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

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, recorded in 1990.

Music and recording

The album was recorded in July 1990 at the

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. Galper commented that, "I was approaching it with a perfectionist attitude, like I had to have everything worked out. And I was getting more and more uptight about it. So I threw all my plans out the window! I went in with 20 or 25 songs that I had sort of done things on, and I winged it!"Asher, Don (July 24, 2013
"Solo Jazz Piano at Maybeck Recital Hall: A Treasure Hunt Remembered"
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Release and reception

''Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Six'' was released by

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. The

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reviewer commented that "Galper goes about each task armed with a keen rhythmic sense and a fount of harmonic knowledge." ''

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'' concluded that "Galper's touch is exact; the ideas come unimpeded but rarely glibly. There is, though, a lack of any real drama, and the set doesn't repay repeated listening."

Track listing

#"Spoken Introduction" #"Whisper Not" #"It Never Was You" #"All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" #"A Kiss to Build a Dream On" #"Willow Weep for Me" #"The Touch of Your Lips" #"Bemsha Swing" #"Detour Ahead" #"Airegin"

Personnel

– piano

References

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