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Lafayette Gilchrist & New Volcanoes: Move With Love

Read "Move With Love" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

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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Album Review

Lafayette Gilchrist: Move With Love

Read "Move With Love" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero

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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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Move With Love

Morphius Records
2025

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Cut Through the Chase

From: Move With Love
By Leo Maxey

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