Solo Piano (Jaki Byard album)

Solo Piano
Studio album by Jaki Byard
Released	1969
Recorded	July 31, 1969 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	Prestige PR 7686
Producer	Don Schlitten
Jaki Byard chronology
The Jaki Byard Experience (1968) Solo Piano (1969) Live at the Jazz'Inn (1971)

Solo Piano is an album by pianist Jaki Byard recorded in 1969 and released on the Prestige label. ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Ken Dryden^{[ better source needed ]} stating, "Jaki Byard is always an enjoyable pianist in any group, but he is at his best as a soloist. His second solo outing has a good deal of New Orleans influences". ^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Jaki Byard except as indicated

1. "New Orleans Strut" - 5:56
2. "Spanish Tinge No. 2" - 5:26
3. "Top of the Gate Rag" - 3:08
4. "A Basin Street Ballad" - 4:04
5. "The Hollis Stomp" - 2:27
6. "Hello, Young Lovers" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 4:45
7. "Seasons" - 3:46
8. "Medley: I Know a Place / Let the Good Times Roll" (Tony Hatch / Shirley Goodman, Leonard Lee) - 3:33
9. "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?" (Louis Alter, Eddie DeLange) - 4:59

Personnel

• Jaki Byard - piano

References

1. Prestige Records discography accessed July 27, 2012
2. Dryden, K. Allmusic Review, accessed July 27, 2012
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 35. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.