Lafayette Gilchrist and New Volcanos

“...[Made With Love is] some of the most explosive jazz-funk around, combining hard bop, hip-hop, rock, and go-go into a high-energy swirl that aims to get you up out of your seat and keep you there…. Get up with it, as Miles Davis would say.” – Philip Freeman, Stereogum

Lafayette Gilchrist, piano/keyboard
Charlie Wilson, drums
Anthony “Blue" Jenkins, bass
Greg Thompkins, tenor saxophone
Shaquim Muldrow, tenor saxophone
Leo Maxey, trumpet
Evan Dexter, trombone
Bashi Rose, percussion
Brandon Bourne, guitar

Baltimore's Lafayette Gilchrist is a jazz pianist, but when his powerhouse funk/jazz band the New Volcanoes backs him up, listeners also get something different: a go-go beat. Gilchrist describes go-go, a style native to Washington, D.C., and its environs, as "almost like a slowed-down James Brown, but you have a combination of African rhythms." Blended with his jazz piano playing, that's the sound of Gilchrist's latest album, New Urban World Blues, released this May. Lafayette is not only a penetrating and sensitive artist, but also a composer who does not shy away from the influences of the greatest artists who inspire him to look for stylistic references. Baltimore Magazine said about Gilchrist, “While he’s revered for his iconic scores in David Simon’s HBO series The Wire, Treme, and The Deuce, it’s his pure talent and unbridled spirit that have earned this D.C. native and longtime Baltimore resident his much-deserved praise.”