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A Matter of Black and White

A Matter of Black and White is a live album of solo performances by American jazz pianist Jaki Byard recorded in 1978 and 1979 and released on the HighNote label.[1]

A Matter of Black and White
Live album by
Jaki Byard
ReleasedMarch 22, 2011
Recorded1978 – 1979
VenueKeystone Korner, San Francisco
GenreJazz
Length55:51
LabelHighNote
HCD 7219
ProducerJoe Fields
Jaki Byard chronology
Sunshine of My Soul: Live at the Keystone Korner
(2007) 		A Matter of Black and White
(2011) 		The Late Show: An Evening with Jaki Byard
(2014)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
All About Jazz     [3]

AllMusic reviewer Ken Dryden states, "Jaki Byard was a one-of-a-kind, a jazz musician who was immersed in the history of jazz and could easily intermingle contrasting styles, not only in the midst of a performance, but an individual tune".[2] Writing for All About Jazz, Charles Walker stated "Byard delivers a hodgepodge selection of standards and tributes, with the occasional original thrown in for good measure. But the meat of the program lies in the way he incorporates wildly disparate styles into their unfolding, all the while retaining an identifiably personal voice... a fine place to sample some of what makes him such a unique talent".[3] JazzTimes Thomas Conrad observed "any set of solo Byard is invaluable. His language, at once modern and archaic, blended stride and ragtime and abstraction and impish wit. When he played unaccompanied his imagination was set free".[4]

Track listing edit

  1. "Seasons" (Jaki Byard) - 5:12
  2. "Billie Holiday Tribute: God Bless the Child/Lover Man" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr./Jimmy Davis, James Sherman, Ram Ramirez) - 6:57
  3. "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (Irving Berlin) - 4:21
  4. "Hello, Young Lovers" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 5:02
  5. "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?" (Eddie DeLange, Louis Alter) - 7:01
  6. "I Know a Place" (Tony Hatch) - 3:37
  7. "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 6:41
  8. "Sunday" (Ned Miller) - 6:03
  9. "Ellington-Strayhorn Medley: Lush Life/Day Dream/Johnny Come Lately" (Billy Strayhorn/Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, John La Touche/Strayhorn) - 10:57

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ HighNote discography accessed August 23, 2014
  2. ^ a b Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed August 23, 2014
  3. ^ a b Walker, Charles (2011-04-11). "Jaki Byard: A Matter of Black and White". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
  4. ^ Conrad, T., JazzTimes Review, May 2011
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