Jazz pianist with gospel stylings. Studied at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore and Berklee School of Music in Boston. Member of William Goffigan Trio… His local bands have included saxophonist Kim Waters…
Worked with jazz vocalist Betty Carter and appeared on her 1992 album “It’s Not About the Melody.”
CD releases by Cyrus Chestnut:
1992 Evidence 22152 Nut
1993 Evidence 22135 Another Direction
1994 Atlantic 82518 Revelation
1995 Atlantic 82719 The Dark Before the Dawn
1996 Atlantic 82876 Earth Stories
1996 Atlantic 82948 Blessed Quietness
1998 Atlantic 83140 Cyrus Chestnut
2000 Atlantic 83366 A Charlie Brown Christmas
2001 Warner Bros Soul Food
2003 Warner Bros You Are My Sunshine
2006 Telarc Genuine Chestnut
Cyrus Chestnut on albums with other artists:
1992 Verve 513870 It’s Not About the Melody (Betty Carter)
1995 Stash The Eternal Flame: A Baltimore Jam (with William Goffigan, Gary Thomas…)
1999 (import) Tribute to Duke Ellington (w/Rinny Rosenth, George Mroz, Billy Drummond)
2005(CD) Brown Brothers Gold Sounds (various artists)
