Between 1989 and 1995, Concord Records produced 42 solo piano recitals, all recorded in Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley in California. Each recital featured a different jazz pianist; the series eventually consisted of 42 CDs. The entire series is now available on streaming services…so LJN [...]
I have this print (*) on my wall at home, quite near the piano. I’ve been reminded, today of all days, to look at it again. On the back is the title: “Auspicious Symbols: Mount Fuji, Cranes and Pine Trees.” [...]
Between 1989 and 1995, Concord Records produced 42 solo piano recitals, all recorded in Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley in California. Each recital featured a different jazz pianist; the series eventually consisted of 42 CDs. The entire series is now [...]
Between 1989 and 1995, Concord Records produced 42 solo piano recitals, all recorded in Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley in California. Each recital featured a different jazz pianist; the series eventually consisted of 42 CDs. The entire series is now [...]
Between 1989 and 1995, Concord Records produced 42 solo piano recitals, all recorded in Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley in California. Each recital featured a different jazz pianist; the series eventually consisted of 42 CDs. The entire series is now [...]
It’s the 1970s and, looking straight at the camera, Michael Parkinson proclaims: “My first guest is most simply described as the best jazz pianist in the world.” When I was a kid in the seventies, there were only two jazz [...]
In the latest of our series where musicians consider idols, or formative influences, Liam Noble writes about his favourite tracks by pianist John Taylor. I don’t think of John Taylor as a “jazz pianist”. He was a “Taylorist”. He was [...]
From the first chord you hear on this recording, you know you’re not in for the rarefied, classical air of a Keith Jarrett or Brad Meldhau “recital”. It sounds to me like an upright piano, which perfectly complements the humility [...]
The piano trio is a very popular format – not too loud, cheaper than a quartet – but that subdued dynamic can be a challenge. It’s harder to make a break between the tune and the solos, the composed and [...]
In the late eighties, there was a lot going on. Jazz was in rude health – everyone was arguing about what it should or shouldn’t be, and most of it sounded great. Mike Stern, Bob Berg and Brecker were still [...]
