David Chesky is an American pianist, composer, producer, arranger, and co-founder of the independent, audiophile label Chesky Records.
13 Facts About David Chesky
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David Chesky is co-founder and CEO of HDtracks, an online music store that sells high-resolution digital music.
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David Chesky has won Independent Music Awards and received Grammy Award nominations.
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David Chesky has written jazz tunes, orchestral and chamber music, opera, ballet, and a rap symphony.
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At his mother's insistence, David Chesky started piano lessons at the age of 5.
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David Chesky liked Oscar Peterson, the Buddy Rich Big Band, George Gershwin, and the Latin music he heard while growing up in Miami.
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David Chesky studied privately with classical composer David Del Tredici and jazz pianist John Lewis.
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In 1986 David Chesky visited the classical pianist Earl Wild, a friend of an uncle, to learn more about writing music.
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David Chesky albums are recorded live, sometimes in churches, often with custom-made equipment, and don't undergo post-recording polishing, overdubbing, and mixing.
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In 2016, David Chesky Records produced Macy Gray's first jazz record entitled Stripped.
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David Chesky has won two Independent Music Awards, both for best Contemporary Classical Album: String Theory and Rap Symphony.
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David Chesky has been nominated for two Grammy Awards, Best Engineered Album, Classical for Area 31 ; Best Classical Contemporary Composition for Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra on the album Urban Concertos ; and one Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album, The Body Acoustic.
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David Chesky won the composer's award from the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra and was composer-in-residence for the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan.