Jaki Byard at Maybeck | |
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Live album by | |
Released | 1991 |
Recorded | 1991 |
Venue | Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, California |
Genre | Jazz |
Label | Concord |
Jaki Byard at Maybeck: Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume Seventeen is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Jaki Byard.
The album was recorded at the Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley, California [1] in 1991. [2] Byard played in a variety of styles: "It's all here, the lyrical and the rollicking, the finely-tuned comic flair and roving, impish imagination filtered through a bedrock sense of swing and surpassing technical command". [1]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [4] |
It was released by Concord Records in 1991. [1] [3] The AllMusic reviewer concluded that this was "an excellent outing" by "one of the most underrated jazz pianists of all time". [3]
John Arthur "Jaki" Byard was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and arranger. Mainly a pianist, he also played tenor and alto saxophones, among several other instruments. He was known for his eclectic style, incorporating everything from ragtime and stride to free jazz.
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