| LC control no. | n 94059553 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Chestnut, Cyrus |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1963-01-17 |
| Place of birth | Baltimore (Md.) |
| Field of activity | Jazz |
| Affiliation | Johns Hopkins University. Peabody Institute Berklee College of Music Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Star Big Band |
| Profession or occupation | Jazz musicians Pianists Composers |
| Found in | His Revelation [SR] p1994: label (Cyrus Chestnut) Feather, L.G. Bio. enc. of jazz, 1999 (Chestnut, Cyrus; b. Jan. 17, 1963, Baltimore, MD; piano, composer) African American National Biography, accessed January 17, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Chestnut, Cyrus; jazz musician, pianist; born 17 January 1963 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. He studied classical music at the Peabody Institute (1972) and earned a degree in jazz composition and arranging from Berklee College of Music (1981-1985). He worked with Jon Hendricks (1986-1988) and with Terence Blanchard-Donald Harrison Quintet (1988-1990), and was a member of Wynton Marsalis's band (1991). He signed with Atlantic label (1993). He was a member of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (1995-1996) and worked with Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All Star Big Band. He won the Eubie Blake Fellowship and the Oscar Peterson, Quincy Jones, and Count Basie Scholarships awards) |
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