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“The Best Pianist of His Generation.” – Time

Cyrus Chestnut leads a special edition of his beloved piano trio with bassist Peter Washington and drummer Willie Jones III. “His brand of crisp articulation and blues inflected harmony evokes another era… multifaceted and dynamic…” says The New York Times. Inspired by gospel music throughout his life, Cyrus draws on a range of musical influences while never straying too far from the blues which The New York Daily News state makes him “the rightful heir to Bud Powell, Art Tatum and Erroll Garner.”

“The best sound this reviewer has (virtually) heard thus far and no less than six camera angles.”...

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“The Best Pianist of His Generation.” – Time

Cyrus Chestnut leads a special edition of his beloved piano trio with bassist Peter Washington and drummer Willie Jones III. “His brand of crisp articulation and blues inflected harmony evokes another era… multifaceted and dynamic…” says The New York Times. Inspired by gospel music throughout his life, Cyrus draws on a range of musical influences while never straying too far from the blues which The New York Daily News state makes him “the rightful heir to Bud Powell, Art Tatum and Erroll Garner.”

“The best sound this reviewer has (virtually) heard thus far and no less than six camera angles.”
–Andrey Henkin, The New York City Jazz Record

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