![]() ![]() "The Manhattan Suite for Trumpet and Orchestra".He won the composer's award from the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra and was composer-in-residence for the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan. He has been nominated for two Grammy Awards, Best Engineered Album, Classical for Area 31 (2005) Best Classical Contemporary Composition for Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra on the album Urban Concertos (2007) and one Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album, The Body Acoustic (2004). In 2016, Chesky Records produced Macy Gray's first jazz record entitled Stripped.Ĭhesky has won two Independent Music Awards, both for best Contemporary Classical Album: String Theory (2011) and Rap Symphony (2014). ![]() HDtracks sold CD-quality music files (44.1 kHz, 16-bit) before adding music with higher sample rates (88/24, 96/24, 176/24, 192/24) and other formats (AIFF, ALAC, FLAC, WAV). The Cheskys believe higher-resolution tracks sound better than typical mp3 files, which are compressed when transferred from the CD source. ĭavid Chesky and Norman Chesky, entered the music download business in 2008 when they opened HDtracks, an online music store that sells high-definition (HD), i.e. In 2012, he began using a technique called binaural recording, or what he called binaural-plus, in an attempt to capture the spaciousness of three-dimensional live sound. This arrangement reflects David Chesky's desire to make albums that approximate the original performance. Ĭhesky albums are recorded live, sometimes in churches, often with custom-made equipment, and don't undergo post-recording polishing, overdubbing, and mixing. Soon after, the label began producing its own albums, starting with Live from Studio A in New York City in 1988 featuring jazz violinist Johnny Frigo and father-son jazz guitarists Bucky Pizzarelli and John Pizzarelli. With his brother Norman he formed Chesky Records. After hearing better sound on the master, Chesky became interested in reissuing recordings. Unimpressed with the quality of the recording, he asked Wild if he could hear the original master tape. Wild gave him an album of Rachmaninoff that had been recorded for Reader's Digest. In 1986 Chesky visited the classical pianist Earl Wild, a friend of an uncle, to learn more about writing music. Main articles: Chesky Records and HDtracks ![]() He has written two comic operas for adults: The Pig, the Farmer, and the Artist, and Juliet & Romeo. Other works for children include the ballet The Zephyrtine (2013) and the opera The Mice War. The first release was Classical Cats: A Children's Introduction to the Orchestra (1997), followed by Snowbears of Lake Louise (1998). In 1997 he created the Chesky Records Kids division to encourage children to listen to classical music. His next two albums, The New York Chorinhos (1990) and The Tangos and Dances (1992), were collaborations with Brazilian guitarist Romero Lubambo in which he took traditional Brazilian forms and combined them with elements of jazz and classical music. Another jazz fusion album, Club de Sol, appeared in 1989, his first album on his own Chesky label. During the next ten years, Chesky made a living writing music for TV movies and commercials, continuing to learn from older composers. In 1978, he formed a jazz fusion group called the David Chesky Big Band, which included Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, and Bob James, and released the album Rush Hour. He studied privately with classical composer David Del Tredici and jazz pianist John Lewis. In 1974, at the age of 17, he moved to New York City to pursue a career as a musician. He liked Oscar Peterson, the Buddy Rich Big Band, George Gershwin, and the Latin music he heard while growing up in Miami. In his teens he had less interest in rock and roll music, with its verse-chorus structure, than in classical and jazz. He has written jazz tunes, orchestral and chamber music, opera, ballet, and a rap symphony.Īt his mother's insistence, Chesky started piano lessons at the age of 5. He has won Independent Music Awards and received Grammy Award nominations. He is also co-founder and CEO of HDtracks, an online music store that sells high-resolution digital music.Ĭhesky is considered a technological and musical innovator with eclectic interests. David Chesky is an American pianist, composer, producer, arranger, and co-founder of the independent, audiophile label Chesky Records. ![]()
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