Jim McNeely at Maybeck


Jim McNeely at Maybeck: Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume Twenty is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Jim McNeely.

Music and recording

The album was recorded at the Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley, California in January 1992. McNeely plays "There Will Never Be Another You" in all twelve keys.

Release and reception

The AllMusic review concluded: "Sometimes the inspiration level is uneven, but the payoff is high when all cylinders are pumping." The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote of McNeely that "for all the clarity of his touch, he takes in more of the keyboard in each improvisation than many do over a whole recital". Pianist Liam Noble described the performance of "'Round Midnight" as "updating the chord sequence to a kind of post-Bill Evans modality that only unsettle at the very edges of the image".

Track listing

  1. "Introductory Announcement" – 0:12
  2. "There Will Never Be Another You" – 5:14
  3. "Zingaro" – 8:58
  4. "Bye-Ya" – 6:46
  5. "'Round Midnight" – 7:39
  6. "Un Poco Loco" – 5:51
  7. "Touch" – 8:41
  8. "All the Things You Are" – 6:42
  9. "Body and Soul" – 8:21
  10. "Breaking up, Breaking Out" – 6:33

Personnel