Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Six

Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Six
Live album by Hal Galper
Recorded July 1990
Venue Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, California, U.S.
Genre Jazz
Label Concord

Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Six is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Hal Galper, recorded in 1990.

Music and recording

The album was recorded in July 1990 at the Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley, California.[1] Galper commented that, "I was approaching it with a perfectionist attitude, like I had to have everything worked out. And I was getting more and more uptight about it. So I threw all my plans out the window! I went in with 20 or 25 songs that I had sort of done things on, and I winged it!"[2]

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[1]

Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Six was released by Concord Records.[1] The AllMusic reviewer commented that "Galper goes about each task armed with a keen rhythmic sense and a fount of harmonic knowledge."[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz concluded that "Galper's touch is exact; the ideas come unimpeded but rarely glibly. There is, though, a lack of any real drama, and the set doesn't repay repeated listening."[1]

Track listing

  1. "Spoken Introduction"
  2. "Whisper Not"
  3. "It Never Was You"
  4. "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm"
  5. "A Kiss to Build a Dream On"
  6. "Willow Weep for Me"
  7. "The Touch of Your Lips"
  8. "Bemsha Swing"
  9. "Detour Ahead"
  10. "Airegin"

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (1st ed.). Penguin. p. 393. ISBN 0-14-015364-0.
  2. ↑ Asher, Don (July 24, 2013) "Solo Jazz Piano at Maybeck Recital Hall: A Treasure Hunt Remembered". Jazz Profiles.
  3. 1 2 Adler, David R. "Hal Galper – Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 6". AllMusic. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
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