Denny Zeitlin at Maybeck
Live album by
Denny Zeitlin
RecordedOctober 1992
VenueMaybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, California
GenreJazz
LabelConcord

Denny Zeitlin at Maybeck: Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume 27 is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Denny Zeitlin.

Music and recording

The album was recorded at the Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley, California[1] in October 1992.[2] Most of the material is standards.[2]

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 Penguin Guide to Jazz suggested that the album should improve Zeitlin's musical standing.[2] The AllMusic reviewer wrote that "This live solo performance is one of his greatest triumphs".[3] Pianist Liam Noble described the performance of "'Round Midnight": "this harmony is startlingly beautiful, quietly rendered and with its own strange disquiet, and carefully arranged. This is a recomposition... at first it feels like he could go anywhere with it, plucked strings against single lines seeming to abandon the chords completely before he eases into a medium tempo swing".[5]

Track listing

  1. "Blues on the Side"
  2. "Girl Next Door"
  3. "My Man's Gone Now"
  4. "Lazy Bird"
  5. "'Round Midnight"
  6. "Love for Sale"
  7. "And Then I Wondered If You Knew"
  8. "Country Fair"
  9. "Sophisticated Lady"
  10. "The End of a Love Affair"
  11. "Just Passing By"
  12. "What Is This Thing Called Love?/Fifth House"

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Asher, Don (July 24, 2013). "Solo Jazz Piano at Maybeck Recital Hall: A Treasure Hunt Remembered". Jazz Profiles. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1996). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (3rd ed.). Penguin. p. 1391. ISBN 978-0-14-051368-4.
  3. 1 2 Dryden, Ken. "Denny Zeitlin – Live at Maybeck Recital Hall Series, Vol. 27". AllMusic. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  4. ↑ Swenson, John, ed. (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 738.
  5. ↑ 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.
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