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Jaki Byard at Maybeck
Live album by
Jaki Byard
Released1992
RecordedSeptember 8, 1991
VenueMaybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, California
GenreJazz
LabelConcord

Jaki Byard at Maybeck: Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume Seventeen is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Jaki Byard.

Music and recording

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The album was recorded at the Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley, California[1] in 1991.[2] Byard played in a variety of styles: "It's all here, the lyrical and the rollicking, the finely-tuned comic flair and roving, impish imagination filtered through a bedrock sense of swing and surpassing technical command".[1]

Release and reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[4]

It was released by Concord Records in 1991.[1][3] The AllMusic reviewer concluded that this was "an excellent outing" by "one of the most underrated jazz pianists of all time".[3]

Track listing

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  1. "Hello, Young Lovers" – 7:12
  2. "Tribute to the Ticklers" – 5:27
  3. "My One and Only Love" – 7:28
  4. "European Episode" – 11:01
  5. "Collage of Thelonions Monk" – 7:40
  6. "'Round Midnight/Friday the Thirteenth/Ruby My Dear" – 2:22
  7. "Dedication to Art Blakey, Walter Davis, Leonard Bernstein and Aaron" – 14:37

Personnel

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  • Jaki Byard – piano

References

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  1. ^ a b c Asher, Don (July 24, 2013) "Solo Jazz Piano at Maybeck Recital Hall: A Treasure Hunt Remembered". Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  2. ^ Reney, Tom (June 18, 2012) "Jaki Byard: An Appreciation". JazzTimes.
  3. ^ a b c Yanow, Scott "Jaki Byard – Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 17". AllMusic. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1996). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (3rd ed.). Penguin. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-14-051368-4.
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