pianist Cyrus Chestnut Trio + saxophonist James Carter

“Pianist Cyrus Chestnut is one of jazz’s most convincing anachronisms. His brand of crisp articulation and blues-inflected harmony evokes another era, sometime before the ascent of Bill Evans and McCoy Tyner, to say nothing of Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett. But unlike the typical nostalgist, who pines for the past partly because of a queasy discomfort with the present, Mr. Chestnut appears comfortable with his placement in time. What makes his music fly is a complete security in his style, and that sense of untroubled self-assurance.” — New York Times

“What makes Chestnut the best jazz pianist of his generation is a willingness to abandon notes and play space.” — Time Magazine

"Cyrus's brand of crisp articulation and bluesinflected harmony evokes another era...multifaceted and dynamic..." — The New York Times

The New York Daily News heralded Chestnut as the rightful heir to Bud Powell, Art Tatum and Erroll Garner.

The soulful swagger of James Carter’s saxophones has found its way into many situations; Down Beat magazine's Critics and Readers Choice award for baritone saxophone several years in a row; He has performed, toured and played on albums with Lester Bowie, the World Saxophone Quartet, Wynton Marsalis, Dee Dee Bridgewater and the Mingus Big Band. Carter always finds a way into whatever musical situation he finds himself in. “You have to be totally comfortable wherever,” Carter says. “I think there’s tremendous beauty in cross-pollinations of music and influences.”

Cyrus once remarked on National Public Radio (NPR) . . . "If I can send one person home after a performance feeling better than when they arrived, then I've done my job”. . . you will defiantly feel way better after you've heard Cyrus Chestnut's trio!