Richie Beirach at Maybeck
| Richie Beirach at Maybeck | |
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| Live album by | |
| Recorded | January 5, 1992 |
| Venue | Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, California |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Label | Concord |
Richie Beirach at Maybeck: Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume Nineteen is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Richie Beirach.
Music and recording
[edit]The album was recorded at the Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley, California[1] on January 5, 1992.[2] Most of the tracks are standards;[3] the final one, "Elm", is the only original, and comes from Beirach's 1979 album Elm.[2] The format "allows Beirach to exploit his romantic credentials with only a nominal interest in the usual bop formulas, and he throws in a few startling unorthodox glissandos here and there to shake everyone up. Very often, he works compellingly with repetitions in the left hand".[3]
Release and reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide |  [5] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz | [6] |
The AllMusic reviewer described it as "A most absorbing recital, cleanly recorded."[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented that his playing is less abstract than on other recordings, and that the standards are perhaps performed too elaborately.[4] Pianist Liam Noble described Beirach's performance of "'Round Midnight": beginning "with some quiet colours, he quickly glissandos into expressionistic contrasts of texture: it feels very spontaneous, as if he's embellishing a classic fairytale with every device he can find, making it up as he goes along. The solo section steams along at a double tempo, but it's brought to a sudden halt with a return to softer textures".[7]
Track listing
[edit]- "Introductory Announcement"
- "All the Things You Are"
- "On Green Dolphin Street"
- "Some Other Time"
- "You Don't Know What Love Is"
- "Spring Is Here"
- "All Blues"
- "Over the Rainbow/Small World/In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning"
- "'Round Midnight"
- "Remember"
- "Elm"
Personnel
[edit]- Richie Beirach – piano
References
[edit]- ^ Asher, Don (July 24, 2013). "Solo Jazz Piano at Maybeck Recital Hall: A Treasure Hunt Remembered". Jazz Profiles. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
- ^ a b Henkin, Andrey (January 2021). "On This Day". The New York City Jazz Record. No. 225. p. 32.
- ^ a b c d Ginell, Richard S. "Richie Beirach – Live at Maybeck Recital Hall Series, Vol. 19". AllMusic. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1996). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (3rd ed.). Penguin. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-14-051368-4.
- ^ Swenson, John, ed. (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 55.
- ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 73.
- ^ Noble, Liam (March 9, 2023). "Liam Noble Writes About the Concord 'Live at Maybeck Recital Hall' Series (Part 2 of 4, 'Round Midnight')". London Jazz News. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
