Solo Piano (Jaki Byard album) explained

Solo Piano
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Jaki Byard
Cover:	Solo Piano (Jaki Byard album).jpg
Released:	1969
Recorded:	July 31, 1969 New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Prestige PR 7686
Producer:	Don Schlitten
Chronology:	Jaki Byard
Prev Title:	The Jaki Byard Experience
Prev Year:	1968
Next Title:	Live at the Jazz'Inn
Next Year:	1971

Solo Piano is an album by pianist Jaki Byard recorded in 1969 and released on the Prestige label.^[1]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Ken Dryden stating, "Jaki Byard is always an enjoyable pianist in any group, but he is at his best as a soloist. His second solo outing has a good deal of New Orleans influences".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Jaki Byard except as indicated

1. "New Orleans Strut" - 5:56
2. "Spanish Tinge No. 2" - 5:26
3. "Top of the Gate Rag" - 3:08
4. "A Basin Street Ballad" - 4:04
5. "The Hollis Stomp" - 2:27
6. "Hello, Young Lovers" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 4:45
7. "Seasons" - 3:46
8. "Medley: I Know a Place / Let the Good Times Roll" (Tony Hatch / Shirley Goodman, Leonard Lee) - 3:33
9. "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?" (Louis Alter, Eddie DeLange) - 4:59

Personnel

• Jaki Byard - piano

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7500-series/#pr-7573 Prestige Records discography
2. Dryden, K. Allmusic Review, accessed July 27, 2012