| Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Two | |
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| Live album by | |
| Recorded | November 1989 |
| Venue | Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Label | Concord |
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Two is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Dave McKenna, recorded in 1989.
The album was recorded in November 1989 at the Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley, California. [1] [2] Some of the tracks are medleys and are based on themes in the titles. [2] [3]
Pianist Liam Noble commented on "Dream Dancing": "What you feel is the pulse, always, the constant polyphony between the hands serving the bounce, always. As the right hand lines move into the shriller high register, he backs off, similarly with the low end. The balance is impeccable, but it’s a warm perfection. When he shifts tempo halfway through, it's an easy slide not an abrupt shift.". [4]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [5] |
It was released by Concord Records. [1] The AllMusic reviewer concluded: "Beautifully recorded and performed, this valuable CD was one of many Maybeck titles that was unfortunately deleted from Concord's active catalog." [3]
Dave McKenna was an American jazz pianist known primarily as a solo pianist and for his "three-handed" swing style. He was a significant figure in the evolution of jazz piano.
Maybeck Recital Hall, also known as Maybeck Studio for Performing Arts, is located inside the Kennedy-Nixon House located at 1537 Euclid Avenue in Berkeley, California, United States. It was built in 1914 by Bernard Maybeck. The hall seats up to 50 people and was designed upon commission for the Nixon family, local arts patrons who wanted a live-in studio for their daughter Milda's piano teacher, Mrs. Alma Kennedy. The room is paneled in unfinished clear-heart redwood, which contributes to an unusually rich and warm, yet bright and clear acoustic quality. There are two grand pianos in the space: a Yamaha S-400, and a Yamaha C7. Maybeck originally designed the space to accommodate an 1898 7-foot Bechstein.
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Sixteen is a solo piano album by Hank Jones, recorded at the Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley, California.
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume 1 is a solo piano album by American pianist Joanne Brackeen recorded at the Maybeck Recital Hall in 1989 and released on the Concord Jazz label. The album was the first of 42 piano recitals recorded at the hall and released on Concord.
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Seven is an album of solo jazz piano performed by John Hicks recorded in 1990. The album was the seventh of 42 piano recitals at the hall released on CD by the Concord label.
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Four is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Walter Norris, recorded in 1990.
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Eight is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Gerald Wiggins, recorded in 1990.
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Twelve is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Barry Harris, recorded in 1990.
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Thirteen is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Steve Kuhn, recorded in 1990.
Cedar Walton at Maybeck: Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume Twenty-Five is an album of solo piano performances by jazz pianist Cedar Walton.
Gene Harris at Maybeck: Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume Twenty-Three is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Gene Harris.
Richie Beirach at Maybeck: Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume Nineteen is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Richie Beirach.
Jim McNeely at Maybeck: Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume Twenty is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Jim McNeely.
Denny Zeitlin at Maybeck: Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume 27 is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Denny Zeitlin.
John Campbell at Maybeck: Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume 29 is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist John Campbell.
Fred Hersch at Maybeck: Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume Thirty-One is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Fred Hersch.
Maybeck Recital Hall Series, Volume Thirty-Two is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Roland Hanna.
John Colianni at Maybeck: Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume 37 is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist John Colianni.
Allen Farnham at Maybeck: Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume Forty-One is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Allen Farnham.
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