Jim McNeely at Maybeck
| Jim McNeely at Maybeck | |
|---|---|
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| Live album by | |
| Recorded | January 1992 |
| Venue | Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, California |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Label | Concord |
Jim McNeely at Maybeck: Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume Twenty is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Jim McNeely.
Music and recording
[edit]The album was recorded at the Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley, California[1] in January 1992.[2] McNeely plays "There Will Never Be Another You" in all twelve keys.[2]
Release and reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [2] |
The AllMusic review concluded: "Sometimes the inspiration level is uneven, but the payoff is high when all cylinders are pumping."[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote of McNeely that "for all the clarity of his touch, he takes in more of the keyboard in each improvisation than many do over a whole recital".[2] Pianist Liam Noble described the performance of "'Round Midnight" as "updating the chord sequence to a kind of post-Bill Evans modality that only unsettle at the very edges of the image".[4]
Track listing
[edit]- "Introductory Announcement" – 0:12
- "There Will Never Be Another You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) – 5:14
- "Zingaro" (Antônio Carlos Jobim) – 8:58
- "Bye-Ya" (Thelonious Monk) – 6:46
- "'Round Midnight" (Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernard Hanighen) – 7:39
- "Un Poco Loco" (Bud Powell) – 5:51
- "Touch" (Jim McNeely) – 8:41
- "All the Things You Are" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:42
- "Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton) – 8:21
- "Breaking up, Breaking Out" (McNeely) – 6:33
Personnel
[edit]- Jim McNeely – piano
References
[edit]- ^ Asher, Don (July 24, 2013). "Solo Jazz Piano at Maybeck Recital Hall: A Treasure Hunt Remembered". Jazz Profiles. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
- ^ a b c d Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1996). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (3rd ed.). Penguin. p. 886. ISBN 978-0-14-051368-4.
- ^ a b Ginell, Richard S. "Jim McNeely – Live at Maybeck Recital Hall Series, Vol. 20". AllMusic. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
- ^ 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.
