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David Chesky

David Chesky is without doubt a modern-day Renaissance man. He has earned indisputable respect for his unique, eclectic musical compositions spanning both Jazz and Classical idioms in addition to his prominence in the audiophile community for the development of new recording technologies.

Born in Miami, Florida, David Chesky came to New York in 1974 and began his career in music as the composer, arranger and pianist in his own Jazz big band in 1978. With this big band, David performed at every major Jazz club and festival (Storyville, The Village Vanguard, The Newport, JVC and Monterey Jazz Festivals to name a few) and released the album Rush Hour on the Columbia label that year. David, however, did not limit himself to the study of Jazz composition, but continually studied Classical techniques and immersed himself in composing, arranging and orchestrating in both Jazz and Classical styles as first displayed when in 1984 David composed Central Park Morning for the Empire Brass Quintet and Orchestra.

In 1986, along with his brother, David founded Chesky Records, which exists now as a Classical, Jazz, and World audiophile record label in New York City. David acts as producer and artistic director on all Chesky recordings and is known throughout the world as being one of the leaders in the advancement of technical research on recording methods - creating new, advanced recording techniques in order to make the finest musical recordings currently available. David has pioneered and is responsible for the creation of the world's first 128x oversampled recordings, the world's first 96kHz/24bit recordings, and is currently introducing the world's first 6.0 Multi-Channel 96/24 DVD-Audio Discs.

In 1987, Chesky released his first Jazz quintet recording on his label entitled Club de Sol, which was an unequivocal success, garnering critical raves from the Jazz community. Following this release, David continued to explore the possibilities of a Jazz/Classical hybrid with his 1990 release, New York Chorinhos for guitar and piano, which featured noted Brazilian guitarist Romero Lubambo. The New York Chorinhos was a stunning departure, taking the classical Brazilian Chorinho form and updating it by featuring Brazilian rhythms that blend in with contemporary jazz and classical harmonies. In 1992, David took this piano and guitar concept one step further with the Tangos & Dances, representing a darker and more passionate take on Latin American music. In 1996 David composed The Fantasies for Solo Piano, a tour de force demonstrating the full potential of the piano as an expressive instrument-borrowing from all that's best in Latin music while finding inspiration in the grand tradition of the classical Fantasia form.

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David Chesky: Making Music in the Moment

Read "David Chesky: Making Music in the Moment" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


David Chesky has enjoyed success at the helm of Chesky Records , the fine audiophile record label he formed with his brother, Norman, in the mid 1980s. The brothers built the company from the ground up and now have Grammys and an outstanding list of artists — not performers, artists — that have graced its Manhattan studios.He’s doing this all at a time when the chasm between art and the music that goes out over the airwaves may ...

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David Chesky Releases "Jazz in the New Harmonic" (Chesky Records)

David Chesky Releases "Jazz in the New Harmonic" (Chesky Records)

Source: Chris M. Slawecki

David Chesky’s Jazz in the New Harmonic (Chesky Records) puts the acclaimed pianist and composer’s own personal twist on bridging the disparate worlds of jazz and classical. The music has its roots in Third Stream, the hybrid term coined in 1957 by Gunther Schuller to identify a new emerging musical sensibility that was essentially a confluence of classical music and jazz, with improvisation being a vital component. Since then, composers like John LaPorta, John Lewis, Stan Kenton, George Russell and ...

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David Chesky's Area 31 receives Grammy Nomination for Best Engineered Album, Classical

David Chesky's Area 31 receives Grammy Nomination for Best Engineered Album, Classical

Source: All About Jazz

David Chesky's “Concertos For Violin And Orchestra", “Concertos For Flute And Orchestra", and “The Girl From Guatemala" have been nominated for Best Engineered Classical Recording for the 2005 GRAMMY Awards.

This orchestral recording was recorded by Chesky engineer Barry Wolifson of Sydney, Australia. As with all Chesky releases this session was recorded with one microphone, no overdubs, no compression, and the best audiophile microphone pre-amps and cables.

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

The New York Rags

Cristal Records
2012

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The Body Acoustic...

Chesky Records
2004

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Agnostic

Cristal Records
2000

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Club De Sol

Cristal Records
1989

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Percussion Power

Cristal Records
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