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Lovers of music owe a special debt to the Baltimore postal worker who introduced Cyrus Chestnut to the piano. That single act — a father bestowing the gift of music on his son in the 1960s — resulted in the creation of some of the best improvisational jazz and spiritual renderings of the last 30 years. McDonald Chestnut, a self-taught pianist and organist who played in Baptist churches in Baltimore and Bel Air, Maryland, died last week of pneumonia at 85. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Flossie Chestnut, and his son, one of the top jazz pianists in the world. “My father...

We should all be grateful that McDonald Chestnut brought his son to music and bought him a piano back in the day.