Toshiko Akiyoshi at Maybeck

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Toshiko Akiyoshi at Maybeck
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Live album by
Released10 July 1994 [1]
RecordedMarch 1993
VenueMaybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, California
Genre Jazz
Length58:12
Label Concord Jazz
Producer Carl Jefferson
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(1993)
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(1994)
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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. [2] It is Volume 36 in Concord's "Maybeck Recital Hall Series".

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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." [1]

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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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.