Denny Zeitlin at Maybeck explained

Denny Zeitlin at Maybeck
Type:	Live
Artist:	Denny Zeitlin
Cover:	Denny_Zeitlin_at_Maybeck_Vol_27.jpg
Recorded:	October 1992
Venue:	Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, California
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Concord

Denny Zeitlin at Maybeck: Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume 27 is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Denny Zeitlin.

Music and recording

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

Release and reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz suggested that the album should improve Zeitlin's musical standing. The AllMusic reviewer wrote that "This live solo performance is one of his greatest triumphs". Pianist Liam Noble described the performance of "'Round Midnight": "this harmony is startlingly beautiful, quietly rendered and with its own strange disquiet, and carefully arranged. This is a recomposition... at first it feels like he could go anywhere with it, plucked strings against single lines seeming to abandon the chords completely before he eases into a medium tempo swing".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Blues on the Side"
2. "Girl Next Door"
3. "My Man's Gone Now"
4. "Lazy Bird"
5. "'Round Midnight"
6. "Love for Sale"
7. "And Then I Wondered If You Knew"
8. "Country Fair"
9. "Sophisticated Lady"
10. "The End of a Love Affair"
11. "Just Passing By"
12. "What Is This Thing Called Love?/Fifth House"

Personnel

• Denny Zeitlin – piano

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 .
2. Web site: Noble . Liam . Liam Noble (musician) . March 9, 2023 . Liam Noble Writes About the Concord 'Live at Maybeck Recital Hall' Series (Part 2 of 4, 'Round Midnight') . London Jazz News . March 15, 2023.