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Christian Hizon

Accomplished musician Christian Hizon is an in-demand trombonist, educator and session player in the D.C., Maryland and Virginia music scene. A graduate of the Peabody Conservatory of Music with a degree in Bass Trombone Performance, he has studied and performed with numerous first-rate musicians including Gary Bartz, Sean Jones, Larry Willis, Gary Thomas, Alex Norris, Todd Marcus and the National Symphony Orchestra. Although adept at many styles including classical, funk and hip-hop, Hizon has focused on jazz leading groups or performing as a sideman at venues such as the Kennedy Center, Creative Alliance, Bohemian Caverns and Keystone Korner

Lafayette Gilchrist: Undaunted

by Pat Youngspiel
April 10, 2024

On Undaunted Washington D.C.-raised and Baltimore-educated pianist Lafayette Gilchrist continues his idiosyncratically swinging trajectory with deep grooves, memorable lines and the gritty, unapologetic type of interplay that first brought him international acclaim on the 2004 recording The Music According To Lafayette Gilchrist. Few will have forgotten the catchy track “Assume The Position" off that album, used ...

Undaunted

By Lafayette Gilchrist

Label: Morphius Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Undaunted; Ride It Out; In the Swirl; Southern Belle; Metropolitan Musings (Them Streets Again).

Metropolitan Musings (Them Streets Again)

December 13, 2023

Album: Undaunted
By Lafayette Gilchrist
Label: Morphius Records
Released: 2023
Duration: 5:22

Brandon Born Quartet at An Die Musik Live

by Matt Hooke
November 29, 2023

One of the most exciting things about being a music fan is discovering an artist when they come into their own and contribute their own voice to the jazz tradition. The audience at An Die Musik got a taste of that feeling watching Peabody Conservatory student Brandon Born lead his first band at An Die Musik ...

Lafayette Gilchrist: Undaunted

by Mike Jurkovic
October 22, 2023

Barn-burning, barrel-housing pianist Lafayette Gilchrist may or may not be known by everyone pretending to be hip and attuned or even by the rather rarefied company he has been known to keep--David Murray, Cassandra Wilson, Andrew Cyrille--but Undaunted is going to get him some much deserved attention. Abundant with cajones and plenty of rhythm, ...