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Cyrus Chestnut's new album, Spirit , is subtitled Solo Piano , and it's true that the Baltimore native's piano is the only thing heard on the 14 tracks.

It was a rather quiet night that soprano Kathleen Battle and pianist Cyrus Chestnut shared with those who attended the duo's performance Tuesday night at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center.

Berks Jazz Fest celebrates 20 years in 2010 The VF Outlet Berks Jazz Fest, presented by Berks Arts Council, will celebrate its 20th anniversary March 18 through March 28, with artists who appeared during the first festival in 1980, as well as audience favorites from the past two decades.

For her first ever performance in Tulsa, soprano Kathleen Battle is going to try something new.

Director Douglas Chang and Executive Producer Ronald Tikofsky have announced the upcoming production of Chang's new feature, 'CHAOGRAPHY: Variations on the Theme of Freedom," in 2010.

S introduces you to the Mojo Club in Hamra to hear the "the best jazz pianist of his generation" , affable Mr Cyrus 'Nutman' Chestnut.

John Pizzarelli performs with John Bunch at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola. Frank Stewart / Jazz at Lincoln Center John Pizzarelli performs with John Bunch at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola. Set List Taylor Eigsti "Stompin' at the Savoy" Cyrus Chestnut "Blame It on My Youth" Cedar Walton "Daydream" Dena DeRose "East of the Sun " Kenny Werner "Somewhere" Grace ...

One of the whinier columns ever to appear in a major jazz publication concerned "Vanity Projects"-that is, sessions bankrolled by rich men for their marginally talented spouses/girlfriends/siblings/whatever. Unfortunately, those kind of recordings do exist, and in far greater numbers than desirable.

The jazz palette is long and wide. Within any given performance format there exist seminal artists as different as saxophonists John Coltrane and Lester Young , trumpeters Miles Davis and Lester Bowie , and pianists Art Tatum and Gene Harris .

Larry retired from teachng college journalism after over 20 years, coming to teaching from 15 years in the newspaper business working for Ridder-Johns Newspapers.

10, 7-10 p.m., at the Eubie Blake Jazz Institute and Cultural Center . The CD is a collaboration with Larry Willis , an international jazz icon and three-time Grammy Award nominee who has been featured on more than 300 albums.

Playing solo piano requires, among other things, a distinctive style and enough musical ideas to hold a listener's interest over a period of time.

At a time when most entrepreneurs blanche at even a mention of the economy, bassist John Lee has damned the torpedoes and gone full speed ahead with his new label, Jazz Legacy Productions.

The good news of jazz is the musical message of season 2, episode 7 of Jazz it Up! Pianist Cyrus Chestnut performs an uplifting jazz rendition of the gospel classic 'We Fall Down, But We Get Up" outdoors in Harlem.

The good news of jazz is the musical message of season 2, episode 7 of Jazz it Up! Pianist Cyrus Chestnut performs an uplifting jazz rendition of the gospel classic 'We Fall Down, But We Get Up" outdoors in Harlem.

There is a lot of good music on this double-CD set, vocally by Jackie Ryan and instrumentally by a group of top jazz players on a mixed repertoire that runs from Benny Carter to Antonio Carlos Jobim to Oscar Brown Jr.

There is a lot of good music on this double-CD set, vocally by Jackie Ryan and instrumentally by a group of top jazz players on a mixed repertoire that runs from Benny Carter to Antonio Carlos Jobim to Oscar Brown Jr.

Named " best jazz pianist of his generation " in Time Magazine, Cyrus Chestnut is known for his imaginative, inventive style and his profound sense of the history and language of Jazz.