| Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Seven | |
| Type: | Live |
| Artist: | John Hicks |
| Cover: | Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Seven.jpg |
| Released: | 1991 |
| Recorded: | August 1990 |
| Venue: | Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 53:49 |
| Label: | Concord CCD-4442 |
| Chronology: | John Hicks |
| Prev Title: | Is That So? |
| Prev Year: | 1990 |
| Year: | 1990 |
| Next Title: | Blue Bossa |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Seven is an album of solo jazz piano performed by John Hicks recorded in 1990.[1] The album was the seventh of 42 piano recitals at the hall released on CD by the Concord label.[2]
The album was recorded in August 1990 at the Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley, California.[3] Hicks reported that, for the performance: "I wanted to do some more standard compositions. Playing solo gives me a chance to extend my repertoire and play some songs I don't normally play in a group setting", and "I arrived with a list of songs I wanted to do. But once I started, I picked songs based on the feeling I got from the audience."
It was released by the Concord label. The AllMusic reviewer concluded: "Though not a consistently inspired concert, there are several stretches of truly breathtaking piano playing here, beautifully recorded as usual."[4] The Chicago Tribune commented: "There is a density to John Hicks' solo piano that is rarely apparent in his performances behind others. At times it seems as muscular and lush as McCoy Tyner."[5]