Fred Hersch - Live At Maybeck (1993)

Front Cover	Album Info
	Artist/Composer Fred Hersch Title Live At Maybeck Length 67:47 Discs: 1 Tracks: 11 Format HQ 192+ kbps Packaging Jewel Case Label Concord Jazz Cat. Number 4596 Style Post-Bop Rating N/A Recorded live 1993-10-23  in  Maybeck Recital Hall

Musicians	Credits
Fred Hersch piano	Producer Nick Phillips Engineer David Luke

Track list

01 Embraceable You 04:02 02 Haunted Heart 09:17 03 In Walked Bud 05:09 04 You Don't Know What Love Is 06:52 05 If I Loved You 05:55 06 Heartsong 05:46 07 Ev'rything I Love 05:38 08 Sarabande 05:48 09 The Song Is You 05:01 10 Ramblin' 06:16 11 Body And Soul 08:03

Notes

AMG Review by Richard S. Ginell (4): Fred Hersch's first solo recital came about thanks to — what else? — the Maybeck Recital Hall series, which devotes Vol. 31 to his survey of several well-worn pop standards, a few jazz tunes and a couple of originals. Luckily, Hersch likes to use a percussive form of counterpoint often enough to juice things up, a plan that launches "The Song Is You" and "Everything I Love" in unorthodox fashion. "In Walked Bud," an inventive takeoff on Monk's own stabbing manner, is also clever in its spiky, asymmetrical way. The opening and ending of "Haunted Heart" work well with a nostalgic drone in the bass, and Ornette Coleman's "Ramblin'" gets a gospel-influenced workout that fans of Keith Jarrett's early solo concerts would appreciate. As for the two Hersch originals, "Heartsong" is ebullient and romantic at the same, while "Sarabande" concentrates solely upon lyricism. In other words, another classy, technically unimpeachable, spotlessly recorded outing in the Maybeck series.