Solo Live (Michel Petrucciani album)

Music

Most of the tracks are Petrucciani originals. "Looking Up" is "overtly optimistic and inherently hopeful"; "Home" is a "statement of warmth and comfort"; "Brazilian Like" is "orchestral and melodic to the point at which the tune remains in one's head long after its conclusion".

Reception

The AllMusic review awarded it four and a half stars and described it as "Petrucciani's lasting solo gift to the jazz world". The Penguin Guide to Jazz gave it a maximum four stars and added it to the suggestsed Core Collection list.

Track listing

All tracks written by Petrucciani, unless stated otherwise.

1998 CD Release

1. "Looking Up" – 4:24
2. "Besame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez) – 4:03
3. "Rachid" – 2:22
4. "Chloe Meets Gershwin" – 4:08
5. "Home" – 3:40
6. "Brazilian Like" – 3:07
7. "Little Peace in C for U" – 4:12
8. "Romantic But Not Blue" – 3:22
9. "Trilogy in Blois" – 11:29
10. "Caravan" (Irving Mills, Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol) – 10:09
11. "She Did It Again" / "Take The A Train" (Billy Strayhorn) / "She Did It Again" – 4:53

2007 2CD Complete Release

1. "Colors" – 7:43
2. "Training" – 3:12
3. "Hidden Joy" – 2:46
4. "Les Grelots" – 4:26
5. "Guadeloupe" – 5:02
6. "Love Letter" – 5:44
7. "Little Peace in C for U" – 4:47
8. Michel Petrucciani Speech – 2:55
9. "J'Aurais Tellement Voulu" – 3:30
10. "Rachid" – 2:22
11. "Chloe Meets Gershwin" – 4:07
12. "Home" – 3:29
13. "Brazilian Like" – 3:13
14. "Romantic But Not Blue" – 3:28
15. "Trilogy in Blois (Morning Sun in Blois - Noon Sun in Blois - Night Sun in Blois)" – 11:48
16. "Caravan" (Ellington, Tizol, Mills) – 10:46
17. "Looking Up" – 3:51
18. "Besame Mucho" (Velázquez) – 4:51
19. "She Did It Again" – 2:08
20. "Take the "A" Train" (Strayhorn) – 2:27