ALBUMMidnight Melodies (feat. Curtis Lundy & Victor Lewis)Cyrus Chestnut
ALBUMA Million Colors in Your MindCyrus Chestnut
ALBUMSoul Brother CoolCyrus Chestnut
ALBUMHeart to HeartMaddy Winer & Cyrus Chestnut
ALBUMThe Cyrus Chestnut QuartetCyrus Chestnut
ALBUMDancing With Duke - An Homage to Duke EllingtonJohn Brown, Cyrus Chestnut & Adonis Rose
ALBUMSpiritCyrus Chestnut
ALBUMCyrus Plays ElvisCyrus Chestnut
ALBUMGenuine ChestnutCyrus Chestnut
ALBUMYou Are My SunshineCyrus Chestnut
ALBUMSoul FoodCyrus Chestnut
ALBUMA Charlie Brown ChristmasCyrus Chestnut
ALBUMCyrus ChestnutCyrus Chestnut
ALBUMEarth StoriesCyrus Chestnut
ALBUMThe Dark Before the DawnCyrus Chestnut
ALBUMRevelationCyrus Chestnut
About Cyrus Chestnut
Artist Biography
A masterful jazz pianist, Cyrus Chestnut balances his lithe technical skill with a robust, soulful style that speaks to his deep gospel roots and love of swinging hard bop. Raised in the church, Chestnut learned how to infuse his swinging, classically trained style with a warm gospel sound, a style that first marked his work as a sideman, backing artists like Jon Hendricks, Betty Carter, Donald Harrison, and Wynton Marsalis. He further perfected his approach as a leader, recording a bevy of small-group albums for Atlantic, like 1998's Cyrus Chestnut, and as a member of the Manhattan Trinity with bassist George Mraz and drummer Lewis Nash. Most often, Chestnut leads his trio, as on 2016's Natural Essence with veterans Buster Williams and Lenny White, 2018's Kaleidoscope with Eric Wheeler and Chris Beck, and 2022's My Father's Hands, a tribute to his late father, who first taught him how to play.
Hometown
Baltimore, MD, United States
Genre
Jazz
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