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Cyrus Chestnut

Wanting his music to be felt not just in the head but also in the heart and soul, pianist Cyrus Chesnut's technical, fluid style is rooted both in the churches he grew up in and the smoky jazz clubs where he honed his talent. Born in Baltimore, Maryland Chestnut started learning the piano at the age of seven from his father who played in the local church, before studying at the Peabody Institute and later the Berklee School of Music. He worked with Jon Hendricks and Donald Harrison in the late 1980s but his biggest influence was vocalist Betty Carter who mentored him to push h...