Cyrus Chestnut - Genuine Chestnut (2006) [FLAC] torrent

Cyrus Chestnut - Genuine Chestnut (2006) [FLAC]
Category Rock/Pop, Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Piano
Label Telarc Distribution
Orig Year 2006
All Time Product Rank 59,823
Discs 1
Release Date Feb 28, 2006
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Cyrus Chestnut; Elaine Martone
Engineer Cyrus Chestnut; Elaine Martone; Jack Renner
Personnel Russell Malone - guitar
Neal Smith - drums
Steve Kroon - percussion
Cyrus Chestnut - piano
Michael Hawkins - upright bass
There's just no way not to like Cyrus Chestnut. His playing is robust but tasteful, and he plays ballads with a liquid fluency; his original compositions brim with good cheer; he favors middling tempos that neither tempt him to show off excessively ... Full Descriptionnor to bog himself down in extended, self-indulgent elaboration. His first album for the Telarc label showcases all of his strengths. He can take the unlikeliest melodies and make them sound like standards: on this album, he manages to spin equally refined musical gold out of both a schlocky 1970s love ballad (Bread's "If") and a faux folk song turned soul hit (Ewan MacColl's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"). And he can handle knotty Latin rhythms with offhanded ease (though the rhythmic structure on "Baby Girl's Strut" feels a little bit disorganized). Best of all, he plays gospel tunes with a heartfelt fervor that never descends into sentimentality. Chestnut's own "Mason Dixon Line" is one of the album's high points, a joyful bebop number that makes you hope he'll someday do a whole album of Bud Powell compositions. The album's relentless, midtempo pleasantness makes it easy to stop paying attention by about halfway through, but every time you catch yourself drifting and start listening closely again, you'll notice something else wonderful. Highly recommended. ~ Rick Anderson

Recording information: Avatar, Studio A, New York, NY (07/18/2005-07/19/2005).

Photographer: Mark Jenkinson.

Personnel: Cyrus Chestnut (piano); Cyrus Chestnut; Michael Hawkins (upright bass); Neal Smith (drums); Steve Kroon (percussion); Russell Malone (guitar).

Audio Mixer: Jack Renner.

Tracks:

1 The Brown Soldier
2 Numero Tres, El
3 If
4 Ellen's Song
5 Mason Dixon Line
6 Baby Girl's Strut
7 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
8 Eyes On the Prize
9 Through the Valley
10 I'm Walkin'
11 Lord, I Give Myself To You
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