Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Two

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Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Two
Live album by
Dave McKenna
RecordedNovember 1989
VenueMaybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, California, U.S.
GenreJazz
LabelConcord

Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Two is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Dave McKenna, recorded in 1989.

Music and recording[edit]

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]

Release and reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Spoken Introduction"
  2. "Dream Dancing"
  3. "Detour Ahead"
  4. "Exactly Like You"
  5. "I'm Glad There Is You/I'm Glad I Waited for You"
  6. "Knowledge Medley: Teach Me Tonight/School Days/An Apple for the Teacher/I Didn't Know About You"
  7. "Knowledge Medley (Part 2): I Didn't Know What Time It Was/I Wish I Knew/I Don't Know Enough About You"
  8. "I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)/You'll Never Know"
  9. "I Never Knew"
  10. "'C' Jam Blues"
  11. "Limehouse Blues"

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Asher, Don (July 24, 2013) "Solo Jazz Piano at Maybeck Recital Hall: A Treasure Hunt Remembered". Retrieved November 11, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 975. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
  3. ^ a b c Dryden, Ken "Dave McKenna – Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 2". AllMusic. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
  4. ^ Noble, Liam (April 9, 2023). "Liam Noble Writes About the Concord 'Live at Maybeck Recital Hall' Series. (Part 3 of 4, Dave McKenna and Steve Kuhn)". London Jazz News. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Oxford University Press. p. 653.
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