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1994 live album by Toshiko Akiyoshi
Toshiko Akiyoshi at Maybeck
Live album by Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released10 July 1994
RecordedMarch 1993
VenueMaybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, California
GenreJazz
Length58:12
LabelConcord Jazz
ProducerCarl Jefferson
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
Dig
(1993)
Toshiko Akiyoshi at Maybeck
(1994)
Night and Dream
(1994)

Toshiko Akiyoshi at Maybeck is a solo jazz piano album recorded by Toshiko Akiyoshi at the Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley, California and released on the Concord Jazz record label. It is Volume 36 in Concord's "Maybeck Recital Hall Series".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide

In a review for AllMusic, Richard S. Ginell called the recording "one of the more individual solo albums in the Maybeck series," and stated that Akiyoshi "has her own distinct ideas" and "is especially compelling when her hands fly off in multiple directions."

Track listing

  1. "Village" (Akiyoshi) – 5:59
  2. "Come Sunday" (Ellington) – 4:37
  3. "Con Alma" (Gillespie) – 5:28
  4. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Burke, Van Heusen) – 7:02
  5. "It Was a Very Good Year" (Drake) – 5:34
  6. "Things We Did Last Summer" (Cahn, Styne) – 7:44
  7. "Old Devil Moon" (Harburg, Lane) – 6:04
  8. "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Mills, Parish) – 6:09
  9. "Quadrille, Anyone?" (Akiyoshi) – 5:45
  10. "Tempus Fugit" (Powell) – 3:50

References

  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r208506
  2. Asher, Don (July 24, 2013). "Solo Jazz Piano at Maybeck Recital Hall: A Treasure Hunt Remembered". Jazz Profiles. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2002). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. Penguin Books. p. 18.
  4. Swenson, John, ed. (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 11.
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