New
Soul Progressin’ — 2026 Reissue Available Now
A golden era in the evolution of New Volcanoes, Soul Progressin’ is back – reissued in 2026 and available now on Bandcamp.
Listen Now! →
New
A golden era in the evolution of New Volcanoes, Soul Progressin’ is back – reissued in 2026 and available now on Bandcamp.
Listen Now! →
Lafayette heads to Europe this summer with the Sun Ra Arkestra – France, Belgium, Poland, Netherlands, Spain.
The latest album from Lafayette Gilchrist and New Volcanoes. Explosive jazz-funk recorded live.
Listen on Bandcamp →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.
Lafayette Gilchrist delivered fascinating kaleidoscopes of the vigorous, the delicately preoccupied and the harmonically ambiguous…exquisite.
★★★★ Gilchrist mounts his melodic statement over a beautiful groove, which also sounds like a march. It is both opening and passing through in one fell swoop. … Undaunted continues to reflect a meditative relationship to hip-hop, go-go, and other rhythmic influences. … Whatever else ‘Undaunted’ provides, there is an insistence on taking care of the rhythm. And keeping our pulses moving.
Lafayette Gilchrist’s music draws on the span of jazz history from stride to free improvisation, along with inspiration from hip-hop, funk, and Washington D.C.’s unique go-go sound. His work thrives on making surprising connections between styles and influences, boldly veering from piledriver funk to piquant stride, vigorous swing to hip-hop swagger, contemplative abstraction to deep-bottom grooves. Gilchrist is the pianist in the Sun Ra Arkestra, has toured extensively with David Murray, and his compositions have graced the soundtracks of David Simon’s acclaimed series The Wire, The Deuce, and Treme.
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