Bill Mays at Maybeck

Live album by Bill Mays

Bill Mays at Maybeck

Live album by

Bill Mays

Recorded| September 1992
Venue| Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, California
Genre| Jazz
Label| Concord
Producer| Carl Jefferson

Bill Mays at Maybeck: Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume Twenty-Six is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Bill Mays.

## Music and recording[edit]

The album was recorded at the Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley, California[1] in September 1992.[2] Most of the material is swing standards.[3]

## Release and reception[edit]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz| [2]

The AllMusic reviewer recommended one track in particular: "'A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square' (which starts and ends with a very impressionistic fantasy, making one wonder if its swinging middle section was indeed a dream) is most memorable".[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote that the standards were played with imagination, but that some of the other tracks were lacking expression.[2]

## Track listing[edit]

No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"| Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin| 7:30
2.| "I Wish I Knew"| Mack Gordon, Harry Warren| 4:58
3.| "Stompin' at the Savoy"| Benny Goodman, Andy Razaf, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb| 5:31
4.| "Boardwalk Blues"| Bill Mays| 6:22
5.| "Lush Life"| Billy Strayhorn| 6:09
6.| "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)"| Doc Daugherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds| 4:22
7.| "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry"| Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne| 7:08
8.| "Jitterbug Waltz"| Richard Maltby, Jr., Fats Waller| 6:21
9.| "Thanksgiving Prayer"| Mays| 5:19
10.| "Why Did I Choose You?/Never Let Me Go"| Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin| 5:22
11.| "Grandpa's Spells"| Jelly Roll Morton| 1:46

## Personnel[edit]

* Bill Mays – piano

## References[edit]

1. ^ Asher, Don (July 24, 2013). "Solo Jazz Piano at Maybeck Recital Hall: A Treasure Hunt Remembered". Jazz Profiles. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
2. ^ a b c Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1996). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (3rd ed.). Penguin. p. 869\. ISBN 978-0-14-051368-4.
3. ^ a b c Yanow, Scott. "Bill Mays – Live at Maybeck Recital Hall Series, Vol. 26". AllMusic. Retrieved October 28, 2018.

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