Released 1969 Release date 1969 Label Prestige Records | Artist Jaki Byard Producer Don Schlitten Genre Jazz | |
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Recorded July 31, 1969
New York City Solo Piano
(1969) Live at the Jazz'Inn
(1971) Similar Jaki Byard albums, Jazz albums | ||
Solo Piano is an album by pianist Jaki Byard recorded in 1969 and released on the Prestige label.
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Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Ken Dryden stating, "Jaki Byard is always an enjoyable pianist in any group, but he is at his best as a soloist. His second solo outing has a good deal of New Orleans influences".
Track listing
All compositions by Jaki Byard except as indicated
- "New Orleans Strut" - 5:56
- "Spanish Tinge No. 2" - 5:26
- "Top of the Gate Rag" - 3:08
- "A Basin Street Ballad" - 4:04
- "The Hollis Stomp" - 2:27
- "Hello, Young Lovers" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 4:45
- "Seasons" - 3:46
- "Medley: I Know a Place / Let the Good Times Roll" (Tony Hatch / Shirley Goodman, Leonard Lee) - 3:33
- "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?" (Louis Alter, Eddie DeLange) - 4:59
Personnel
References
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