Fred Hersch at Maybeck

Fred Hersch at Maybeck
Live album by
Fred Hersch
Released1994
RecordedOctober 1993
VenueMaybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, California
GenreJazz
LabelConcord

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
SourceRating
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

  1. "Embraceable You"
  2. "Haunted Heart"
  3. "You Don't Know What Love Is"
  4. "In Walked Bud"
  5. "If I Loved You"
  6. "Heartsong"
  7. "Ev'rything I Love"
  8. "Sarabande"
  9. "The Song Is You"
  10. "Ramblin'"
  11. "Body and Soul"

Personnel

  • Fred Hersch – piano

References

  1. ^ Asher, Don (July 24, 2013). "Solo Jazz Piano at Maybeck Recital Hall: A Treasure Hunt Remembered". Jazz Profiles. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c 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.