Live at Maybeck 26 [Live]

Bill Mays | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 14, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Concord Records
• ASIN: B0000006M7
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #357,489 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

2. I Wish I Knew

3. Stompin' at the Savoy

4. Boardwalk Blues

5. Lush Life

6. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)

7. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

8. Jitterbug Waltz

9. Thanksgiving Prayer

10. Why Did I Choose You?/Never Let Me Go

11. Grandpa's Spells

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 26 (Bill Mays at Maybeck), August 12, 2004

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jgus "jgus" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live at Maybeck 26 (Audio CD)

All you have to do is listen to Mays' interpretation of the Jitterbug Waltz by Waller, and you'll feel your heart burst when he starts with those quarter notes against what sounds like fifths. It is a rollercoaster ride. Extremely imaginative.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Genius at work, November 9, 2002

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Steve Harlos (Denton, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live at Maybeck 26 (Audio CD)

This Maybeck Recital is ample proof of Bill Mays' stature as one of the great pianists of our time. The Maybeck series is the acid test of jazz piano, and Mays rises to the challenge, spontaneously creating masterpiece after masterpiece. His melodic, harmonic and rhythmic inventiveness provide ample study material for any serious student of jazz. Most of all, every note seems to flow without effort. He plays from the heart, but avoids sentimentality. I own 10 of the Maybeck piano recordings, and Mays is among my favorite performances, along with Adam Makowicz, Roger Kellaway, and Dick Hyman. My favorite track is a jaw-dropping version of Jitterbug Waltz, in which he introduces a boogie-woogie left hand during his improvisation. This CD appears to be out of print, but if you can get a copy, by all means, get it--you will not be disappointed.