Live at Maybeck 32 [Live]

Roland Hanna | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 24, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Concord Records
• ASIN: B0000006N4
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,977 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Love Walked In

2. They Can't Take That Away from Me

3. Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise

4. Gershwin Medley: Fascinating Rhythm/The Man I Love/Let's Call the ...

5. How Long Has This Been Going On?

6. Oleo

7. Lush Life

8. This Can't Be Love

Editorial Reviews

roland hanna jazz pianist at maybeck recital hall - hanna post bop pianist with elements of classical music in his jazz stylings. detrioit born, an american original.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is great piano jazz - tasteful and wonderfully crafted., July 21, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Live at Maybeck 32 (Audio CD)

This is great, solo jazz piano. Sir Roland's inventive mind and great technique make each of the tracks fresh and interesting. Liner notes talk about the influence of Tatum and Garner, but Sir Roland has a style all his own - and it's great. This album is a real find!

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!, February 3, 2007

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Rick loves jazz (Sacramento, Ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live at Maybeck 32 (Audio CD)

Roland Hanna is one of many jazz musicians who never received his due. However, Concord Jazz has done the world a favor by capturing many little-known pianists in its Maybeck Solo Series, and this is my favorite of the series, so far.

Hanna is obviously influenced by many things, as alluded to by a previous reviewer, but what a mixture of influences! Not only Errol Garner (on Love Walked In), but Claude Debussy as well. (Just listen to his recording of "Lush Life".)

Love Walked In, This Must Be Love and They Can't Take That Away From Me all swing. Hanna creates a completely seperate melodic introduction to the first of these and somehow ties it all together.

He plays with great energy, emotion, and feel. This is one of the best solo piano albums that I have ever heard.