Lafayette Gilchrist, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Lafayette Gilchrist

Pianist and composer

Date of Birth: 03-Aug-1967

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Profession: pianist, jazz musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Lafayette Gilchrist (born August 3, 1967) is an American jazz pianist and composer.
As of January 2014, he lived in Baltimore.
He has had a long association with saxophonist David Murray, with whom he has toured internationally.Gilchrist leads an octet/nonet named the New Volcanoes, and a trio called Inside Out (with bassist Michael Formanek and drummer Eric Kennedy).
Gilchrist acknowledges multiple influences on his music: "I come from hip-hop culture, [...] I'm not a rapper.
I'm not a DJ.
I'm not a dancer.
But I feed off of all that.
All of that's part of what I grew up in, what I grew up around."