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Lafayette Gilchrist is a jazz-inspired pianist born in Washington, DC, and now based in Baltimore.
He has worked with saxophonist David Murray in his Octet, and has recorded five albums under his own leadership between 2001 and 2008, of which the last, "Soul Progressin," won Best Jazz Album in the 2009 Independent Music Awards.
His music has also been used in the television series "The Wire."
He currently leads the group "Lafayette Gilchrist and the New Volcanoes." .
Lafayette Leake (June 1, 1919 - August 14, 1990) was a blues and jazz pianist, organist, vocalist and composer who played for Chess Records as a session musician, and as a member of the Big Three Trio, during the formative years of Chicago blues. He played piano on many of Chuck Berry's recordings.
Leake was born in Winona, Missouri in 1920. Information about his early years is sparse, but in the early 1950s he joined the Big Three Trio replacing Leonard "Baby Doo" Caston and began his association with Chess Records, where he worked closely with bassist, producer and songwriter...
1- Lafayette is a eurodance act produced and arranged by Bingoboys, Jazzbo, O. Razak, and Skin 2 Skin.
Singles: "Power Of Emotions"
2- Lafayette is a post-harcore band from Havre De Grace, MD.
3- Lafayette is a Northern Soul band
4- Lafayette is a Prog rock/pop band that performed in the Kansas City area from 1999 to 2003. Members included Jeffery Farson-Bass/Vocals, James Sizelove-Guitar (Sentient/Wrath & Ruin), Chris Metcalf-Drums(The Life and Times/The Stella Link), and Kevin Sweet-Guitar. Usually performing with Lafayette was the video artist Shane Blindt. Lafayette has shared the stage with the likes of Shiner, Houston, The Storied...
Lafayette Thomas (June 13, 1928, Shreveport, Louisiana – May 20, 1977, Brisbane, California) was an American blues singer, and guitarist.
He first heard blues guitar from his uncle Jesse Thomas in Shreveport, but Thomas did not play professionally until 1947, in San Francisco, California.
The bulk of his recordings were with Jimmy McCracklin's combo in the 1950s and 1960s. He solos with audacious brilliance on his own "Standing in the Back Door Crying", recorded at a 1954 McCracklin session with Modern Records.
In 1958 he moved to New York, working with Sam Price and playing on Bluesville album dates by...
