Fred Hersch at Maybeck

Fred Hersch at Maybeck
Fred Hersch at Maybeck
Live album by Fred Hersch
Released	1994
Recorded	October 1993
Venue	Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, California
Genre	Jazz
Label	Concord

Fred Hersch at Maybeck: Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume Thirty-One is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Fred Hersch.

Music and recording

The album was recorded at the Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley, California^[1] in October 1993.^[2] The material is "several well-worn pop standards, a few jazz tunes, and a couple of originals".^[3]

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide	^[4]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz	^[5]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz concluded that the album "might not be his finest hour, but it sets up a near-perfect balance of his meditative and argumentative sides".^[2] The AllMusic reviewer described it as "another classy, technically unimpeachable, spotlessly recorded outing in the Maybeck series."^[3]

Track listing

"Embraceable You"
"Haunted Heart"
"You Don't Know What Love Is"
"In Walked Bud"
"If I Loved You"
"Heartsong"
"Ev'rything I Love"
"Sarabande"
"The Song Is You"
"Ramblin'"
"Body and Soul"

Personnel

Fred Hersch – piano

References

^ Asher, Don (July 24, 2013). "Solo Jazz Piano at Maybeck Recital Hall: A Treasure Hunt Remembered". Jazz Profiles. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1996). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (3rd ed.). Penguin. p. 626. ISBN 978-0-14-051368-4.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ginell, Richard S. "Fred Hersch – Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 31". AllMusic. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
^ Swenson, John, ed. (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 309.
^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 407.

[Ash-1] Asher, Don (July 24, 2013). "Solo Jazz Piano at Maybeck Recital Hall: A Treasure Hunt Remembered". Jazz Profiles. Retrieved October 29, 2018.

[Penguin-2] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1996). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (3rd ed.). Penguin. p. 626. ISBN 978-0-14-051368-4.

[AM-3] Ginell, Richard S. "Fred Hersch – Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 31". AllMusic. Retrieved October 29, 2018.

[4] Swenson, John, ed. (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 309.

[5] Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 407.

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v t e Fred Hersch
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	As One (with Jane Ira Bloom, 1984) Sunday Night at the Vanguard (2016)
Live albums	Fred Hersch at Maybeck (1993) Live at Jazz Standard (with Nancy King, 2004) Free Flying (with Julian Lage, 2013) Live in Europe (2017) Alive at the Village Vanguard (with Esperanza Spalding, 2018)