Fred Hersch at Maybeck: Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume Thirty-One is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Fred Hersch.
| Fred Hersch at Maybeck | |
|---|---|
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| Live album by | |
| Released | 1994 |
| Recorded | October 1993 |
| Venue | Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, California |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Label | Concord |
Music and recording edit
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 edit
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| 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 edit
- "Embraceable You"
- "Haunted Heart"
- "You Don't Know What Love Is"
- "In Walked Bud"
- "If I Loved You"
- "Heartsong"
- "Ev'rything I Love"
- "Sarabande"
- "The Song Is You"
- "Ramblin'"
- "Body and Soul"
Personnel edit
- Fred Hersch – piano
References edit
- ^ Asher, Don (July 24, 2013). "Solo Jazz Piano at Maybeck Recital Hall: A Treasure Hunt Remembered". Jazz Profiles. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Ginell, Richard S. "Fred Hersch – Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 31". AllMusic. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
- ^ Swenson, John, ed. (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 309.
- ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 407.