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International Jazz Day's Global Celebrations Are On, And Again Online

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International Jazz Day's Global Celebrations Are On, And Again Online

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April 30 will bring the International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert, with artists from across the world taking part in another digital edition of the show, in addition to several other events.

Turtle Island Quartet Joins Cyrus Chestnut With Global Gospel Offering

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Turtle Island Quartet Joins Cyrus Chestnut With Global Gospel Offering

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Watch Carry Me Home, a program from Turtle Island, the hardest working string quartet in jazz, and their latest collaborator, pianist Cyrus Chestnut.

Turtle Island Quartet Joins Cyrus Chestnut With Global Gospel Offering

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Cyrus Chestnut, Benny Green And More On JazzSet

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Cyrus Chestnut, Benny Green And More On JazzSet

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Nicholas Payton and Jimmy Heath also join this celebration in swing from Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola.

Cyrus Chestnut, Benny Green And More On JazzSet

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A Celebration In Swing With Cyrus Chestnut And Benny Green: Live In New York

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A Celebration In Swing With Cyrus Chestnut And Benny Green: Live In New York

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Start out with two pianists who absolutely command their instruments. Give them a premier bassist and drummer. Then add guests like trumpeter Nicholas Payton and saxophonist Jimmy Heath — an elder statesman of the music — and it becomes a party.

Listen Now: 'A Celebration In Swing'

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Stars Celebrate 30 Years Of Piano Jazz: Set II

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Stars Celebrate 30 Years Of Piano Jazz: Set II

A flurry of pianists and guitarist John Pizzarelli put an exclamation point on the all-star concert.

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Cyrus Chestnut's 'Spirituals To Swing' Concert

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Chestnut is a musical agent of sweet and serious soul. JazzSet celebrates Martin Luther King Day with a concert from the pianist, his quintet and vocalist Cynthia Scott at the Kennedy Center. The group performs a spiritual, hymns and gospel songs.

Web-Only Concert Pick: Cyrus Chestnut Performs 'Soul Food'

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Double Bill: Arturo Sandoval And Cyrus Chestnut On JazzSet

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Double Bill: Arturo Sandoval And Cyrus Chestnut On JazzSet

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Trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and his Afro-Cuban band show some Miami style while pianist Cyrus Chestnut sets the direction for his show with the title "Spirituals to Swing." JazzSet mixes these two concerts from January 2008, recorded at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

Double Bill: Arturo Sandoval And Cyrus Chestnut On JazzSet

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Review

Song Of The Day

Cyrus Chestnut Out-Elvises Elvis

Chestnut knows how to conjure up a spirit of romance: Just listen to the jaunty jazz pianist's reinvention of "Love Me Tender" on his new CD, Cyrus Plays Elvis. It's a great example of how a gifted musician can take a sappy song and set it free.

'Love Me Tender' by Cyrus Chestnut

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Studio Sessions

Cyrus Chestnut: Reinventing Elvis

Jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut and Elvis Presley aren't a likely pairing: Chestnut is one of the top pianists of a generation born many years after songs like "Love Me Tender" made Presley the king of rock 'n' roll. Hear an interview and performance from Studio 4A.

Cyrus Chestnut: Reinventing Elvis

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