Bill Mays at Maybeck explained

Bill Mays at Maybeck
Type:Live
Artist:Bill Mays
Cover:Bill Mays at Maybeck album cover.png
Recorded:September 1992
Venue:Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, California
Genre:Jazz
Label:Concord
Producer:Carl Jefferson

Bill Mays at Maybeck: Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume Twenty-Six is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Bill Mays.

Music and recording

The album was recorded at the Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley, California[1] in September 1992. Most of the material is swing standards.

Release and reception

The AllMusic reviewer recommended one track in particular: "'A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square' (which starts and ends with a very impressionistic fantasy, making one wonder if its swinging middle section was indeed a dream) is most memorable". The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote that the standards were played with imagination, but that some of the other tracks were lacking expression.

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Solo Jazz Piano at Maybeck Recital Hall: A Treasure Hunt Remembered . Asher . Don . Jazz Profiles . July 24, 2013 . October 28, 2018 .