Bill Mays at Maybeck | |
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Live album by | |
Recorded | September 1992 |
Venue | Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, California |
Genre | Jazz |
Label | Concord |
Producer | Carl Jefferson |
Bill Mays at Maybeck: Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume Twenty-Six is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Bill Mays.
The album was recorded at the Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley, California [1] in September 1992. [2] Most of the material is swing standards. [3]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The AllMusic reviewer recommended one track in particular: "' A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square' (which starts and ends with a very impressionistic fantasy, making one wonder if its swinging middle section was indeed a dream) is most memorable". [3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote that the standards were played with imagination, but that some of the other tracks were lacking expression. [2]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | " A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" | Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin | 7:30 |
2. | " I Wish I Knew" | Mack Gordon, Harry Warren | 4:58 |
3. | " Stompin' at the Savoy" | Benny Goodman, Andy Razaf, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb | 5:31 |
4. | "Boardwalk Blues" | Bill Mays | 6:22 |
5. | " Lush Life" | Billy Strayhorn | 6:09 |
6. | " I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" | Doc Daugherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds | 4:22 |
7. | " Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | 7:08 |
8. | " Jitterbug Waltz" | Richard Maltby, Jr., Fats Waller | 6:21 |
9. | "Thanksgiving Prayer" | Mays | 5:19 |
10. | "Why Did I Choose You?/Never Let Me Go" | Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin | 5:22 |
11. | " Grandpa's Spells" | Jelly Roll Morton | 1:46 |
Bill Mays at Maybeck | |
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![]() | |
Live album by | |
Recorded | September 1992 |
Venue | Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, California |
Genre | Jazz |
Label | Concord |
Producer | Carl Jefferson |
Bill Mays at Maybeck: Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume Twenty-Six is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Bill Mays.
The album was recorded at the Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley, California [1] in September 1992. [2] Most of the material is swing standards. [3]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The AllMusic reviewer recommended one track in particular: "' A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square' (which starts and ends with a very impressionistic fantasy, making one wonder if its swinging middle section was indeed a dream) is most memorable". [3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote that the standards were played with imagination, but that some of the other tracks were lacking expression. [2]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | " A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" | Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin | 7:30 |
2. | " I Wish I Knew" | Mack Gordon, Harry Warren | 4:58 |
3. | " Stompin' at the Savoy" | Benny Goodman, Andy Razaf, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb | 5:31 |
4. | "Boardwalk Blues" | Bill Mays | 6:22 |
5. | " Lush Life" | Billy Strayhorn | 6:09 |
6. | " I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" | Doc Daugherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds | 4:22 |
7. | " Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | 7:08 |
8. | " Jitterbug Waltz" | Richard Maltby, Jr., Fats Waller | 6:21 |
9. | "Thanksgiving Prayer" | Mays | 5:19 |
10. | "Why Did I Choose You?/Never Let Me Go" | Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin | 5:22 |
11. | " Grandpa's Spells" | Jelly Roll Morton | 1:46 |