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Tickets. Support. Blog. A Musical Introduction to Cyrus Chestnut. Written by Lee Clifford. Posted in Blog. Cyrus Chestnut. “I started playing piano at the age of three,” jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut once explained in an interview. “My father was an organist for the local church in Baltimore, where I grew up.
Highly regarded, Baltimore-born jazz pianist who embraces a range of influences from hard bop and modalism to gospel. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1990s - 2020s. Born. January 17, 1963 in Baltimore, MD. Genre. Jazz, Holiday. Styles. Post-Bop, Christmas, Straight-Ahead Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Holidays, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz.
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Apr 12, 2024 · WBGO’s Gary Walker talks with pianist Cyrus Chestnut and Mark Shapiro, artistic director of the Cecilia Chorus of New York, about the upcoming performance of Chestnut’s “Power in the Blood” and Beethoven’s “Christ on the Mount of Olives” at Carnegie Hall.
Aug 13, 2022 · T he Baltimore-born Cyrus Chestnut is a wonderful pianist, rather like Oscar Peterson in his heyday: one of the rare kind who isn’t forever trying to impress you. He doesn’t need to try. Now in...
Jun 6, 2019 · Cyrus Chestnut: Nobody Like 'The Nutman' Jazz24. October 3, 2012 • One of contemporary jazz's most renowned pianists dazzles during his recent visit to KPLU's studios in Seattle. Watch Chestnut...
Jazz Piano, Improvisation. Childers Hall, Room 3023. (202) 806-7094. cyrus.chestnut@howard.edu. Born on January 17, 1963, in Baltimore, MD; son of McDonald (a retired post office employee and church organist) and Flossie (a city social services worker and church choir director), soulful jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut might just be proof positive ...
