Maybeck Recital Hall Explained
Maybeck Recital Hall, also known as Maybeck Studio for Performing Arts, is located inside the Kennedy-Nixon House located at 1537 Euclid Avenue in Berkeley, California, United States. It was built in 1914 by Bernard Maybeck. The hall seats up to 50 people and was designed upon commission for the Nixon family, local arts patrons who wanted a live-in studio for their daughter Milda's piano teacher, Mrs. Alma Kennedy. The room is paneled in unfinished clear-heart redwood, which contributes to an unusually rich and warm, yet bright and clear acoustic quality. There are two grand pianos in the space: a Yamaha S-400, and a Yamaha C7. Maybeck originally designed the space to accommodate an 1898 7-foot Bechstein.
History
In 1923, the hall was destroyed in a hillside fire. It was rebuilt quickly by Maybeck.
Milda Nixon lived at the residence until her death in 1981 at the age of 92. Her adopted son, Charles R. Fulweiler, then held the house for several years. In 1987, the house was purchased by jazz pianist Dick Whittington, who opened the hall for public recitals.
Between 1989 and 1995, Concord Records produced 42 solo piano recitals in Maybeck Recital Hall. Each recital featured a different jazz pianist; the series eventually consisted of 42 CD. Concord also recorded 10 jazz duets at Maybeck during the same time period, which the label also released as a series of CDs.
In 1996, the house was purchased by Gregory Moore. The recital hall was no longer open for public concerts, although it was used for private concerts which were attended by invitation only. Since 2013, the newly named Maybeck Studio for the Performing Arts has continued the tradition of public concerts on Sundays at 3pm during their September–June season. The intimate hall seats 40 audience members.
Albums
Live at Maybeck series
| Volume | Artist |
|---|
| 1: Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume 1 | Joanne Brackeen |
| 2: Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Two | Dave McKenna |
| 3: Music of 1937 | Dick Hyman |
| 4: Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Four | Walter Norris |
| 5: Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Five | Stanley Cowell |
| 6: Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Six | Hal Galper |
| 7: Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Seven | John Hicks |
| 8: Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Eight | Gerald Wiggins |
| 9: Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Nine | Marian McPartland |
| 10: Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Ten | Kenny Barron |
| 11: Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Eleven | Roger Kellaway |
| 12: Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Twelve | Barry Harris |
| 13: Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Thirteen | Steve Kuhn |
| 14: Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Fourteen | Alan Broadbent |
| 15: Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Fifteen | Buddy Montgomery |
| 16: Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Sixteen | Hank Jones |
| 17: Jaki Byard at Maybeck | Jaki Byard |
| 18: Mike Wofford at Maybeck | Mike Wofford |
| 19: Richie Beirach at Maybeck | Richie Beirach |
| 20: Jim McNeely at Maybeck | Jim McNeely |
| 21 Jessica Williams at Maybeck | Jessica Williams |
| 22: Ellis Larkins at Maybeck | Ellis Larkins |
| 23: Gene Harris at Maybeck | Gene Harris |
| 24: Adam Makowicz at Maybeck | Adam Makowicz |
| 25: Cedar Walton at Maybeck | Cedar Walton |
| 26: Bill Mays at Maybeck | Bill Mays |
| 27: Denny Zeitlin at Maybeck | Denny Zeitlin |
| 28: Andy LaVerne at Maybeck | Andy LaVerne |
| 29: John Campbell at Maybeck | John Campbell |
| 30: Ralph Sutton at Maybeck | Ralph Sutton |
| 31: Fred Hersch at Maybeck | Fred Hersch |
| 32: Maybeck Recital Hall Series, Volume Thirty-Two | Roland Hanna |
| 33: Don Friedman at Maybeck | Don Friedman |
| 34: Kenny Werner at Maybeck | Kenny Werner |
| 35: George Cables at Maybeck | George Cables |
| 36: Toshiko Akiyoshi at Maybeck | Toshiko Akiyoshi |
| 37: John Colianni at Maybeck | John Colianni |
| 38: Ted Rosenthal at Maybeck | Ted Rosenthal |
| 39: Kenny Drew Jr. at Maybeck | Kenny Drew Jr. |
| 40: Monty Alexander at Maybeck | Monty Alexander |
| 41: Allen Farnham at Maybeck | Allen Farnham |
| 42: James Williams at Maybeck | James Williams | |
Concord Duo series
- Roger Kellaway & Red Mitchell
- Dave McKenna & Gray Sargent
- Ken Peplowski & Howard Alden
- Alan Broadbent & Gary Foster
- Adam Makowicz & George Mraz
- Ralph Sutton & Dick Hyman
- Bill Mays & Ed Bickert
- Denny Zeitlin & David Friesen
- Michael Moore & Bill Charlap Chris Potter & Kenny Werner: Concord Duo Series Volume Ten
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