In a conversation about improvisation, American jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut says he looks inside himself for something new every time he performs. It's a standard set by an early mentor, jazz singer Betty Carter, who demanded originality from herself and her players. Chestnut now divides his time between recording (nearly an album a year), touring, and teaching at Howard University. On Saturday, Dec 8 at the Dalton Center Recital Hall at WMU, Fontana will present Cyrus Chestnut and his quartet in a concert that touches on classical music, gospel, pop, rock, and particularly, music from A Charlie Brown Christmas.
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