Release Date: 15 July 2022
Label: HighNote Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 632375733926
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 15 July 2022
Label: HighNote Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 632375733926
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
There have been a number of famous jazz artists whose offspring have followed their father's footsteps into music, think only of Ellis Marsalis and his sons, Dewey and Joshua Redman, Papa John and Joey DeFrancesco, Bucky and John Pizzarelli, Walter and Nicholas Payton and Harry Connick Senior & Junior.
But for every famous father in jazz there are an unknowable number of fathers who inspired and nurtured their progeny's talent from the sidelines and encouraged them to go into music and pursue their dreams. Such a man was McDonald Chestnut whose internationally renowned son, pianist Cyrus Chestnut, remembers his dad with this touching memorial, My Father's Hands .
By carefully choosing a wide range of repertoire - including originals, standards and jazz classics - and with the great bassist Peter Washington and the legendary Lewis Nash on drums, Cyrus has crafted not just an intensely personal reminiscence but a truly beautiful jazz album in all respects. The material is strong, the sequencing uniquely satisfying and the performances display a unity of conception and execution that can only be called remarkable. Top it off with the exceptional recording quality and you have not only another fabulous jazz record, but a lasting and moving tribute to a father from his son.
Cyrus Chestnut: piano
Peter Washington: bass
Lewis Nash: drums
Press:
"Cyrus Chestnut is a wonderful pianist, rather like Oscar Peterson in his heyday: one of the rare kind who isn't forever trying to impress you...Among Chestnut's many attractive points is his leaning towards melody." - **** The Observer
Tracklisting
Houston Person
Charlie Sepulveda & The Turnaround
Tom Harrell
Black Art Jazz Collective
Jeremy Pelt
Black Art Jazz Collective
Eric Alexander
Sheila Jordan
Cyrus Chestnut
Cyrus Chestnut
Cyrus Chestnut
Cyrus Chestnut
Cyrus Chestnut
Cyrus Chestnut