Jazz Articles about Carl Filipiak

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Lafayette Gilchrist & New Volcanoes: Move With Love

by Ian Patterson
January 20, 2026

There is no escaping one's formative years when music--and much else--leaves an indelible mark, like a tattoo on the soul. For Lafayette Gilchrist, the jazz, hip-hop, funk and soul he imbibed growing up in Washington D.C. has been at the heart of New Volcanoes since its launch in 1993. In the intervening years, Baltimore-based Lafayette has slipped back and forth between New Volcanoes, solo piano and contemporary jazz ensembles of various sizes. Originally a sleek quartet, New Volcanoes' personnel and ...

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Lafayette Gilchrist: Move With Love

by Vincenzo Roggero
November 14, 2025

New Volcanoes è una delle creature musicali che rappresentano al meglio la visione musicale di Lafayette Gilchrist, pianista e compositore nato a Washington, D.C. nel 1967, a lungo nelle formazioni di David Murray, nuovo pianista nell'ultima Sun Ra Arkestra, grande conoscitore della cultura hip-hop, apprezzato autore della colonna sonora per l'acclamata serie televisiva The Wire.  Formata nel 1993 come quartetto, nel corso degli anni New Volcanoes si è trasformata in una formazione a geometria variabile con nuovi musicisti ...

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Carl Filipiak: I Got Your Mantra

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 28, 2008

Carl Filipiak è un chitarrista di 55 anni che opera abitualmente nell’area di Baltimora. In questo I Got Your Mantra (il suo settimo album, il primo per l’etichetta Art of Life Records) si trova alle prese con scenari che cercano di rievocare la meravigliosa musica psichedelica della fine degli anni sessanta. L’occhio furbo di Filipiak strizza nella direzione dei pastiche dilatati dei Beatles, delle esplosioni multi colorate di Jimi Hendrix, del grintoso e appassionato lirismo di Jeff Beck. Ma poi ...

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Carl Filipiak: Looking Forward Looking Back

by Mark F. Turner
September 1, 2002

Looking Forward or Looking Back – “It’s all good”, with the right perspective.

Straight-ahead jazz styles such as Hard Bop may prove a little too deep for jazz neophytes who have not had a chance to appreciate the art form, while the commercialism of some smooth jazz efforts makes purists cringe with blatant disregard. But when you take a highly skilled artist who can create music that appreciates the past, has a modern outlook, and is capable of producing exceptional ...

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Carl Filipiak: Peripheral Vision

by Ed Kopp
September 1, 2000

Baltimore guitarist Carl Filipiak records for his own small label, Geometric Records, which is probably the reason he’s not better known outside the Baltimore-D.C metroplex. Too bad, because the dude can really play.Filipiak’s music is probably too brawny for the smooth jazz crowd, but hardcore fusion fans should warm up to it instantly. The guitarist displays a Methenyesque sense of melody and improvisation while infusing his jazz with elements of rock, funk, Latin and blues. His latest release ...