# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cyrus-chestnut
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:58:03.444Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cyrus-chestnut"
name: "Cyrus Chestnut"
slug: "cyrus-chestnut"
description: "Cyrus Chestnut is an American jazz pianist, composer and producer. In 2006, Josh Tyrangiel, music critic for Time, wrote: \"What makes Chestnut the best jazz pianist of his generation is a willingness to abandon notes and play space.\""
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cyrus_Chestnut_Victoria_Oslo_Jazzfestival_(211426).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1963-01-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.30306266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0156368/"
    handle:    "nm0156368"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.CyrusChestnut.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/116605"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_Chestnut"
    title: "Cyrus Chestnut"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_Chestnut"
    title: "Cyrus Chestnut"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_Chestnut"
    title: "Cyrus Chestnut"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_Chestnut"
    title: "Cyrus Chestnut"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_Chestnut"
    title: "Cyrus Chestnut"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_Chestnut"
    title: "Cyrus Chestnut"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%8A%E3%83%83%E3%83%88"
    title: "サイラス・チェスナット"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_Chestnut"
    title: "Cyrus Chestnut"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81"
    title: "Честнат, Сайрус"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4bec6c76-e5fd-4cf2-99d9-52befa313986"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1148918"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2598233"
    title: "Cyrus Chestnut"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump