Norman Chesky

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Norman Chesky / Harold Lester

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US-american executive producer, also credited for liner notes. He founded Chesky Records in 1989 with his brother David Chesky.

ALBA

Put A Spell On You

Ana Caram, Paquito D'rivera, Tom Harrell, Fred Hersch, Phil Woods

JVC Jazz Festival Presents A Night Of Chesky Jazz Live

Igor Stravinsky, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Oscar Danon*

Sessions From The 17th Ward (Binaural)

KOMPILACE +

Chesky Hi-Fi Experience

2024, CD MQA-CD,

Folk/Folk Rock/Latin Jazz/Smooth Jazz

Songs For A Broken World

2021, CD, Album, Chesky Records,

The World's Greatest Audiophile Vocal Recordings Volume 4

2020, 13xFile, WAV, Comp, Chesky Records,

The Blackest Crow

2019, CD, Album, Chesky Records, Inc.,

Camille Thurman

Waiting for the Sunrise

2018, 10xFile, AIFF, ALAC, FLAC, WAV, Album, Bin + CD, A, Chesky Records, Chesky Records

Playing Favorites

The World's Greatest Audiophile Vocal Recordings Vol. II

Shelly Berg & David Finck

2017, CD, Album, Chesky Records

Camille Thurman

Inside the Moment

2017, CD, Album, Chesky Records,

2017, CD, Album, Dig, Chesky Records

Livingston Taylor

(Roots Music) Made In Brooklyn

Down Home Blues

City Of The Sun

To The Sun And All Cities In Between

Thr33's Company*

We'll Be Together Again

Xiomara Laugart

Tears And Rumba

2015, CD, Album, Chesky Records

Kenny Barron, Mark Sherman

In An Ambient Way

David Chesky & Jazz In The New Harmonic

presents - Ceremony

2014, CD, Chesky Records,

Ultimate Headphone Demonstration Disc

2014, CD, Comp, Chesky Records

Contemporary Jazz

The Bucky Pizzarelli Trio

Bring It On Home

2013, CD, Album, Chesky Records,

Folk/Pop Rock/Blues Rock

Jamey Haddad, Lenny White, Mark Sherman

Explorations In Space And Time

Wycliffe Gordon

Dreams Of New Orleans

Ragtime/Dixieland

The New York Rags

Dr. Chesky's Sensational, Fantastic, And Simply Amazing Binaural Sound Show

Country/Classical/Ragtime/Jazz-Funk/Post Bop/Technical

Sessions From The 17th Ward

2011, SACD, Chesky Records,

2010, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Chesky Records

Revisions - Songs Of Stevie Wonder

2009, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Chesky Records,

Monty Alexander

The Songs Of Nat King Cole - Calypso Blues

Best Of New York Sessions (Volume Two)

Beethoven* — Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, René Leibowitz

The Complete Symphonies

Monty Alexander

The Good Life – Monty Alexander Plays The Songs Of Tony Bennett

2008, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Sli, Chesky Records

Sam Yahel, Ari Hoenig, Mike Moreno, Seamus Blake

Jazz Side Of The Moon (The Music Of Pink Floyd)

2008, Vinyl 180g,

Cool Jazz/Easy Listening

The Ultimate Demonstration Disc Volume 2

The David Hazeltine Trio*

The Jobim Songbook In New York

2007, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Chesky Records

Best Of New York Sessions Volume One

2007, SACD, Comp, Chesky Records,

Best Of New York Sessions Volume One

2007, 8xFile, FLAC, 96k, Chesky Records,

2007, CD, Comp, 24-, Chesky Records

The Jimmy Cobb Quartet*

The Look Of Love

Smooth Jazz/Easy Listening

Javon Jackson, David Hazeltine, Tony Reedus, Paul Gill

Sugar Hill: The Music Of Duke Ellington And Billy Strayhorn

John Hicks / Buster Williams / Louis Hayes

On The Wings Of An Eagle

2006, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Chesky Records,

Nicholas Payton / Bob Belden / Sam Yahel / John Hart / Billy Drummond

Mysterious Shorter

2006, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Chesky Records,

Christian McBride, Javon Jackson, Jimmy Cobb, Cedar Walton

2006, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Chesky Records, Chesky Records,

2006, CD, Album, Chesky Records,

20th Anniversary Chesky Records

The Worlds Greatest Audiophile Vocal Recordings

Larry Coryell, Victor Bailey, Lenny White

Memphis In Manhattan

Hank Jones / Christian McBride / Jimmy Cobb

John Abercrombie / Eddie Gomez With Gene Jackson

David Hazeltine~George Mraz Trio* With Billy Drummond

Paquito D'Rivera

The Jazz Chamber Trio

2005, CD, Album, Chesky Records,

Larry Coryell · Victor Bailey · Lenny White

Jazz-Funk/Jazz-Rock

Carlos Franzetti

The Jazz Kamerata

The Persuasions

Babatunde Olatunji with Sikiru Adepoju and Muruga*

Circle Of Drums

Free Jazz/Afrobeat/Contemporary Jazz

David Chesky, Area 31

Concerto For Violin And Orchestra / The Girl From Guatemala / Concerto For Flute And Orchestra

2005, 7x File 24-bit, 96 kHz,

Bucky Pizzarelli • Johnny Frigo* • Howard Alden • Michael Moore

Hot Club Of 52nd Street

2004, CD, Album, Chesky Records

2004, CD, Album, Chesky Records,

Night Songs She Sings

2004, CD, Comp, Chesky Records

Caminho De Casa

Afro-Cuban Jazz/Latin Jazz

Cantos De Agua Dulce

The 52nd Street Blues Project

Bob Mintzer, Giovanni Hidalgo, Andy Gonzalez, David Chesky, Randy Brecker

The Body Acoustic

Latin Jazz/Post Bop

2003, CD, Comp, Chesky Records

Rosa Passos & Ron Carter

The Chesky Collection

Of The Marsh And The Moon

Rebecca Pidgeon

Larry Coryell, Badi Assad, John Abercrombie

David Johansen And The Harry Smiths

2002, CD, Album, Chesky Records,

Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Gustav Holst

2002, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Chesky Records

George Coleman, Mike Stern, Ron Carter, Jimmy Cobb

4 Generations Of Miles

Take This Journey

Vocal/Ballad/Bop

The Persuasions

Sing The Beatles

The Conga Kings - Giovanni Hidalgo, Candido, Carlos "Patato" Valdes

Afro-Cuban Jazz/Latin Jazz/Rumba

Jazz Latino: A Collection Of Latin Inspirations

Bucky Pizzarelli

An Introduction To SACD

2000, SACD, Hybrid, Comp, Chesky Records,

David Chesky / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Somary

Psalms 4, 5 & 6

2000, CD, Album, Chesky Records,

The Conga Kings - Giovanni Hidalgo, Candido, Patato Valdes*

The Conga Kings

Everything For Love

Singers Songwriters

Chesky 2 K Sampler

David Johansen And The Harry Smiths

David Johansen And The Harry Smiths

Allison Brewster Franzetti

The Unknown Piazzolla

1999, CD, Chesky Records,

Cool Sounds Modern Voices

1999, CD, Comp, Chesky Records

Paquito D'Rivera

Tropicana Nights

Latin Jazz/Mambo/Danzon/Bolero

The Feeling's Back

Postcards From Rio

1998, CD, Comp, Chesky Records,

Bossanova/Vocal/Latin Jazz

The Super Audio Collection & Professional Test Disc

1998, DVD-V, Comp, 96/, Chesky Records,

Acoustic/Contemporary Jazz/African

Mozart*, Gunar Letzbor, Ars Antiqua Austria, St. Florianer Sängerknaben

Grabmusik KV. 42, Gallimathias Musicum KV. 32

1998, CD, Chesky Records

Rebecca Pidgeon

Dave's True Story

Sex Without Bodies

Big Band/Bop/Cool Jazz/Latin Jazz/Post Bop

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Ars Antiqua Austria, Gunar Letzbor

Seventeenth Century Music And Dance From The Viennese Court

1997, CD, Comp, Smplr, Chesky Records

Richard Wagner, Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra

Richard Wagner: Orchestral Music

1997, CD, Album, RM, Hig, Chesky Records

Echoes Of Brazil

Babatunde Olatunji

Livingston Taylor

Gold Stereo And Surround Sound Set-Up Disc

The John Basile Quartet

The Desmond Project

I Thought About You

Smooth Jazz/Contemporary Jazz

The Guitar Collection

1996, CD, Chesky Records,

Flamenco/Rhythm & Blues

Westminster Choir, Joseph Flummerfelt, Nancianne Parrella

Like As A Hart - Psalms & Spiritual Songs

1996, CD, Chesky Records,

Choral/Neo-Classical/Neo-Romantic

Rebecca Pidgeon

The New York Girls Club

John Pizzarelli

One Night With You

Paquito D'Rivera

Portraits Of Cuba

1995, CD, Album, Chesky Records,

Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin'

1995, CD, Single, Promo, Chesky Records

Latin Jazz/Vocal/Flamenco/Bossa Nova

The Ultimate Demonstration Disc (The Chesky Guide To Critical Listening)

Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin'

Contemporary Jazz

The Second Set - Recorded Live At The Village Gate

Copland*, Griffes*, Gould*, Hanson*

Great American Composers

1994, CD, Comp, Chesky Records,

Modern/Romantic

Leny Andrade Featuring Fred Hersch

Vocal/Bossa Nova

Jacques Offenbach, Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orchestra

Jacques Offenbach Gaîté Parisienne

Debut Of A Legend

Rebecca Pidgeon

Smooth Jazz/Contemporary Jazz

Best Of Chesky Classics & Jazz And Audiophile Test Disc Volume 3

Astor Piazzolla

The Central Park Concert

Hector Berlioz, Richard Strauss

Symphonie Fantastique

1993, CD, Comp, Chesky Records

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Swan Lake Suite / Symphony No. 5

1993, CD, Comp, Chesky Records

The Rhythm Of Wings

1993, CD, Album, Chesky Records

Cesar Franck*, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra*, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Orchestra Society*, Massimo Freccia, Georges Prêtre, Sir Adrian Boult

Symphonic Music Of Cesar Franck

1993, CD, Comp, Chesky Records

Wagner* / Schumann* / Liszt*, René Leibowitz, International Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The German Album

1993, CD, Comp, Chesky Records

John Cephas, Phil Wiggins*

Handel* / Sir Malcolm Sargent, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Choral Society*

The Fred Hersch Trio

Dancing In The Dark

1993, Vinyl 180 gram,

Livingston Taylor

No Looking Back

Mongo Santamaria And Friends*

1992, CD, Album, Chesky Records, Chesky Records

The Tangos And Dances

1992, CD, Album, Chesky Records,

Beethoven* / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, René Leibowitz

Symphony No. 4 In B-flat Major, Op. 60 / Symphony No. 7 In A Major, Op. 92

1992, CD, Comp, RM, Chesky Records

Chesky Records Sampler 10th Anniversary

1992, CD, Promo, Smplr, 24k, Chesky Records

Strauss* - Vienna State Opera Orchestra*, Jascha Horenstein

Strauss Waltzes

1992, CD, Album, RE, RM, Chesky Records

David Chesky With Romero Lubambo

The Tangos And Dances

1992, CD, Album, Chesky Records,

Latin Jazz/Tango

Beethoven*, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, René Leibowitz

Symphony No. 6 in F Major "Pastoral", Op. 68 / Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93

1992, CD, Comp, Chesky Records

Beethoven*, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, René Leibowitz

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica", Opus 55 / Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Opus 21

1992, CD, Comp, RE, RM, Chesky Records

Vivaldi* - The Connecticut Early Music Festival Ensemble, Igor Kipnis, Jörg-Michael Schwarz, John Solum

The Four Seasons (Flute Concerto In D, "Il Gardellino" Harpsichord Concerto In A Major)

Monty Alexander

Caribbean Circle

1992, CD Audiophile 24K Gold CD,

The Other Side Of Jobim

Igor Kipnis, Domenico Scarlatti

The Virtuoso Scarlatti: 15 Sonatas For Harpsichord

Best Of Chesky Jazz And More Audiophile Tests Volume 2

Classical/Special Effects

Earl Wild, Rachmaninov* / MacDowell*, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra*, Massimo Freccia

Concerto No. 3 In D Minor For Piano And Orchestra, Op. 30 / Concerto No. 2 In D Minor For Piano And Orchestra, Op. 23

Paquito D'Rivera

National Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Gerhardt

Hollywood Screen Classics

Westminster Choir, Joseph Flummerfelt

O Magnum Mysterium

Gary Schocker / Bach*, Handel*, Telemann*

Gary Schocker - J.S. Bach Handel Telemann

1991, CD, Album, Chesky Records

Edvard Grieg / Camille Saint-Saens* / Franz Liszt - Earl Wild

Piano Concerto In A Minor / Piano Concerto No. 2 In G Minor / Hungarian Fantasy

1991, CD, Comp, Chesky Records

René Leibowitz, Solistes De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire De Paris

A Portrait Of France

1991, CD, Album, Comp, RM, Chesky Records,

Modern/Romantic/Impressionist

Alexander Gibson

1991, CD, Comp, RM, Chesky Records,

1991, CD Audiophile Gold CD,

Blues Rock/Chicago Blues

Phil Woods, The Little Big Band*

Sir Adrian Boult, New Symphony Orchestra Of London*

Concert Favorites

McCoy Tyner Quartet, Joe Henderson, Ron Carter, Al Foster

New York Reunion

Clark Terry Special Guest Jimmy Heath

Live At The Village Gate

The Fred Hersch Group

1990, CD, Album, Chesky Records

David Chesky With Romero Lumbambo*

The New York Chorinhos

1990, CD, Album, Chesky Records

Richard Strauss, RCA Symphony Orchestra*, Maurice Ravel, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky*, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Gerhardt

Strauss / Ravel / Tchaikovsky

1990, CD, Comp, RM, Chesky Records,

Moussorgsky* / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / René Leibowitz

The Power Of The Orchestra - A Night On Bald Mountain / Pictures At An Exhibition

Chesky Records Jazz Sampler & Audiophile Test Compact Disc Vol. 1

John Pizzarelli

Rachmaninoff*, Earl Wild, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein

Piano Concerto No. 4 In G Minor, Op. 40 / Piano Concerto No. 1 In F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1 / Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini, Op. 43

Antonín Dvořák, Richard Wagner - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein

Symphony No. 9 In E Minor, Op. 95 "From The New World", The Flying Dutchman Overture, Siegfried-Idyll

Here's To My Lady

Johnny Frigo* With Bucky* & John Pizzarelli

Live From Studio A In New York City

Non-Stop To Brazil

Paquito D'Rivera

Ottorino Respighi - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Massimo Freccia / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe

Roman Festivals / Fountains Of Rome / Pines Of Rome

1988, CD, Chesky Records

Maurice Ravel — Boston Symphony Orchestra - Charles Munch Conductor, New England Conservatory And Alumni Choruses*, Robert Shaw, Lorna Cooke de Varon*

Daphnis Et Chloe Complete Ballet in One Act

Impressionist/Modern

Gershwin* - The Boston Pops*, Arthur Fiedler, Earl Wild

An American In Paris / Rhapsody In Blue

Earl Wild, Dohnányi* / Liszt*

Variations On A Nursery Song / Piano Concerto No. 1

Tchaikovsky*, Itzhak Perlman, London Symphony Orchestra, Alfred Wallenstein

Concerto In D For Violin And Orchestra, Op. 35 / Marche Slav / Andante Cantabile / Capriccio Italien

Tchaikovsky*, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari, Ernst von Dohnányi, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi, Earl Wild

Variations On A Nursery Song / Piano Concerto No. 1

Richard Wagner, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Beecham Choral Society*, Johannes Brahms, London Symphony Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein

Bacchanale From Tannhauser / Symphony No. 1

Johannes Brahms, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Fritz Reiner

Symphony No. 4 In E Minor. Opus 98

Igor Stravinsky - Solisti New York, Ransom Wilson

Histoire Du Soldat - The Soldier's Tale For 3 Actors & Instrumental Ensemble

1987, CD, Album, Chesky Records, Chesky Records

Bizet* / Tchaikovsky*, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Munch

Symphony No. 1 In C / Francesca Da Rimini, Op.32

Rachmaninoff* / Earl Wild, The Royal Philharmonic*, Jascha Horenstein

Piano Concerto No. 2 / Isle Of The Dead

Sibelius* – The Royal Philharmonic*, Sir John Barbirolli

Hector Berlioz / The Royal Philharmonic* Conductor: Massimo Freccia

Symphonie Fantastique: Opus 14

Respighi*, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra*, Fritz Reiner

Pines Of Rome / Fountains Of Rome

René Leibowitz, Orchestre De La Societe Des Concerts Symphoniques De Paris

An Evening Of Opera

XRCD, Album, RE, RM, Chesky Records

Igor Stravinsky - Solisti New York, Ransom Wilson

Histoire Du Soldat - The Soldier's Tale For 3 Actors & Instrumental Ensemble in Chinese

CD, Album, Chesky Records,

Fritz Reiner, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra*

Tchaikovsky*, Smetana*, Alexander Gibson

Symphony No. 6 in B minor ("Pathétique"), Op. 74 / 1812 Overture / The Moldau

Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schumann, Erich Gruenberg, Malcolm Frager, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein

Concerto For Violin & Orchestra In D Major, Op. 61/ Concerto For Piano & Orchestra In A Minor, Op. 54

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, René Leibowitz / Beethoven*

Symphony No. 9 In D Minor

Rimsky-Korsakov*, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra*, Fritz Reiner

Christian McBride, Javon Jackson, Jimmy Cobb, Cedar Walton

2006, CD, Album, RE, Unofficial, Chesky Records (2)

Everything For Love

Sam Yahel, Ari Hoenig, Mike Moreno, Seamus Blake

Jazz Side Of The Moon (The Music Of Pink Floyd)

Cool Jazz/Easy Listening