Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Nine


Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Nine is a 1991 live album by jazz pianist Marian McPartland, recorded at the Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley, California.

Reception

The album was positively reviewed by Ken Dryden at Allmusic who wrote that McPartland's "chops are never in question". Dryden highlighted Duke Ellington's "Clothed Woman", writing that "McPartland slowly unveils its shrouds, gliding through a maze of dramatic chords, joyous stride piano and repetitious vamps with a veteran's confidence" and regretted that the concert wasn't filmed "...in order for the rest of us to catch her playfulness at the piano, her head thrown back with laughter, with her witty introductions to each piece ". Dryden concluded that the album "not only ranks with the best of the Maybeck solo series, but it should be considered as one of the best solo concerts ever to be released".

Track listing

  1. "This Time the Dream's on Me" – 4:03
  2. "A Fine Romance" – 3:12
  3. "Willow Weep for Me" – 5:42
  4. "Twilight World" – 4:22
  5. "Clothed Woman" – 3:32
  6. "Prelude to a Kiss" – 5:20
  7. "The Duke" – 4:26
  8. "Theme from Piano Jazz" – 2:31
  9. "Love You Madly" – 4:34
  10. "Easy Living" – 4:06
  11. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" – 3:24
  12. "I Should Care" – 3:49
  13. "My Funny Valentine" – 5:23
  14. "Turnaround" – 4:13
  15. "It's You or No One" – 4:13
  16. "I'll Be Around" – 4:02

Personnel