” – Giovanni Russonello, The New York Times

29 Jun

[ June 29, 2020: Lafayette Gilchrist & Kevin Pinder launch new virtual series ‘A Percussion Discussion ]

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“Lafayette Gilchrist has dug deep into [jazz piano] history… he’s tapping into jazz’s spiritual, historical and cultural roots. He’s an old soul at ease in the modern world.”

– Kevin Whitehead, NPR’s Fresh Air

Pianist/composer Lafayette Gilchrist and percussionist Kevin Pinder will launch A Percussion Discussion, a new online series, beginning Monday, June 29. The livestream will take place at 7 p.m. EDT from An Die Musik in Baltimore. Admission $5, link will remain active for one week. For information call 410-385-2638 or register at https://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.event&eventID=7EC050F3-E2CF-907F-E064DF35585EA8F9.