Kaleidoscope (Cyrus Chestnut album)

Kaleidoscope is an album by pianist Cyrus Chestnut that was recorded in 2018 and released on the HighNote label the following year.

[1][2] The AllMusic review by Matt Collar said: "Pianist Cyrus Chestnut is a virtuoso player with deep roots in both spiritual gospel music and harmonically sophisticated jazz.

He brings all of these influences to bear on his nuanced and enveloping 2018 trio date, Kaleidoscope ...

Here, Chestnut has chosen a handful of his favorite classical compositions, including tracks by Erik Satie, Claude Debussy, and Maurice Ravel, which he reworks in his own inimitable jazz style, alongside other standards and his own originals.

Cyrus Chestnut takes on fare ranging from original compositions through the works of Mozart, Ravel, and Satie, along with a hymn, a classic from the Great American Songbook, and most audaciously, a scrap from the heavy metal slag heap, enriching it all with zest, good humor, and unflagging craftsmanship.