David Chesky - SOLO PIANO LIVE! (2024)

"The sound is outstanding" Michael Fremer, Absolute sound, Tracking Angle

"This is David at his best, and I've heard them all! Great sound too!" Steve Guttenberg, The Audiophiliac

Grammy-nominated David Chesky is a multifaceted artist, known as a composer of orchestral works, operas, and ballets, an author of children’s books, a jazz pianist, and a world-renowned innovator in audio technologies. Critics have praised his music as “highly individualistic,” “memorable,” “dynamic,” and “exotic.” He straddles the worlds of high art and vibrant street culture, creating a unique blend of opera, piano concertos, and innovative Latin jazz. With SOLO PIANO LIVE!, David sought to bridge these worlds, delivering spontaneous improvisations on beloved classical pieces infused with jazz and Latin rhythms. His solo performance at the New York City Jazz Piano Festival is a captivating synthesis of modern jazz, Brazilian Choro and Samba, and Cuban Mambos.

The arrangements in SOLO PIANO LIVE! offer rich and rewarding listening experience for fans of classical and jazz piano seeking something extraordinary. Each piece highlights David’s deeply personal interpretations of iconic classical melodies and Brazilian music traditions. It takes audacity to present a live concert featuring works by Pixinguinha, Strauss, Bach, Chopin, and Beethoven's iconic "Ode to Joy," alongside the spirited "I've Got Rhythm" by Gershwin. Chesky's bold programming also includes his own composition, "Chorinho No.3, Sheep Meadow," adding even more flavor to the mix.

Captured by Grammy winning recording engineer Duke Markos, at the world renowned Klavierhaus and performed on their Fazioli 278 Concert Grand Piano. There could not have been a concert program more fit to meet the sonic boundary pushing philosophy of Fazioli's world famous pianos; Through jazz passages and rhythmic madness Chesky's vivid arrangements and vibrant performance dares to explore the whole landscape of this magnificent instrument's sonic character.

SOLO PIANO LIVE! will place you right in the front row of the concert hall, as you sense the immaculate sonic imaging and the monumental horizons of this recording's dynamic range. You can feel safe in forgoing your trip to the concert hall! You have never heard a piano recording like this one!