Brotherhood of Man by Oscar Peterson & Clark Terry - Cyrus Chestnut Trio @ Shanghai Jazz - NJ

Cyrus Chestnut is an American jazz pianist, songwriter, and producer. Chestnut enjoys mixing styles and resists being typecast in any one niche, though his gospel sound is apparent on a number of his recordings. He continually uses the trio format to extend, elaborate, and refine the basic conception of the jazz rhythm section. In his own words, “This country and this art form are founded on the basic principles of freedom, whereby a person is able to think, say, or play what he or she chooses. Throughout the years as I look at history, all of my predecessors, regardless of what environment was, shared freely their thoughts and feelings in a swinging, musical way on the bandstand. They swung hard and made the listeners feel better leaving than when they arrived. This is the tradition I intend to preserve.“ Cyrus Chestnut - Piano Neal Smith - Drums Devin Starks - Bass SHANGHAI JAZZ (Madison, New Jersey, USA) Website -