Piano Jazz

Marian Mcpartland (Artist), Bruce Hornsby (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 4, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Jazz Alliance
• ASIN: B000ASDG8A
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #107,231 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Conversation

2. King Of The Hill/Twelve Tone tune

3. Conversation

4. Sneaking Up On Boo Radley

5. Conversation

6. Parisian Thoroughfare

7. Conversation

8. Close Your Eyes

9. Conversation

10. Solar

11. Conversation

12. We'll Be Together Again

13. Converstion

14. The Way It Is

15. Conversation

16. Blue Monk

17. Not Listed

Customer Reviews

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice, if not essential., December 4, 2005

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spiral_mind (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Piano Jazz (Audio CD)

First off: this isn't a Hornsby album, it's a recording of his appearance on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz radio show (just a little warning for anyone who might not recognize the title). The program is half music and half conversation. It's fun to hear the two talk shop about technical stuff (like Bruce's famed two-hand independence skills) and a wide range of their musical influences, and the warmth & humor is undeniable, but the real meat of the show is the performances. Three Hornsby tunes get interesting solo treatments ("The Way It Is" is slowed down to a pretty ballad), and the rest is a series of jazz-standard duets, topped off with one sublime McPartland solo that's probably the highlight of the whole affair.

It's definitely not as essential as Spirit Trail or Halcyon Days, but to any fellow Hornsbyheads, this disc is a great chance to hear two masters at work and get some insight into the workings of BH's fascinating personality. It's not for everyone, but if the above description interests you, the CD's contents will be worth its price several times over.