''Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Four'' is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist

Walter Norris Walter Norris (December 27, 1931 – October 29, 2011) was an American pianist and composer. Biography Early life and career Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on December 27, 1931, Norris first studied piano at home with his mother, then with J ...

, recorded in 1990.

Overview

The album was recorded in 1990 at the

Maybeck Recital Hall Maybeck Recital Hall, also known as Maybeck Studio for Performing Arts, is located inside the Kennedy-Nixon House located at 1537 Euclid Avenue in Berkeley, California, United States. It was built in 1914 by Bernard Maybeck. The hall seats up to 50 ...

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. "Scrambled" is "a radical reworking of '

I Got Rhythm "I Got Rhythm" is a piece composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and published in 1930, which became a jazz standard. Its chord progression, known as the " rhythm changes", is the foundation for many other popular jazz tunes suc ...

'". It was released by

Concord Records Concord Records is an American record label owned by Concord and based in Los Angeles, California. Concord Records was launched in 1995 as an imprint designed to reach beyond the company's foundational Concord Jazz label. The label's artists have ...

.Asher, Don (July 24, 2013
"Solo Jazz Piano at Maybeck Recital Hall: A Treasure Hunt Remembered"
Retrieved November 12, 2017. The

AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...

reviewer concluded: "His 1990 solo set at Maybeck Recital Hall is a perfect place to begin exploring Walter Norris' music."Yanow, Scot
"Walter Norris – Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 4"
AllMusic. Retrieved November 12, 2017. Pianist Liam Noble described Beirach's performance of " 'Round Midnight": "the tune eases in and out of extended and orthodox harmonies, letting the turn of phrase carry the weight. At nine and a half minutes, Norris takes his time, improvising in slow undulations rather than opting for the burn up, some truly Rachmaninoff-esque flourishes almost threatening to abandon the form before returning eventually to it."

Track listing

The Song Is You "The Song Is You" is a popular song and jazz standard composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It was written for their musical ''Music in the Air'' (1932) and sung in that show by Tullio Carminati. In the subsequent 1934 ...

" #" 'Round Midnight" #"Waltz for Walt" #" The Best Thing for You" #"

Darn That Dream "Darn That Dream" is a popular song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Eddie DeLange. It was published in 1939 and ranked No. 1 in 1940 when a recording was released by Benny Goodman in an arrangement by Eddie Sauter with Mildred Bailey ...

" #"Scrambled" #"Modus Vivendi" #"It's Always Spring" #" Body and Soul"

Personnel

– piano

References

{{Authority control 1990 live albums Albums recorded at the Maybeck Recital Hall Concord Records live albums Solo piano jazz albums