| Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume 1 | |
| Type: | live |
| Artist: | Joanne Brackeen |
| Cover: | Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume 1.jpg |
| Released: | 1990 |
| Recorded: | June 1989 |
| Venue: | Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, CA |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 60:35 |
| Label: | Concord Jazz CCD-4409 |
| Producer: | Nick Phillips |
| Chronology: | Joanne Brackeen |
| Prev Title: | Fi-Fi Goes to Heaven |
| Prev Year: | 1986 |
| Next Title: | Breath of Brazil |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume 1 is a solo piano album by American pianist Joanne Brackeen recorded at the Maybeck Recital Hall in 1989 and released on the Concord Jazz label.[1] The album was the first of 42 piano recitals recorded at the hall and released on Concord.[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz noted "Her Maybeck Hall recital turns out to be a significant moment, kicking off a series that has become almost definitive in its coverage of contemporary jazz piano."[3] AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated "She is respectful but passionate on seven standards (keeping the melody in mind during her explorations) while her four originals are given more adventurous improvisations ... Brackeen is clearly a two-handed pianist and, as shown on her "African Aztec," able to play music that hints in an abstract way at earlier styles (in this case blues and boogie-woogie) while remaining quite advanced and original. Well worth checking out".
All compositions by Joanne Brackeen except where noted.